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Peru:Earthquake:2001/06/23

Duration	2001/06/23	Great earthquake of magnitude 7.9 occured the southern region of Peru this afternoon, leaving at least 26 people dead and hundreds injured.
Country or District	Peru
Name	Earthquake

Headline(Source, Date)
Personal Injury	Material Damage	Others
Peru - Earthquake 28 June 2001
Deaths：115 Injured：1,529 Missing 53 Total population affected：73,391	Affected/destroyed housing: 21,189
M7.9 Earthquake happened in Peru and at least 47 people were killed.
Number of persons Total: Dead 47 Injured 170

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El Comercio(Peru newspaper) sorry spanish only

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Report/Articles OCHA Situation Report No.6 2001/06/29 Damage Situation in Regions OCHA Situation Report No.5 2001/06/28 Damage Situation and National Response to the calamity OCHA Situation Report No.4 2001/06/27 Request for urgently needed relief supplies OCHA Situation Report No.3 2001/06/26 The Damage Situation of the Earthquake in Peru CNN (only japanese) AlertNet by Reuters The report on the damage by earthquake OCHA Situation Report No.2 2001/06/24 In most affected areas, Arequipa, Moquegua and Tacna, 52 were dead, 544 were wounded and 10 were missing. OCHA Situation Report No.1 2001/06/24 On June 23, 2001, the earthquake of magnitude 7.9 on the Richter Scale occurred in the south district of Peru. The Meteorological Agency of Japan Report on the situation of earthquaeke (Only in Japanese) CNN(TV) killed:47, injured:over 500 (14:10(JST)) asahi.com (sorry, japanese only) BBC(real video) The real player is necessary to listen this news. BBC Earthquake rocks Peru at 1533 local time (2033 GMT), killing at least 31 people. CNN 7.9 quake rumbles coastal Peru Geophysicist Brian Lassige at the National Earthquake Center in Golden, Colorado, said the quake was centered about 120 miles west of the city of Arequipa on the coast, about 500 miles southeast of Lima. Civil defense officials said 18 people were killed in Arequipa, where at least 170 people were injured as well.

Geographycal Data Information The General Libraries at The University of Texas at Austin The map of Peru (Courtesy of The General Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin) University of Edinburgh, World-Wide Earthquake Locator The map sorrounding epicenter of Peru Earthquake Department of UN Secretariat The Map of Peru (Epicenter: Arequipa, southern district of Peru) USGS 01/06/23 20:33:14 UTC 16.14S 73.31W Depth: 33.0 km 7.9M NEAR COAST OF PERU

Emergency Relief Information contributions by World Vision InterAction（NGO） World Vision InterAction members assist the victims of the earthquake in Peru. AlertNet by Reuters Basic Information about Peru Ministry of Foreign Affairs Japan-Peru Relations

Urgent Report from Supporting Members of the Asian Disaster Reduction Center

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