Magnitude 5.6 earthquake strikes eastern Peru near Brazil border

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck eastern Peru, according to seismic monitoring agencies.

The tremor occurred at 19:59 local time on July 30, with its epicentre located about 35 kilometres east of the city of Pucallpa and roughly 70 kilometres from the border with Brazil, according to the Altai-Sayan branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences' Unified Geophysical Service, Caliber.Az reports per foreign media.

The agency classified the shaking at the epicentre as "intense."

The United States Geological Survey also recorded the earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6, estimating its depth at 154.4 kilometres.

By Sabina Mammadli