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Powerful Earthquake Shakes Southern Peru, Injuring at Least 2

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A powerful earthquake rattled Peru’s southern Andes on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026, sending residents rushing from buildings and triggering rockfalls in the mountainous Ayacucho region.

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At the moment, only two people have been reported affected and house damage has been reported.

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A new earthquake of magnitude 4.0 was recorded at 8:24 p.m. this Thursday August 20 in the province of Parinacochas, in Ayacucho, with an epicenter located 26 kilometers north of the city of Coracora.

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An earthquake of magnitude 4.2 was recorded this Thursday August 20, at 4:30 p.m., 28 kilometers north of Coracora, Parinacochas, Ayacucho.

Lima, Aug 21 (Sputnik).- Two wounded and 12 homes affected, so far, left as a result the earthquake of magnitude 7.2 recorded on Thursday in the Peruvian province of Parinacochas, located in the department of Ayacucho (Andes del Sur), reported the National Institute of Civil Defense (Indeci). “In the district of Pullo, province of Parinacochas, 23 homes and a post (establishment) of health affected were reported. Likewise, in the town of Puquio …

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