Reports

LIMA, Peru (Reuter) - A strong earthquake hit the southern coast of Peru on Tuesday, killing five people and injuring at least 300, Civil Defence officials said. The quake was felt throughout central Peru and shook the capital of Lima…

The Disaster AFP (the French news agency) reports that on 12 November at 17h00 a one-minute earthquake, graded 7.3 on the Richter scale, followed by about 40 tremors, struck southern Peru. The quake killed at least ten people and injured…

DHA-GENEVA 94/0064PERU - FLOODSDHA-GENEVA INFORMATION REPORT NO.128 FEBRUARY 1994 1. HEAVY RAINS, FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES DURING HIGHLANDS' RAINY SEASON, CAUSED WIDESPREAD ECONOMIC DAMAGE ACROSS PERU LAST WEEK(S). 5,500 FAMILIES HOMELESS, 50 DEATHS REPORTED. AREAS AROUND AREQUIPA, CUZCO,…

UNDRO 91/1204 PERU - EARTHQUAKE UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1 1 AUGUST 1991 1. AT LEAST 20 EARTH TREMORS ARE REGISTERED DAILY IN AREA OF MACA (AREQUIPA REGION, SOUTHERN PERU) WHERE 11 PEOPLE DIED, 35 WERE INJURED AND 1,500 (75 PERCENT LOCAL…

UNDRO 91/0621PERU - EARTHQUAKEUNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 15 APRIL 1991 1. AT 4.20 AM GMT ON 5 APRIL 1991, STRONG EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED IN MOYABAMBA AREA, SOME 700 KM NORTH OF LIMA. MAGNITUDE COMPUTED AT 6.8 RICHTER. ACCORDING…

UNDRO 91/0356PERU - CHOLERA EPIDEMICUNDRO SITUATION REPORT NO. 114 FEBRUARY 1991 SITUATION 1. CHOLERA EPIDEMIC WHICH STRUCK COASTAL AREAS OF PERU, AFFECTED LOCALITIES OF PIURA, CHIMBOTE, CHANCAY, HUACHO, CALLAO, METROPOLITAN LIMA, ICA AND IN DEPARTMENT OF LA LIBERTAD.…

UNDRO 90/0831PERU - DROUGHTUNDRO SITUATION REPORT NO. 18 JUNE 1990 BELOW PLEASE FIND TEXT OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL'S EMERGENCY APPEAL FOR DROUGHT IN PERU. SITUATION 1. PERU IS SUFFERING FROM WIDESPREAD DROUGHT. THIS IS DUE TO PROLONGED DRY WEATHER SINCE…

UNDRO 90/0787PERU - EARTHQUAKEUNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 131 MAY 1990 1. STRONG EARTHQUAKE MEASURING 5.8 ON OPEN-ENDED RICHTER SCALE OCCURRED ON TUESDAY 29 MAY, AT ABOUT 2130, IN NORTHERN PERU. PROVINCE OF SAN MARTIN REPORTED TO BE…

UNDRO 88/0261PERU - MUDSLIDESINFORMATION REPORT NO. 15 FEBRUARY 1988 1. TORRENTIAL RAINS IN THE HUANUGO PROVINCE OF PERU HAVE CLAIMEDAT LEAST 30 LIVES. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THIS FIGURE COULD RISE TO 80 BECAUSE MANY VICTIMS ARE…

UNDRO 87/0530 PERU - LANDSLIDES UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO.1 12 MARCH 1987 1. UNDRO/UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE HAS REPORTED THAT HEAVY RAINS HAVE CAUSED MUDSLIDES AND OVERFLOWING OF THE RIMAC RIVER. EVENTS STARTED ON 9 MARCH AND HAVE SERIOUSLY AFFECTED…