Thursday, August 16, 2007

Powerful quake hits Peru, sparks tsunami warning

By now everyone knows a powerful 7.9 magnitude earthquake hit Peru. Initially no injuries were reported.

Unfortunately, now the reports are coming in that 15 people were killed and more than 200 injured. Numbers that will both probably increase in the next few hours/days.
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UPDATE: Wish I'd been wrong about the numbers. Its now at least 115 killed and more than 1,000 injured.

UPDATE: This will be my last update of this rising death toll. Its too depressing. Its now at least 330 killed. Just watch CNN.

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