UNDRO 86/0775

PERU - EARTHQUAKES
INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
10 APRIL 1986

SITUATION

1. CUZCO AREA (20 KM NORTHEAST OF TOWN CUZCO) WAS HIT BY EARTHQUAKE (5.3 RICHTER SCALE) ON 5 APRIL. ON 8 APRIL AN EARTHQUAKE WAS REGISTERED 75 KM WEST PORT CHIMBOTE (4.1 RICHTER SCALE) AND ANOTHER 52 KM NORTHEAST OF TOWN PUCALLPA (5.5 RICHTER SCALE).

2. CUZCO AREA: SEVEN DEAD, 5 PERSONS MISSING, 150 FAMILIES WITHOUT SHELTER. RAINS AGGRAVATE SITUATION. NO DAMAGE REPORTED IN CONNECTION WITH EARTHQUAKES OF 8 APRIL.

NEEDS

3. UNDRO RESREP INFORMS THAT NEEDS FOR CUZCO AREA BEING MET BY NATIONAL CIVIL DEFENCE AND NGOS. NATIONAL COMMISSION EVALUATING DAMAGE IN VIEW OF RECONSTRUCTION OF HOUSES AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

4. CARITAS APPEALS FOR BRONCHO-PULMONARY DRUGS AND ANTI- INFECTIVES, 20,000 BLANKETS, ROOFING MATERIAL. THESE SUPPLIES NOT AVAILABLE LOCALLY.

5. DONORS ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM UNDRO DIRECTLY, PREFERABLY BY TELEX (28148 UNDR CH), OF THEIR CONTRIBUTION AND VALUE.

ESSAAFI UNDRO GENEVA 28148 +

(DPR 310 PER)

UNDRO 86/1163

PERU - EARTHQUAKES
INFORMATION REPORT NO. 2
16 MAY 1986

SITUATION

1. UNDRO RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE PROVIDES FOLLOWING UP-DATE ON CUZCO EARTHQUAKE: 989 PERSONS AFFECTED, 2 DEAD, 7 INJURED.

2. DAMAGED HOUSING: 2,813 OF WHICH 916 SEVERELY DAMAGED, 350 HAVE BEEN PULLED DOWN.

3. DESTRUCTION OF IRRIGATION SYSTEM FOR 1,000 HA, AFFECTING 540 FAMILIES.

4. 15 SCHOOLS DESTROYED AFFECTING 10,330 STUDENTS.

NEEDS

5. NEEDS RELATE, IN PARTICULAR, TO RECONSTRUCTION OF HOUSING AND SCHOOLS. (TOTAL COST EVALUATED AT 58 MILLION INTIS (= US DLRS 3,314,286) WITH PRIORITY GIVEN TO CONSTRUCTION OF 168 TEMPORARY CLASSROOMS (COST EVALUATED AT 5 MILLION INTIS = US DLRS 285,714).

CONTRIBUTIONS: (SINCE INFOREP NO. 1, DATED 10 APRIL 1986)

6. GOVERNMENTS:

GERMANY, FED REP: CASH DM 50,000 FOR LOCAL PURCHASE OF SHELTERS, TENTS, BLANKETS -
US DLRS 23,041

7. UNLESS NEW EMERGENCY SITUATION DEVELOPS THIS IS FINAL REPORT ON THIS MATTER.

8. DONORS ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM UNDRO DIRECTLY, PREFERABLY BY TELEX (28148 UNDR CH), OF THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND VALUE.

ESSAAFI UNDRO GENEVA 28148 +

(DPR 310 PER'86(2))