LIMA, Peru (MCT) — More than 100 people were injured Monday after a strong earthquake in southern Peru, Peruvian civil defense authorities said.
Most of the injured however had only slight wounds.
“There is only one case, a broken pelvis, which we regard as more serious. All the others have been blows, cuts, bruises, as people moved in desperation to leave their homes (or) fell down the stairs,” said Cesar Chonate, head of Civil Defense in Ica.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake happened shortly after midnight and reached magnitude 6.3 on the Richter scale.
It sprung from a depth of almost 25 miles and had its epicenter about 9 miles southeast of the city of Ica. Ica lies about 160 miles south of the capital, Lima.
