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Liputan6.com, Washington, DC: An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale shook southern Peru on Sunday (23 / 5) local time. Based on the information the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in Washington DC, United States, the epicenter was about 82 kilometers in the south of Ayacucho, Peru.

If viewed from the location of the capital city of Peru, Lima, the epicenter is about 356 kilometers. "The quake's epicenter at a depth of 110 kilometers," said the USGS. However, so far, there has been no report regarding the damage the earthquake.

USGS reported, many residents scrambled to Lima streets because of fear of earthquake shocks. Quake also was felt in the region Ayacucho, Apurimac, Ica and Lima South.

Three years ago, precisely August 15, 2007, an earthquake measuring 7.9 Richter shook Peru. This earthquake killed about 600 people and resulted in many victims injured in the western state of Latin America is [read: Peru Earthquake Video, Hundreds Killed].

Worst earthquake hit Peru in 1970. At that moment an earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter shook the Andean highlands, triggering landslides and buried Yungay City. There are 66 thousand people killed in a third country in South America's largest. (ASW / ANS / Reuters)