-Caveat Lector- http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Peru-Earthquake.html June 24, 2001 Quake Kills at Least 47 in Peru By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 9:16 a.m. ET LIMA, Peru (AP) -- President Valentin Paniagua flew over southern Peru on Sunday, surveying damage from an earthquake that killed at least 47 people, injured hundreds and left thousands camped out overnight in parks and streets. ``We can say, gladly, that the physical damage to Arequipa and its surrounding area is not so grave, but we still do not know what we are going to see when we get over Moquegua,'' Health Minister Eduardo Pretell told radio station Radioprogramas from a helicopter, where he was observing the region with Paniagua. President-elect Alejandro Toledo postponed a visit to the United States that was set for Sunday and instead planned to fly to the colonial city of Arequipa, 465 miles southeast of Lima, the capital. He takes office July 28. The 7.9-magnitude quake shook the region for more than a minute Saturday afternoon, toppling churches, buildings and homes and damaging one of Arequipa's oldest cathedrals. The powerful quake rattled residents in Lima and was felt in Boliva, 260 miles east of the epicenter, and in Chile, 225 miles southeast. ``For the love of God, please send help,'' a woman could be heard screaming while a radio reporter described the destruction in the city of Moquegua, southwest of Arequipa. Sixteen people were killed and 50 injured there. At least 21 people were killed in Arequipa, Peru's second-largest city with a population of 1 million, said Santiago Montenegro of Peru's Civil Defense Institute. Nine people were killed in Tacna, near the border with Chile, he said. Some 200 injured were being treated at a soccer field-turned-treatment center, Tacna Mayor Luis Torres said. In the small coastal town of Camana, 455 miles southeast of Lima, one person was killed and 39 injured, a hospital official said. At least 30 people were injured in northern Chile, four seriously, the government said. The earthquake measured magnitude 7.9 and was centered off Peru's Pacific coast, 120 miles west of Arequipa, according to the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center in Golden, Colo. Peru's Geophysical Institute put the quake at magnitude 6.9 in Arequipa. The difference could not be explained. At least 20 aftershocks were registered in the area. Hundreds of people, fearful of aftershocks, camped out in parks and in the streets of Arequipa overnight, radio reports said, despite temperatures hovering as low as 41 degrees. Arequipa, where it is midwinter, lies 7,670 feet above sea level. Two cargo planes stocked with 22 tons of food, blankets and medicine were on their way aboard one of the flights, Peru's Civil Defense said. Reports said the quake destroyed dozens of homes and damaged Arequipa's imposing cathedral, first constructed in 1656 but rebuilt after an earthquake in 1868. Television footage showed large chunks of stonework crumbled away on one of the elaborate steeples. The other steeple had fallen over. Arequipa, founded by Spanish conquerors in 1540, has a long history of devastating earthquakes. The city was destroyed by an earthquake in 1600. Despite major earthquakes in 1687, 1868, 1958 and 1960, many 17th- and 18th-century buildings -- built from light-colored volcanic rock -- have survived. Known as ``the white city,'' Arequipa was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site last year. In Chile, the city hardest hit by Saturday's quake was Arica, 1,250 miles north of Santiago, the capital. Some houses were damaged, and electricity and telephone services were interrupted, said Emergency Office spokeswoman Carmen Fernandez. Peru is intermittently shaken by earthquakes, and was battered by a 7.7-magnitude temblor in May 31, 1970, that killed approximately 70,000 people. On November 12, 1996, 17 people were killed and some 1,500 injured in a 7.7-magnitude quake that struck Nazca. On May 30, 1990, 137 people were killed in a 6.3-magnitude quake in northern Peru. A quake with a magnitude of 7 or more is capable of heavy and widespread damage. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Peru-Earthquake.html See geologist Jim Berkland's site for record of predictions: http://www.syzygyjob.org/syzygy/index.shtml --------------------------- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! 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