USGS reported a magnitude 5.3 earthquake 80 km ENE of Lagunas, Peru, at coordinates -4.9495, -75.0002 and a depth of 11.49 km. No impact details were included in the source data received by Planet Briefing.
Illustrative image: This is a map of South America showing the outline and capital city of Peru .The borders depicted are the official view of Suriname. The outline of each country is shown with a yellow line and the location of the capital is indicated with a red circle. — SurinameCentral/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Bishop Accountability presented in Lima a list of 77 Peruvian Catholic clergy members publicly accused of sexually abusing minors. Victims and the organization urged Pope Leo XIV to take concrete steps, including establishing a truth commission, ahead of his South America tour.
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