Magnitude 6.3 Earthquake Strikes Near Ica Peru, City Devastated by August 2007 8.0 Quake
[Photo-Image: Google map of January 30, 2012, 6.3 Peru earthquake]
According to info from the USGS a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck 173 miles SSE of Lima, Peru, on January 30, 2012, at 12:11 AM, 05:11:00 UTC. The epicenter 9 miles SE of Ica, Peru, a city (population 219,856) with 85% of buildings destroyed and a death toll of 430 during the August 15, 2007, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake.
“The cities of Pisco, Ica and Chincha Alta in the Ica Region, and San Vicente de Cañete in the Lima Region were most affected. The earthquake was also felt in the capital Lima, where the quake broke windows in downtown sectors of the city, as well as various other Peruvian cities, including Pucallpa, Iquitos, Contamana, Trujillo and Cajamarca. Seventeen people died and 70 were injured when a church in the city of Ica collapsed.[5] They were attending mass at the time the earthquake started. The city of Pisco, which is 260 km (160 mi) southeast of Lima, suffered the most damage, with its buildings about 85% destroyed, and as many as 430 residents died; 148 of those deaths occurred when the cathedral collapsed in the city’s main square.[6]”
Link to USGS website and the history of earthquakes in Peru.
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“The most deadly earthquake in Peru’s history before 1970 struck Lima in October 1746. At least 5,000 persons were killed, many of them when a seismic seawave (tsunami) swept the coast. Because of the Lima earthquake, there is an annual festical of the Miracle Christ in Peru, and to this day, the custom of wearing purple during the month of October is observed in commemoration of that event.”
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