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Location of the 2007 earthqueake near the coast of Ica

The 2007 Peru earthquake was an earthquake measuring 8.0 on the moment magnitude scale that hit the central coast of Peru on Wednesday August 15, 2007; it occurred at 23:40:58 UTC (18:40:58 local time) and lasted for about three minutes. The epicenter was located at 150 kilometres (93 mi) south-southeast of Lima at a depth of 39 kilometres (24.2  miles). The United States Geological Survey National Earthquake Information Center reported that it was a very strong earthquake.