Peruvia

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs released their 'Earthquake OCHA Situation Report No. 4' which reports that "The powerful earthquake that struck Peru has claimed the lives of 610 persons, wounding 1,042 and destroying 33,676 houses."

A Reuters video from Pisco with no commentary is featured in CNN.

News and blog accounts as well as You Tube and other videos on the earthquake in Pisco scatter the internet. The United States Geological Survey has some scientific details; and blogger Ralph Koster has a thorough run-down of places to make donations (though these have not been verified).

For a quick run down of general news updates, we recommend this Reuters page. To include other stories in the list below, contact Peruvia's editor.

EARTHQUAKE UPDATES:

• 'Death and disbelief in a hard-hit city' (Los Angeles Times, Patrick J. McDonnell)
• 'Desperation Grips Peru' (Miami Herald, Tyler Bridges)
  
• 'Grimmest Site in a Grim Peruvian City: The Cemetery' (New York Times, Simon Romero)
• 'In Peru, a Grim Procession Amid Quake's Rubble' (Washington Post, Monte Reel)
• 'Rescuers race to find Peru quake survivors' (Agence France Press)
• 'Angry Peru quake survivors demand aid' (Agence France Press, Laurent Thomet)
  
• 'Grim quake toll from Peru church' (BBC)
• 'Anxiety stalks quake survivors' (BBC)
• 'Engineers work to reconnect Peru' (BBC)
  
• 'In region known for music, focus turns to burials' (Deutsche Presse-Agentur, Gonzalo Ruiz Tova)
• 'Peruvians pull more bodies from quake rubble' (Reuters, Mariana Bazo)
• 'Survivors flee quake-hit towns in Peru amid looting' (Reuters, Terry Wade)
  
• 'Harsh winter will add to the death toll as Peruvians shelter from aftershocks' (The Independent, Andrew Gumbel, UK)
  
• 'Quake victims are saved from church as town lays in ruins' (The Times, UK)
  
• 'Peru Hit by another Aftershock as Relief Efforts continue' (Voice of America)
• 'Peru's rescue helicopter falls down, injuring 7' (Xinhua)
  
• 'Peru's quake-hit region suffers from lack of food, water: president' (Xinhua)
  

RELIEF EFFORTS:

• 'Brussels doubles aid to Peru quake victims' (Agence France Press)
• 'Soto Cano Task Force Arrives in Peru' (American Forces Press Service)
• 'Pentagon Sends Medical Team to Peru from Honduras' (Associated Press)
  
• 'Japan provides Peru with 16 million yen in emergency relief goods' (Associated Press)
• 'Canadian dancers urge donations for Peru earthquake victims' (Canadian Press)
  
• 'CARE assessment teams report damage and need' (CARE press release)
• 'Taiwan pledges medics, US$100,000 in aid to Peru' (China Post)
  
• 'Caritas Rushes to Peru Quake Zone' (Christianity Today, USA)
• 'Venezuela sends humanitarian aid to Peru' (El Universal)
  
• 'Israel offers help to Peru after quake' (Jerusalem Post)
• 'Lutheran World Relief responding to earthquake' (Lutheran World Relief press release)
  
• 'Medical Teams International sends additional medicines' (Medical Teams press release)
• 'Mercy Corps partnering to respond to Peru earthquake' (Mercy Corp press release)
• 'Solano Helping Peru In Hour of Need' (Newcastle United blog)
  
• 'Oxfam Int'l: Peru Earthquake Rural areas in desperate need of aid' (Oxfam press release)
  
• 'Peru Prez Praises Bolivian Aid' (Prensa Libre, Cuba)
• 'The Salvation Army to Send Financial Aid Following Earthquake' (Salvation Army press release)
  
• 'Samaritan's Purse providing emergency aid to earthquake survivors' (Samaritan's Purse press release)
  
• 'UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Update' (UN press release)
• 'USAID Sends Additional Earthquake Assistance to Peru' (USAID press release)
  
• 'Austrian aid agencies send help to earthquake victims' (Weiner Zeitung, Austria)
• 'World Vision arrives to the area of major disaster' (World Vision press release)
• 'WV attends earthquake with help to 500 affected families' (World Vision press release)
  
• '3 Virginia Firefighters Sent to Peru by USAID' (WTOP, Washington)
• 'Turkey offers assistance to Peru after deadly quake' (Xinhua)
  
• 'Peru receives 40 mln USD in international aid for quake relief' (Xinhua, China)
  

PHOTOGRAPHS and VIDEO and AUDIO:

• 'Death Toll Climbs Past 500' (Associated Press video)
• 'Peru Quake Aftermath' (BBC photographs)
• Photographs sent in from readers (BBC photographs)
  
• 'Quake Rocks Peru' (Los Angeles Times photographs)
• 'Peru Earthquake Spawns Desperation' (National Public Radio; mp3 file)
• 'Peru Town Devastated by Quake' (NBC Nightly News, Mark Potter, USA)
• 'Peru's homeless quake victims' (Reuters video, Stuart McDill)
• 'Peru Survivor Search' (Reuters video, leads with the first 30 seconds)
• 'Peru Earthquake' (The Times photographs, UK)
  

ON THE LOOTING:

• 'Peru Seeks to Quell Quake Looting' (Associated Press, Frank Bajak)
• 'Peru Government Deploys Army to Halt Looting After Earthquake' (Bloomberg, Alex Emery)
• 'More Troops to Prevent Looting in Peru' (Prensa Latina, Cuba)
  
• 'Peru earthquake survivors loot, fight for food' (Reuters, Jean Luis Arce)
• 'Looting, plunder complicates disaster relief in Peru' (Xinhua)
  

Quake and the Economy:

• 'Peru's Economic Gains Seen Mitigating Earthquake Costs' (Dow Jones, Robert Kozak)
  
• 'Quake halts Peru's Cerro Lindo, other mines fine' (Reuters)
• 'Telcos cut fixed line calls to Peru by 50%' (BNAmericas)
• 'Acero-Martin Employees Safe and Development Continuing at Pinaya Project After Peru Earthquake' (Acero-Martin press release)
  

Near-escape stories:

• 'UF researchers safely home from Peru after quake' (Associated Press, Gainesville, FL)
• Indiana college professors survive devastating Peru earthquake' (Associated Press, Indiana)
  
• 'Priest survived Peru quake hidden under church table' (Reuters, Monica Machicao)
• 'Survived the Earthquake' (MySpace account)
• 'Living Through an Earthquake' (News Line 9, Wisconsin)
• 'Terrified teachers caught up in Peru earthquake' (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
• 'Backpackers from Arlington recount jolt from temblor' (Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas; see also backpackers' photographs)
• 'Welsh teacher caught in Peru ’quake' (Western Mail, Wales)
• ' N.Y.C.'s Peruvians shaken by quake' (New York Daily News, Adam Edelman and Alyssa Giachino)
• 'Peru quake lets inmates escape' (Associated Press, Jeanneth Valdivieso And Frank Bajak)
  

Condolences and Local Angles:

• 'Kuwait Amir condoles Peru on quake victims' (Kuwait News Agency)
  
• 'India condoles loss of lives, property in Peru' (New Karala, India)
• 'President's tribute to Peru victims' (Tyrone Times, Ireland)
  
• 'Local Peruvians chip in to help earthquake victims' (Los Angeles Times, Anna Gorman)
• 'S. Fla reaches out with aid for Peru' (Miami Herald, Alfonso Chardy)
• 'Church says 7 LDS die in Peru quake' (Salt Lake Tribune, Utah)
• 'Yuma man contacts family in Peru' (Yuma Sun, Arizona)
  

OTHER NEWS:

• 'Nafta trade talks likely to stall' (BBC, Steve Schifferes)
• ' Satellites Show Logging Decline in Peru's Amazon Region' (InterPress Service, Stephen Leahy)
• 'Developing highway could injure Brazil's fragile Amazon' (Miami Herald)
  
• 'Matador Madness in Peru' (The Times, Matthew Parris UK)
  

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