Thursday, August 16, 2007
Peru Stages Rescue Operation as Quake Kills 60 People
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baby 5Posted by Beewitch Posted by Ninja T. Penguin
(Alex Emery - Bloomberg) from Peru.
Rescue workers in Peru searched for survivors and state health workers struggled to treat hundreds of injured after a magnitude 7.9 earthquake toppled buildings along the southern coast, killing at least 60 people.
Peru's largest earthquake in more than 30 years forced the government to declare a state of emergency and prompted countries such as Mexico and Panama to pledge aid. It was the world's biggest quake since an 8.1 magnitude temblor stuck off the Solomon Islands in May, triggering a tsunami that killed 54 people.
At least 60 people were killed and 800 injured in the southern coastal town of Ica where buildings and a church collapsed, Mayor Mariano Quispe told Radioprogramas, a radio station based in the capital, Lima.
``There have been losses in...
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baby 5Posted by Beewitch Posted by Ninja T. Penguin
(Alex Emery - Bloomberg) from Peru.
Rescue workers in Peru searched for survivors and state health workers struggled to treat hundreds of injured after a magnitude 7.9 earthquake toppled buildings along the southern coast, killing at least 60 people.
Peru's largest earthquake in more than 30 years forced the government to declare a state of emergency and prompted countries such as Mexico and Panama to pledge aid. It was the world's biggest quake since an 8.1 magnitude temblor stuck off the Solomon Islands in May, triggering a tsunami that killed 54 people.
At least 60 people were killed and 800 injured in the southern coastal town of Ica where buildings and a church collapsed, Mayor Mariano Quispe told Radioprogramas, a radio station based in the capital, Lima.
``There have been losses in...
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