The city was very near the epicenter of the devastating 8.0-magnitude earthquake which struck south central Peru on Wednesday August 15 , 2007 . Media officials reported that 80 % of the city was destroyed , including the central San Clemente Cathedral of Pisco , located in Plaza de Armas in which mass was taking place at the time of the earthquake . The resulting dead account for a reported 30 percent of the total fatalities caused by the earthquake . Several hundred more were killed throughout the city Several years on the city is still recovering from the damage done during the earthquake
8.0-magnitude earthquake
2007 Peru earthquake
Pisco, Peru