Magnitude-7.1 earthquake kills 2, injures dozens in Peru

A man walks by toppled houses on August 15, 2016 in the Andean town of Yanque in southern Peru, after a 5.3 magnitude earthquake struck this remote picturesque region in the state of Arequipa
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At least two people were killed and another 65 injured by a magnitude-7.1 earthquake in Peru Sunday morning. More than a dozen people remain missing as relief efforts begin. The quake struck off Peru's coast in the Pacific Ocean shortly after 4 a.m. local time.

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Bonnie Kristian

Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.