Strong earthquake shakes southern Peru

[Pastor Dale Morgan]

*Great Earthquakes In Diverse Places

Strong earthquake shakes southern Peru*

2009-08-04

LIMA, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake of magnitude 5 shook Monday
the city of Pisco in Ica department, south of Peruvian capital Lima,
causing fear among local inhabitants.

According to the Geophysics Institute of Peru the earthquake struck
at 3:10 p.m. (2010 GMT), and its epicenter was 32 km southeast to Pisco
with a depth of 50 km. The earthquake was also felt in a radius of 100
km, without immediate reports of any damages or casualties.

In August 2007, the provinces of Ica, Pisco and Chincha of Ica
department and Canete in Lima were jolted by an earthquake of 8.1
magnitude, killing 596 people, leaving thousands of affected people and
70,000 destroyed houses.