Peru Earthquake Leaves One Dead and Several Injured

Peru Earthquake Leaves One Dead and Several Injured
Government officials and media tour an area affected by a quake in Puerto Santa Gema, on the outskirts of Yurimaguas, in the Amazon region, Peru, on May 26, 2019. Guadalupe Pardo/Reuters
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LIMA—Peruvian authorities were scrambling to assess the damage after an earthquake with a magnitude as high as 8.0 rocked the Peruvian Amazon region in the early hours of Sunday morning, leaving at least one person dead.

Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra left Lima early this morning to survey the damage following the strong quake that struck the Loreto region of northern Peru.