Peru Earthquake Death Toll Rises to 2

The death toll from the powerful earthquake that hit a remote part of the Amazon jungle in Peru and Ecuador has risen to two. More than 30 people have also been injured in Sunday's magnitude-8.0 earthquake that was centered about 92 kilometers from the town of Yurimaguas, in northern Peru. Peruvian Civil Defense Coordinator Ricardo Seijas told Channel N television, one of the victims was "a 15-year-old who was hit on the head" by falling rubble at his home.  The...

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