Monday, 30 January 2012

6.3 Mag Near Coast of Central Peru

Magnitude6.3
Date-Time
  • Monday, January 30, 2012 at 05:11:00 UTC
  • Monday, January 30, 2012 at 12:11:00 AM at epicenter
  • Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location14.179°S, 75.644°W
Depth39.2 km (24.4 miles)

USGS

Very strong dangerous earthquake near Ica, Peru – 125 injured, 140+ homeless

Update 21:15UTC: 125 people are reported to be injured (108 from the province of Ica (of which 73 from Dist. Ica, 6 from the Dist. Ocucaje, 10 from Dist. Parcona, 1 from Dist. Santiago, 6 from Dist. Tinguina, 10 from Dist. Guadalupe); 12 from the province of Pisco; 7 from the province of Chincha).

140 people are homeless of which 115 are in the Province of Ica and 25 from the Province of Pisco.

28 houses are uninhabitable (23 in Ica, 5 in Pisco) and 27 additional houses are damaged.

The 125 injured have been serviced and taken care of at local hospitals and health centers.

Earthquake-report.com commends INDECI for their speedy and also intensive and detailed work in collecting the damage statistics. A lot of much more developed nations could learn much from the Peruvian press reporting of disasters.

Update 17:15UTC: INDECI has updated the number of injured to 119. 16 houses have also been damaged, as well as the cathedral. More damage is expected to be found and reported over the coming days.

Update 14:40UTC: Indeci still maintains the figures of 98 injured, 3 people homeless, 10 people in affected houses, 1 destroyed house and 2 damaged, however other reports give much higher damaged buildings estimates.
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