337 killed in Peru earthquake

A powerful 7.9-magnitude earthquake shook Peru’s coast near the capital, toppling buildings, setting off landslides and killing at least 337 people and injuring more than 1,300 others, Peru’s National Institute for Civil Defence said.

Deputy Health Minister Jose Calderon called the situation “dramatic” in Ica, a city of 650,000 people 165 miles south-east of the capital Lima.