Atlanta, GA 10/1/2009 5:16:31 AM
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Earthquake Hits Peru

A 5.9 magnitude earthquake hit Peru Wednesday but the tremblor was not felt. The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake was centered in Southeastern Peru near Bolivia’s capital of La Paz. The epicenter was about 155 miles below the earth’s surface.

The earthquake in Peru is the third one to hit in the past 24 hours. Earlier today, a 7.9 quake hit Indonesia, killing at least 111 and leaving hundreds buried in rubble. Yesterday, an 8.0 earthquake shook the Samoan Islands and generated a tsunami that killed at least 100 people in Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga.

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