No Peruvians Injured In Mexico Quake – Government

No Peruvians have been injured by a large earthquake that hit Mexico on Tuesday, according to Peru’s consul general in that country, Augusto Freyre.

“We have received reports from the three consulates in Mexico (Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey) and there are no reports of [Peruvians] being injured due to the quake,” Freyre said, according to state news agency Andina.

Some 6,500 Peruvians are believed to be living in Mexico. Of those, 400 live in the Read more…

Peru To Spend $57 Million On Homes For Quake Victims

Peru’s government plans to spend more than 160 million soles (approximately $57 million) to build 10,000 homes this year in areas that have been hit by the August 2007 earthquake, said Ana Jara, the minister of Women and Vulnerable Populations.

Jara said the houses will be provided to residents in Ica region, where the damage from the quake was most pronounced. They will also be provided to areas that were affected in the neighboring regions of Lima and Huancavelica, state news Read more…

Huancavelica Govt Declares Emergency Due To Heavy Rains

A 60-day emergency was declared in Peru’s central-south Huancavelica region on Wednesday, due to the damages caused by intense rains and flooding, state news agency Andina reported.

Huancavelica’s Regional President, Maciste Diaz, said that 8 million soles (almost $3 million) will be available to the region to deal with the damage.

Diaz said that flooding of the Acobambilla river has affected 80 families.

“The river that crosses the city [of Huancavelica] flooded and caused 80 houses… Read more…

Peru Declares Emergency In Ica Following Quake

Peru’s government on Thursday declared an emergency in the country’s southern Ica region due to the extensive damage caused by an earthquake earlier in the week, according to daily El Comercio.

Cabinet Chief Oscar Valdes said that the government will provide 2 million soles (approximately $750,000) for works in the area affected by the quake.

Valdes said the quake caused the collapse of Ica’s sewage system, and announced Read more…

Back from Europe, Humala Visits Quake-Hit Ica

President Ollanta Humala, back from a trip to Europe, visited the city of Ica on Tuesday to inspect damage from a recent earthquake.

Early Monday morning, Ica was hit by a magnitude 6.3 earthquake. The quake didn’t cause any major damage, but more than 100 people were injured, according to the government.

In August 2007,, the department of Ica was the site of a magnitude 8 earthquake that rocked the region, resulting in Read more…

Activities Return To Normal In Ica Following 6.3 Quake

Activity returned to normal on Monday following a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that rattled Peru’s south coast Ica region, daily El Comercio reported.

The earthquake occurred at 12:10 a.m. on Monday and its epicenter was 47 kilometers southwest of the city of Ica. Many of the residents spent the night in the street following the quake.

The quake was felt in Lima, Ayacucho, Huancavelica and Junin regions, the Read more…

Over 34,000 Areas at Risk from Natural Events

More than 34,000 populated areas in Peru are located in areas of risk due to natural events, state news agency Andina reported.

A report presented by lawmaker Marco Falconi said that disasters between 2003 and 2009 caused the deaths of 1,387 people; 4,050 injuries; and 800,762 people left without homes.

Falconi, of ex-President Toledo’s Peru Posible party, said the total number of people affected by natural disasters was 6.17 million during the six-year period. Read more…

Congress Holds First Decentralized Session In Ica

Peruvian legislators on Thursday held the first decentralized session in the southern Ica region, where it approved the creation of a commission to investigate irregularities in Ica’s reconstruction work following the massive earthquake in August 2007.

The motion was unanimously approved and gives the commission six months to investigate the issue, daily El Comercio reported.

According to the report, the commission will take into consideration a previous congressional investigation, information received from local residents during Read more…

Quake-hit Pisco to get priority in government housing program

Peru’s Cabinet Chief Salomon Lerner Ghitis said Thursday that the southern city of Pisco, which was widely damaged by a massive 2007 earthquake, will receive preference in government housing programs.

“The lower income population affected in this city and the others affected by the quake in 2007 will have preference in the state housing programs,” Lerner Ghitis said during his address to Congress, according to state news agency Andina.

Lerner Ghitis said that the housing program Nuestras Ciudades, or Our Cities, will include the participation of the three levels of government in Peru, civil society and private sector. Read more…

Magnitude 7.0 earthquake hits Peru’s central jungle

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit Peru’s central jungle region on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The quake was located near the jungle city of Pucallpa, located about 370 miles from Lima and close to Peru’s border with Brazil. The USGS said the quake’s depth was 145 kilometers, or about 90.2 miles, which limited the damage.

The head of Peru’s National Civil Defense Institute, Alfredo Murgueytio, said there were no major injuries but that according to early reports two people in Junin Read more…

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