Peru rehearses its response to a magnitude 8.8 quake off Lima and Callao

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Peru conducted its second national multi-hazard drill this year, simulating a magnitude 8.8 earthquake off the central coast near Lima and Callao to test evacuation and emergency response capabilities.

Peru held the year's second national multi-hazard drill on Friday, an exercise testing evacuation protocols and the response capacity of the public and the authorities to a possible magnitude 8.8 earthquake centered off the central coast of Lima and Callao.