Peruvian authorities say the magnitude 5.1 and 3.7 quakes were in the mountainous Junin region east of Lima.

A powerful earthquake has left several people dead and reduced dozens of homes to rubble after striking central Peru late on Saturday.

El primer seísmo ha sido de magnitud 5,1, al que ha seguido una réplica de 3,7, ambos muy cerca de la ciudad de Chupaca, en el centro de Perú.