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Nepal-Tibet Floods: 160 Dead, Nearly 1,500 Missing After Glacier Collapse Mistaken for Quake
A chunk of glacier broke away at roughly 5,200 meters in the Himalayas on Wednesday, plunging about 1,200 meters onto the Lhende River and unleashing a flash flood that tore through the Nepal-Tibet border region, according to Al Jazeera and the Guardian.
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Peru Quake Downgraded From 7.2 to 6.7, No Damage Reported
Peru's Geophysical Institute clocked Thursday's earthquake at magnitude 7.2 before the U.S.
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5.5-Magnitude Quake Kills at Least 5 in Peru's Andes, Displaces 300
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Peru's central Andes at 9:24pm Saturday, its epicenter 2 kilometers west-southwest of the city of Sicaya in Huancayo province and its focus 10 kilometers underground, according to the US Geological Survey.