Big quake in Peru

[Buccaneer]

Pray for them, it's probably going to be bad.

[DaddyTorgo]

fuck

I <3 Peru. That sucks

[Buccaneer]

Prbably not so bad afterall.

[Neon_Chaos]

7.5 magnitude.

I was on the outer rings of the 7.8 that hit Manila in 1990. That was one of the worst disasters I've ever experienced.

[Greyroofoo]

Apparently I hit here you bitches

[SackAttack]

Not sure how many there've been. I was reading a 7.7 and a couple 7.5 aftershocks, but allegedly there was a glitch in the computer that caused a triple reading or somesuch.

USGS site is showing the following, though:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Maps/10/285_-15.gif

Looks like a 7.5 with three aftershocks in the 5 range somewhere. That's gotta be unpleasant.

[SackAttack]

Dola,

the aftershocks are 5.9 (centered over the 7.5), 5.9, and 5.8 respectively.

[Buccaneer]

Looks like it's been upgraded to a 7.9.

[Buccaneer]

fuck

I <3 Peru. That sucks

I agree with you. If I were to travel to a Latin American country, this would be my first choice.

[SackAttack]

Looks like it's been upgraded to a 7.9.

Also, the map I posted appears to be auto-updating, with another 5.0'ish aftershock. I'll check.

[SackAttack]

The red spot there is a 5.4 aftershock.

[Craptacular]

Hawaii is still under a tsunami advisory. Buoys off the coast of Chile have detected one.

[ISiddiqui]

Yikes... hopefully the damage isn't that bad!

[finketr]

337 dead, 1700 injured.

luckily my fiancee's family is all safe and sound in Lima. She worked for a year in Canete (very hard hit area).

one of her cousions works in Ica which is also hard hit but he is apparently safe, as well...

[MikeVic]

That sucks!