Machu Picchu Guide - Articles

Peru Earthquake Update
By Mike Weston
Published: 28 August 2007 © www.andeantravelweb.com/peru
 

Peru was struck by an earthquake measuring 8.0 on the Richter scale on the evening of 15 August 2007.  The places most affected by the earthquake are Ica, Pisco, Paracas, and Chincha which lie more than 150km to the south east of Lima. More than 500 people have been reported dead and one thousand five hundred injured in the province of Ica. No tourists have been reported dead or injured. A state of emergency has been declared in this area. Although buildings shook violently in Lima there was very little damage. A minor tremor was felt in Cusco but there was no damage to buildings or infrastructure and all services to Machu Picchu are running as normal. Nasca, although fairly close to Ica, sustained very little damage and flights over the Nasca Lines have now restarted. Flights between all major cities are running as scheduled. The section of the Pan-American Highway between Nasca and Lima has now reopened to buses and the bus companies Cruz del Sur and Ormeño inform us that all of their buses on the routes Arequipa - Nasca - Lima and Cusco - Nasca - Lima are running as normal again. Visitors should cancel any immediate plans to visit Ica, Pisco, Paracas and the Ballestas islands.
   

For more information and details how you can donate money to help the people affected by the earthquake please click on one of the links below. Thanks.

www.redcross.org (USA) / www.savethechildren.org.uk (UK) / www.savethechildren.org (USA) / www.oxfamamerica.org (USA) / www.oxfam.org.uk (UK)   / www.directrelief.org

The excellent website www.charitynavigator.org also has links to other charity organisations helping the victims of the earthquake in Peru