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News Compact: Injuries and Damage After Earthquakes in Peru

Summary by Deutsche Welle
After Venezuela and Colombia, the Andean state of Peru has also been hit by an earthquake. The Central Council of Jews dissociates itself from the Israeli Minister Ben-Gvir. The DW news review.

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The earthquakes suffered these days in South America, of similar magnitudes, show the intense seismic activity generated by the plates of the region

·Madrid, Spain
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After Venezuela and Colombia, the Andean state of Peru has also been hit by an earthquake. The Central Council of Jews dissociates itself from the Israeli Minister Ben-Gvir. The DW news review.

·Bonn, Germany
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The earth is in permanent movement in South America. Under the continent, different tectonic plates converge, move and accumulate energy that eventually is released in the form of earthquakes. In just six weeks, three strong movements re-emphasized this dynamic: a surface earthquake in Venezuela, another of magnitude 7.4 in Colombia, which left more than 200 dead, and the earthquake of 7.2 recorded in Peru on August 20, 2026. The temporal proxim…

People will be able to protect themselves from earthquakes and rains with easier insurance, how do they work?On August 10, a magnitude earthquake of 7.4 shook Colombia and left more than 300 people dead, what repercussions would such a catastrophe have in Lima?Before, on June 24, two similar telluric movements affected the town of La Guaira, in Venezuela, with the fateful record of more than 6,000 fatalities.Our country, like Colombia and Venezu…

Peru looked back to the ground with uneasiness this Thursday, when an earthquake of 7.2 magnitude shook the Ayacucho region and reactivated a question that crosses all of South America: why big earthquakes are part of its recent history. In less than two months, Venezuela—first—and Colombia—afterwards—also suffered major movements [...] The Entry From Venezuela to Peru: Why South America Faces So Many Earthquakes was first published in Foco Info…

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Deutsche Welle broke the news in Bonn, Germany on Friday, August 21, 2026.
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