Damages reported after strong earthquake in Peru

A very strong 6.3 dangerous earthquake was reported at 18.51 local time near Coast Of Northern Peru.
According to USGS the quake was located
6 km (3 mi) W of Sechura, Peru

A very strong 6.3 dangerous earthquake was reported at 18.51 local time near Coast Of Northern Peru.
According to USGS the quake was located
6 km (3 mi) W of Sechura, Peru
19 km (11 mi) SSW of Vice, Peru
23 km (14 mi) SW of La Union, Peru
39 km (24 mi) SSW of Catacaos, Peru
645 km (399 mi) SSW of Quito, Ecuador

Latest update report damages in Sechura, Paita, Colรกn and Parachique.
The tower of the church San Clemente in Sechura was also damaged.

Sechura is a town in northwestern Peru, 50 km south of Piura. It is the capital of Sechura Province in the Piura Region. The town gives its name to the Sechura Desert, which extends south along most of coastal Peru. Crescent dunes lie south of the city, between the sea and the highway.
The town has a main square with the Catรฉdral de Sechura, built in the 17th-century in the Spanish colonial style. Because of the desert surrounding the town, the church has sometimes been called the Catรฉdral de Arena (Sand Cathedral).

There are destroyed roads in Piura, people are talking about collapsed houses in Catacaos.

A local News Network reports a lot of damage in Piura and even more in Sechura. Sechura is almost above the epicenter.

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