A natural disaster in Perú

The 2007 Peru earthquake, which measured 8.0 on the moment magnitude

scale, hit the central coast of Peru on August 15 at 23:40:57 and lasted two
minutes. The epicenter was located 150 km south-southeast of Lima at a depth
of 39 km. The United States Geological Survey National Earthquake Information
Center reported that it was a very strong earthquake. The Peruvian government
stated that 519 people were killed by the quake.
This earthquake occurred at the boundary between the Nazca and South
American tectonic plates, which are converging at a rate of 78 mm (3.1 in) per
year. The earthquake occurred as thrust faulting on the interface between the
two plates, with the South American Plate moving up and seaward over the
Nazca Plate. Experts say this kind of earthquake is produced about once every
100 years.