Earthquakes and Eggwhites
August 18th 2007 On Wednesday 15th August, Southern Peru was hit by an earthquake which measured 8.0 on the Richter Scale. I was due to be in Lima that day, but luckily I was behind schedule by one day, nestled safely in the mountains about 7 hours away. But the earthquake was still felt in the nearest town to me, Huaraz. To put that in perspective, imagine an earthquake in Edinburgh being felt in London!
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