An earthquake of 6.2 degrees left 145 wounded in the South of Peru

At least 145 people were injured, all of a mild nature, after the strong earthquake of 6.2 degrees on the Richter scale that struck early yesterday morning Monday Ica (Southern) region, said the Civil Defense Institute (Indeci) Peru.

In the last balance sheet indicated "145 injured, at least 125 homes were uninhabitable, and 581 affected in the Department of Ica", stated in note Defense Civil.

According to the Ministry of health, the wounded are "minor injuries" and they are treated at several hospitals in the area. The report explained that the data correspond to urban areas and part of the rural areas where they are coming the lifeguards.

Effective police "continue with the patrolling of all provinces of the Ica region and Civil Defence staff carry out an evaluation and monitoring" on the damage, said the note from the Peruvian

People who were affected suffered fractures, bruises and u000acuts as a result of landslides of walls, stumbles and falls on stairways when they were leaving their homes, said doctor Raul Huaman regional hospital of Ica, who pointed out that the injured were out of danger.

Initially, after the earthquake which occurred minutes after midnight on Sunday to Monday, hospitals attended to ten people, but with the passage of the hours the number of wounded was rising, explained the President of the region Ica, Alonso Navarro.

The earthquake occurred at local H 11 00 (05 H 11 GMT) with its epicenter in the Pacific Ocean, 47 km southwest of Ica and a depth of 48 km, reported the Geophysical Institute of the Peru (PGI).

United States (USGS) Geophysics Center detected the quake with a magnitude of 6.3 on the scale moment magnitude. The tremor caused cuts of light and telephone service in Ica, capital of the Department of the same name.

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