Peru Earthquake 1840 (2340 GMT).

An Earthquake of 7.5 has hit Peru a like to the BBC web site tells more,

news.bbc.co.uk...

A tsunami warning has been issued for Peru, Chile, Ecuador and Colombia. It hit near the town of Chincha Alta, and was 40km (25 miles) below the earth's surface, the USGS said.

Hope everyone is ok over there.

There's also a thread here


and another one here


btw, it was a magnitude 7.9

[edit on 2007/8/15 by Hellmutt]

Originally posted by Hellmutt
We got it here

That's the breaking News Thread

and here

That's the Quake Watch thread (which I think is for tracking all earthquakes not just the big ones)

Since this appears to be a large event with very serious repercussions (there are some casualties already reported), I think we should have a forum thread just for the Peru Quake.
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Originally posted by Gools

Since this appears to be a large event with very serious repercussions (there are some casualties already reported), I think we should have a forum thread just for the Peru Quake.

I agree

So far, 17 people have been reported killed by the quake


Peru Hit by Magnitude 7.9 Quake; 17 People Killed (Update3)

Now the death toll is "at least 48"...


Powerful quake rattles Peru, killing at least 48 - Summary

At least 337 killed... and a church collapsed with lots of people in it...


BBC: Scores killed by Peru earthquake