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Earthquake of magnitude 5.6 strikes central Peru, EMSC says

An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 struck Central Peru on Saturday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said.

The depth of the quake was 22 km (13.67 miles), the EMSC said.

(Reporting by Sumedha Mukherjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)

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