Magnitude 6.9 Rattles Peru

[Viva_La_Revolution]

Source: Bloomberg

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck off the west coast of Peru, rattling residents in cities still recovering from a temblor that killed more than 500 people in 2007. No damage was immediately reported.

The quake was centered 178 miles (286 kilometers) south- southeast of Lima, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. Buildings in the capital shook for about a minute, and had to be evacuated amid aftershocks.

Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-28/peru-hit-by-magnitude-7-quake-tsunami-center.html

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EarthquakeReport.com
Very strong, extremely dangerous earthquake on the coast of Central Peru
Keep this page open or return regularly as we will be back with more details when they become available

Update : Panicked people rushed into the streets. The earthquake was well felt in Lima too

Update : Earthquake-report.com is labeling this earthquake as EXTREMELY DANGEROUS

Update : USGS has calculated that the max. MMI is VII (very strong shaking) which will be experienced by 373 people, however 334,000 people will have felt a strong shaking

Update : Ica is a city with 709,556 inhabitants (latest cencus)

Update : The earthquake happened roght on the coastline near Ica, Peru

“I Have Felt It” reports as received by Earthquake-Report.com
LIMA – In Lima, the earthquake was felt like two horizontal waves. It was 6.9in the Ritcher’s scale.

Most important Earthquake Data:
Magnitude : 6.9
UTC Time : 18:54:35
Local time at epicenter : 01:54:35 PM
Depth (Hypocenter) : 34.9 km
Geo-location(s) :
51 km (31 miles) SSW of Ica, Peru
112 km (69 miles) S of Chincha Alta, Peru
201 km (124 miles) W of Puquio, Peru
288 km (178 miles) SSE of LIMA, Peru
http://earthquake-report.com/2011/10/28/very-strong-dangerous-earthquake-in-peru/

[RaRa]

1. 6.9? That's a hell of a "rattle". n/t

[valerief]

2. Decades of oil drilling there. nt

[L. Coyote]

3. Magnitude-6.9 quake shakes Peru's coast

Source: By FRANK BAJAK Associated Press = Oct. 28, 2011 - 12:19 pm

LIMA, Peru -- A magnitude-6.9 earthquake centered off Peru's central coast sent people running panicked into the streets Friday in cities badly damaged by a killer quake four years earlier. There were no reports of damage though hospital directors reported at least 20 injuries.

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Friday's quake was considerably less violent in Lima, a city of 8.5 million people. The capital shook for about 30 seconds in a series of moderate, swaying movements.

Several aftershocks followed ....


Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2011/10/28/4014502/magnitude-69-quake-shakes-peruvian.html

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Good reporting.