6.5-magnitude quake hits central Peru -- GFZ-Xinhua

6.5-magnitude quake hits central Peru -- GFZ

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2026-08-21 02:09:00

BEIJING, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 jolted central Peru at 1800 GMT on Thursday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 14.74 degrees south latitude and 73.89 degrees west longitude.