The 2007 Peru earthquake was a seismic activity dated on 15th August that lasted for about three minutes. Its epicentre was located along the coast of Peru: 40km (25 mi) west of Chincha Alta and 150km (93 mi) southeast of Lima at a hypocentre depth of 39km (24 mi). It was one of the hardest earthquakes that Peru has ever experienced; the strongest one, too (according to intensity and duration of vibrations), but not the most catastrophic one if we compare it with the previous deadly earthquake in 1970 which produced thousands of deaths.
This earthquake of 7.9 in magnitude on the Richter scale caused 1,500 deaths, almost 2,291 victims, 76,000 destroyed and uninhabitable homes, and 431,000 people were affected by. The most affected areas were the following provinces: Pisco, Ica, Chincha, Cañete, Yauyos, Huaytará and Castrovirreyna.
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