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8.0 Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Peru
August 16, 2007
Wednesday evening Aug. 15, 2007 an 8.0 magnitude earthquake, lasting roughly two minutes, struck the coast of central Peru at approximately 6:41 p.m. local time. Recent reports total the death toll at more than 400 and the injured at more than 1,300 people, numbers that are expected to rise as emergency workers sift through the rubble.
The epicenter was more than 18 miles below the Earth’s surface. The hardest hit areas in Peru have been the city of Ica and the nearby port of Pisco (125 miles south east of Lima). According to the U.S. Geological Survey summary, aftershocks ranging in magnitude from 4.5 and 6.3 continually rock the central coast.
Giorgio Ferrario of the International Red Cross stated this in the CNN.com report: “When the shaking stopped, a major highway along the coast was nearly destroyed. Rescuers have been severely hampered by fallen debris.”
"It took them seven hours—seven hours and a half to do normally what is done in two hours and a half because of the road," Ferrario said. "The information gathered from the field is that destruction is extensive.”
The CNN report also recounts the following:
The government has closed schools, said Labor Minister Susana Pinilla Cisneros, who announced that Lima's Labor Ministry and other public buildings had sustained damage.
The major quake prompted a tsunami warning, issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, which was eventually canceled.
More than 11 smaller earthquakes occurred in the hours following the original temblor—most a few miles from its epicenter, but some also in central Peru. Their magnitudes ranged from 5.0 to 6.3.
We received a report from Foursquare Peru National Leader Fabio Padilla that stated no loss of life or property has been reported, nor are there missing people among the Foursquare family.
Foursquare Peru is now rallying together to provide medical relief in the hardest hit areas.
Please pray for the citizens of Peru, for those affected by the quake and those who are providing relief. If you would like to donate money to aid the medical work undertaken by Foursquare Peru please send checks to Foursquare Missions and mark the following on the memo line: Relief Fund.
Mail checks to:
Foursquare Missions International
ATTN: Paulette McCammon
PO Box 26902
Los Angeles, CA 90026
Thank you for interceding,
Mike Larkin
V.P., Director of Global Operations and Missions
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