Earthquake in Peru
Last night Peru was rocked by a 7.5 magnitude earthquake. As of about 7:00 this morning there are 337 deaths and maybe thousands injured. Since my wife is from there, we are pretty concerned. Last night she was able to reach her aunt in Cajamarca several hundred miles to the north. All was well there, but the earthquake was centered just south of Lima -- a city of about 9 million. The city apparently was shaken pretty badly.
Mary's sister lives with her family in the northern part of Lima, but we were not able to reach her last night. Telephone and cellular service are reportedly gone so it may be a few days before we hear anything. Of course, we have quite a few friends in Lima, too, and we're very concerned about them, too.
Most of the hard hit areas are considerably farther south of the capital city so hopefully our family and friends were only shaken last night.
