A 6.3-magnitude earthquake has struck Peru's central Pacific coastline, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported on Monday.
The USGS said the tremor struck shortly after midnight at a depth of 24 miles, with its epicenter located nine miles south-east of the city of Ica.
Local media reports citing officials indicated that about eight people suffered minor injuries in the quake. However, there were no immediate reports of any damages in the tremor, which is said to have disrupted power supplies in the region. But no tsunami warning has been put in place.
According to experts, earthquakes with magnitudes below 6.5 very rarely trigger a tsunami. But they warned that such tremors often cause same changes to sea-levels near their epicenter.
Peru's Inca province had suffered extensive damage in August 2007 when it was hit by a 7.9-magnitude undersea earthquake, leaving at least 500 people dead and thousands homeless in the region.
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