On 15 August 2007 , a magnitude 8.0 earthquake occurred off the coast of Peru , severely damaging buildings , houses and infrastructure in Ica . Initially 17 people died and 70 were killed when a church collapsed . Pisco was even more severely damaged than Ica , with many people buried under buildings which had fallen ; 80 % of the city 's buildings were destroyed
magnitude 8.0 earthquake
2007 Peru earthquake
Ica, Peru