A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck off the coast of Peru early Friday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, and was felt as far away as the capital, Lima, about 600 miles away.
The quake struck at 12:36 a.m. local time about a mile off the coast of Peru's Arequipa region, according to the USGS. Peruvian authorities issued a tsunami warning for the country's coast, warning that a tsunami could reach the town of Puerto Atico by 12:52 a.m.
Videos posted on social media after the quake showed furniture and security cameras shaking for nearly 30 seconds as far away as Lima.
Aftershocks of magnitude 4.2 and 4.0 were also recorded off the coast of Arequipa, according to Peru's National Seismological Center.
Peru sits on a plate boundary along the west coast of South America, and the world's largest recorded earthquake was a magnitude 9.6 quake that occurred on the Chilean plate boundary in 1960, according to the USGS.
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