Peruvian coast is a quake zone. ACtually I think is almost the same "San Andreas" fault that extends to South America.
We just had a big earthquake in august. The sea hit the coast but fortunately not that big. The town (Pisco) near the epicenter did suffer more than Lima, the capital where I live.
I live 3 blocks from the shore but fortunately my neighborhood is over a 80 meters cliff so I think that would protect us from big waves. but that's only the main part of Lima, the rest of the coast could suffer from a strong tsunami, like in 2001 when an earthquake hit Arequipa, south of Peru. There was a tsunami at its coast, reaching several towns, houses.
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