A strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck today near the mountainous border of Brazil and Peru, experts from the US Geographical Survey said.
The temblor, with its center about 127 km (79 miles) east-southeast of Cruzeiro do Sul, Brazil, and 328 km (204 miles) east of Pucallpa, in Peru's Andes, struck at 1618 GMT, the USGS said.