Earthquake in Peru kills hundreds


	Earthquake in Peru kills hundreds

invictus

8-16-2007 12:47 PM

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earthquake, peru, disasters

invictus says:

A 7.9 magnitude quake shook Peru today, with aftershocks coming as big as 6.3. News agencies report a high casualty: hundreds were killed and at least 1300 were injured.

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8-16-2007 3:17 PM

kkcapricorn

Absolutely horrible!

8-16-2007 3:53 PM

skwirlinator

I just heard on the news about a 3.2 in Los Angeles

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                        CHINCHA, Peru (Reuters) - 
Powerful aftershocks shook <SPAN id="lw_1187281448_0">Peru</SPAN>
on Thursday as rescuers pulled wounded and dead from collapsed
homes and churches a day after a massive earthquake killed
hundreds of people.                        
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Chincha and Pisco on the Pacific coast, and dead bodies were
gathered on street corners in <SPAN id="lw_1187281448_1">Pisco</SPAN>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070816/wl_nm/peru_earthquake_dc_22"><P>Peru's civil defense agency said at least 337 people
perished and 1,300 were injured in the 7.9-magnitude quake and
the death toll was expected to rise.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070816/wl_nm/peru_earthquake_dc_22"><P>The <SPAN id="lw_1187281448_2">U.S. Geological Survey</SPAN> reported aftershocks of
magnitude 6.0 and 6.3 on Thursday morning near the central Peru
coast.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070816/wl_nm/peru_earthquake_dc_22"><P>Wounded people lay on the floor in the San Jose hospital in
Chincha, south of the capital <SPAN id="lw_1187281448_3">Lima</SPAN>. Television images showed
walls in the hospital destroyed by the quake.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070816/wl_nm/peru_earthquake_dc_22"><P>In the San Juan de Dios hospital in Pisco, doctor Ricardo
Cabrera said staff was struggling to cope with 200 wounded and
more than 40 dead, with no power and a large part of the
hospital damaged.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/B5BC7182-D640-415D-B22A-FED2081D8235/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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