A magnitude 5.5 earthquake in central Peru over the weekend left at least five dead, dozens injured, and hundreds homeless.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported that the earthquake struck on Saturday night (local time) two kilometers (1.24 miles) west-southwest of Sicaya, a town in the Junín region. A second earthquake, reportedly registered by Peru’s Geophysical Institute as a magnitude 3.7, hit several miles away about twenty minutes later.
The Peruvian newspaper La República reports that, as of Monday morning, over 300 individuals were left homeless by the earthquake as search and rescue operations continue in the affected region.
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