The ​​United States Geological Survey (USGS) says the earthquake registers a 5.6 magnitude. At least one person has been killed and five others injured after a 5.6 magnitude earthquake hit Peru and ...

Not even a sliver of calm could be found in Anita's home in Peru during a recent earthquake. This CCTV footage shows Anita and her family frantically rushing out of the house as the ground beneath ...

A 5.6 magnitude earthquake that struck off Peru’s central coast, rattling Lima and the port city of Callao, has left one person dead and five injured.

At least one person was killed and various others were wounded Sunday when a 6.1 magnitude earthquake hit Lima and its surrounding areas in Peru at around 11.35 am local time (16:35 GMT). The ...

A strong earthquake shook southern Ecuador and northern Peru on Saturday, killing at least 15 people, trapping others under rubble, and sending rescue teams out into streets littered with debris ...

A magnitude 7.5 earthquake rocked northern Peru on Sunday, collapsing a 16th-century Catholic church tower although no deaths or serious injuries were immediately reported.

A powerful earthquake struck off Peru's coast early Sunday, tumbling adobe homes in small, rural towns, killing at least one person and leaving dozens injured, officials said.

A 7.5 magnitude earthquake shook the remote Amazon region of northern Peru on Sunday and was felt as far as Lima in the center of the country, destroying 75 homes but with no deaths reported.

The 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit a mountainous area 43 kilometers (27 miles) east-northeast of Tambo at a depth of 101 kilometers (63 miles), according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

A “major” earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 has struck northern Peru, with some damage to homes and several minor injuries reported. The tremor occurred in a sparsely populated region of the ...

Earthquakes are frequent in Peru, which lies on the Pacific's so-called Ring of Fire. On August 15, 2007, a similarly sized quake struck near Lima, killing more than 500 people.

More: 8 earthquakes strike along Iran-Iraq border, rattle Baghdad More: Magnitude-4.4 earthquake near Berkeley shakes San Francisco area Jorge Chavez, chief of Peru’s Civil Defense Institute ...