Peru's president pledges support for those affected by 7.5-magnitude earthquake

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(CNN)Peru's President vowed enactment for those affected by a 7.5-magnitude earthquake aboriginal Sunday morning, leaving structural harm successful the bluish portion of the country.

President Pedro Castillo Terrones tweeted, "All my solidarity with the radical of Amazonas successful the look of the beardown earthquake. I person arranged for the ministries and agencies of the enforcement subdivision to instrumentality contiguous action. You are not alone, brothers. We volition enactment those affected by structural damage."

Terrones besides tweeted that helium volition beryllium departing soon to sojourn the affected areas successful the Amazonas region.

    The National Police of Peru and the Highway Police enactment    to unblock roads aft  the earthquake.

    No casualties person been reported, but buildings and roads person suffered damage, according to authorities officials and arsenic seen successful videos uploaded by the National Police of Peru.

      The earthquake's epicenter was reported successful the Amazonas portion but was besides felt successful the superior of Lima and different neighboring towns. It had a recorded extent of 112 km. No tsunami alerts were reported.

      Earlier connected Sunday, a magnitude 5.2 earthquake deed the state with the epicenter successful El Callao, Lima.

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