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BBC News · 🇬🇧 public United Kingdom · · 331 words · By Ben Hatton
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Peru earthquake damages buildings and causes power cuts - Published At least three people have been injured and buildings have been damaged after an earthquake struck Peru, local officials have said.

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What happened

Peru earthquake damages buildings and causes power cuts - Published At least three people have been injured and buildings have been damaged after an earthquake struck Peru, local officials have said.

Why it matters

The earthquake, which occurred near the small settlement of Aniso in the southern Ayacucho region on Thursday, had a magnitude of 6.7, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.

Common ground

Peru's defence minister Rafael Belaunde said 22 homes and six schools were damaged, local media report.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 15 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Colombia on 10 August, prompting a state of emergency to be declared.”
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Claim 2: “nine educational facilities were damaged”
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Claim 3: “The earthquake, which occurred near the small settlement of Aniso in the southern Ayacucho region on Thursday, had a magnitude of 6.7, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.”
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Multiple independent web sources confirm a 6.7 magnitude earthquake occurred near Aniso in the Ayacucho region on Thursday, citing the USGS.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of earthquakes in 2026. Only earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above are included, unless they result in significant damage and/or casualties. All dates are listed according to UTC time. Th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_2026
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web search NEUTRAL — A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck the Ayacucho region on Thursday, the US Geological Survey says.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/weather-news/articles/peru-earthq…
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web search NEUTRAL — According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), an earthquake of 6.7 magnitude happened near the small settlement of Aniso in the southern Ayacucho region on Thursday. Peru's defence minister Rafael Bel…
https://jang.com.pk/en/71518-peru-earthquake-67-magnitude-tr…
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Claim 4: “At least three people have been injured and buildings have been damaged after an earthquake struck Peru”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant search results regarding cooling water contamination and stainless-steel corrosion. No evidence regarding earthquake injuries in Peru was provided for this specific claim index.
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web search NEUTRAL — pH Control: The pH of chlorinated cooling water must be maintained between 6.5 and 7.5. If pH is too high, the sanitizing efficacy of chlorine drops dramatically; if pH is too low, the water becomes c…
https://www.chinaequipmentsupplier.com/blog/retort-cooling-w…
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web search NEUTRAL — Highly stressed areas of steel inside the retort system are normally affected first. When high levels of chlorides, adequate oxygen, water, and high temperatures combine, the SCC corrosion reaction ca…
https://allpax-promach.files.svdcdn.com/production/Allpax-St…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jan 7, 2026 · Learn how to specify corrosion-resistant tinplate for food and beverage cans, from grades to coatings and tests. Get a custom quote or samples from Tinsun Packaging.
https://tinsunpack.com/corrosion-resistant-tinplate-for-food…
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Claim 5: “The Geophysical Institute of Peru recorded the earthquake as having a magnitude of 7.2.”
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Claim 6: “Tremors were reportedly felt across large parts of the country, including in the capital, Lima, around 300 miles (482km) away.”
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Claim 7: “More than 6,000 people are known to have died [in Venezuela]”
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Claim 8: “Peru's defence minister Rafael Belaunde said 22 homes and six schools were damaged”
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While one web search result mentions Rafael Belaunde stating 22 homes and six schools were damaged, the other provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant YouTube links and Wikipedia entries about a different historical figure (Fernando Belaúnde). Only one source corroborates the specific damage numbers.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Popular Action (Spanish: Acción Popular, AP) is a conservative, populist, and reformist political party in Peru, founded by former Peruvian president Fernando Belaúnde.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Action_(Peru)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — General elections were held in Peru from 12 to 13 April 2026 to elect the president, vice presidents, and the Congress of the Republic of Peru. As no presidential candidate achieved a majority of vote…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Peruvian_general_election
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Fernando Sergio Marcelo Marcos Belaúnde Terry (7 October 1912 – 4 June 2002) was a Peruvian politician who twice served as President of Peru (1963–1968 and 1980–1985). Deposed by a military coup in 19…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Belaúnde
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Claim 9: “The earthquake struck at around 13:00 local time (18:00 GMT) at a depth of 62 miles (100km), around 19 miles (31km) north-west of Aniso”
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Multiple sources confirm the earthquake occurred around 13:00 local time, at a depth of 100km, and approximately 31km northwest of Aniso.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In electromagnetism and materials science, the Jiles–Atherton model of magnetic hysteresis was introduced in 1984 by David Jiles and D. L. Atherton. This is one of the most popular models of magnetic …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiles–Atherton_model
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of earthquakes in 2026. Only earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above are included, unless they result in significant damage and/or casualties. All dates are listed according to UTC time. Th…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Raman spectroscopy (; named after the physicist C. V. Raman) is a spectroscopic technique typically used to determine vibrational modes of molecules, although rotational and other low-frequency modes …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raman_spectroscopy
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Claim 10: “Damage was reported at 10 healthcare facilities in the Ayacucho region and two were damaged in the neighbouring Cusco region”
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Only one source (IBTimes UK) specifically mentions the '10 health service providers in Ayacucho and two in Cusco' figure. Other sources mention 'six health centres' generally across both regions, which contradicts the specific count of 12 total facilities.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ayacucho (Spanish pronunciation: [aʝaˈkutʃo] , Quechua: Ayak'uchu, derived from the words aya ("death" or "soul") and k'uchu ("corner")), founded in 1540 as San Juan de la Frontera de Huamanga and kno…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayacucho
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cusco in Peru is the historical capital of the Incas.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Cusco
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Quechua (; Spanish: [ˈketʃwa]), also called Runa simi in Southern Quechua (pronounced [ˈɾʊna ˈsɪmɪ], 'people's language'), is an indigenous language family that originated in central Peru and thereaft…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quechuan_languages
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Claim 11: “Around 9,000 properties also lost power”
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web search NEUTRAL — Therefore, earthquakes lower the Earth's available elastic potential energy and raise its temperature, though these changes are negligible compared to the conductive and convective flow of heat out fr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake
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web search NEUTRAL — The Latest Earthquakes application supports most recent browsers, view supported browsers.
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/
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web search NEUTRAL — Maps, lists, data, and information about today's earthquakes, lists of the biggest earthquakes, and recent earthquakes.
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Claim 12: “Belaunde... said three people had been hurt but did not suffer serious injuries”
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The evidence provided for this claim refers to a gun attack on a presidential hopeful and a shooting in Hillsborough, neither of which relate to earthquake injuries reported by a Minister Belaunde.
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web search NEUTRAL — Defense Minister Rafael Belaunde stated on TVPerú Noticias that the legislative powers requested by the Executive Branch should be understood as a comprehensive request and not solely as an initiative…
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web search NEUTRAL — Three people were injured, but they were not seriously injured. They were transported to Duke University Medical Center where two victims were treated and released. One person remains at the hospital,…
https://abc11.com/hillsborough-shooting-torain-street/448356…
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web search NEUTRAL — Belaunde said the injuries were "scratches sustained after the incident," in the town of Cerro Azul, about 130 kilometers (80 miles) south of Lima. Using his own weapon, Belaunde fired "at least 12 sh…
https://en.aletihad.ae/news/mena-world/4626986/peru-presiden…
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Claim 13: “The death toll currently stands at more than 300 people [in Colombia]”
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Claim 14: “Peru... sits along the meeting point of the Nazca and South American tectonic plates”
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Wikipedia and Britannica both confirm that the Nazca plate is an oceanic plate off the west coast of South America and that Peru is situated along the boundary/convergence of the Nazca and South American plates.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Nazca lines (, ) are a group of geoglyphs made in the soil of the Nazca Desert in southern Peru. They were created between 500 BC and 500 AD by people making depressions or shallow incisions in th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazca_lines
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Nazca plate or Nasca plate, named after the Nazca region of southern Peru, is an oceanic tectonic plate in the eastern Pacific Ocean basin off the west coast of South America. The ongoing subducti…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazca_plate
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nazca (; sometimes spelled Nasca; possibly from Quechua: nanasqa, lit. 'hurt') is a city and system of valleys on the southern coast of Peru. The city of Nazca is the largest in the Nazca Province. Th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazca
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Claim 15: “Venezuela was hit by twin earthquakes on 24 June, with magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5 recorded just 39 seconds apart.”
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