Earthquake of magnitude 5.6 strikes Peru-Ecuador border region, GFZ says


(Reuters) -An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 has struck the Peru-Ecuador border region, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ)said on Thursday.

The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), GFZ said.

(Reporting by Devika Nair in BengaluruEditing by Bernadette Baum)

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