LIMA, Peru (AP) — An offshore earthquake with a reported magnitude of 7.0 shook much of Peru on Wednesday but only minor damage and no injuries were reported in the sparsely populated southwestern coastal area near the epicenter.
The quake broke windows and opened fissures in the walls of some adobe dwellings in the nearest sizeable town, Acari, its mayor Carlos Mejia told the TV station Canal N. He reported no injuries in the mining town of about 4,000 residents.
Sand shaken loose by the quake partially blocked a 1-mile (2-kilometer) section of the Panamerican Highway, said officer Luis Miguel Vizcarra of the highway patrol in the nearby town of Chala.
The quake was felt mildly in Lima, 310 miles (500 kilometers) away and caused swaying in Arequipa, about 170 miles away (300 kilometers). A tsunami warning was not issued.
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