At least one person is dead and dozens were injured in Peru after an earthquake shook the coastline near its capital city of Lima.

The ​​United States Geological Survey (USGS) says the earthquake registers a 5.6 magnitude. At least one person has been killed, and five others injured after a 5.6 magnitude earthquake hit Peru and was felt throughout the capital, Lima.

A 36-year-old man died in northern Lima while “standing outside his vehicle waiting for a passenger” when a wall from the fourth floor of a building detached and fell on his head