US EditionIca: 18 Years After the Fateful Earthquake, the Reconstruction Process Is Not yet Complete
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Hundreds of people gather today to remember their loved ones and friends who died in the devastating earthquake of August 15, 2007, which occurred exactly 18 years ago. Also, many homes, schools, churches and other properties are waiting to be rebuilt.Destruction in PiscoThe population of Ica, and especially of Pisco, revives with deep nostalgia and regret that fateful day that marked the history of an entire region.The 8.0 degree earthquake on …
Today, Friday, August 15, the Per remembers the 18th of the 7.9-degree earthquake in the Ica region, which left 596 dead, 1 800 injured and 76,000 homes destroyed.
By: Edwin Herrera, from Pisco August 15th, 2007. 6:40 pm. Pisco begins to shake with an earthquake of magnitude 7.9 that caused not only this city, but also the whole region to Ica, Lima, Huancavelica, Arequipa and that was felt in much of the country. It was the last earthquake that caused a large number of deaths: 595, according to Indeci, 2291 injured and about 450,000 people affected.Seventeen years later, a team of RPP News came to Pisco to…
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