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Camana
First we stopped off for an over
view of the damage in the Los Cerillos/La Punta area. Incredible
damage, inundation distances to the highway, maybe 1-km inland.
We continued our tour to the south going along the beach road
and around a headland to the Las Cuevas beach.
Las Cuevas
Site of some new construction and
a caretaker's house. During the shaking, the caretakers feared
of a landslide on the sand cliff behind the house. They ran out
on to the beach to get away from the hillside. After the shaking
stopped they saw the entire wave series. I am not sure if they
climbed back up the hill after they noticed the sea withdrawing.
However the man reported that the third surge was the largest.
Blue House
After deciding to break into groups
and do transects in 1-km distances, we stopped at the Blue House,
later renamed the Blue Church. Inundation distances were ~250
m with over 4 m of uncorrected runup. The back walls of the
church were blown out and the inside was littered with debris
and sand. Huge chunks of wall were inside that presumably came
from the structures that were demolished between the blue church
and the sea.
Los Cerillos - 1
Measured by Koshi, Vasily and Emile
while I was at the blue house. Many more structures in this
area. Most just partially standing.
Los Cerillos 2
Measured by Modesto and Daniel
at the same time as the previous two. After this we met for
lunch.
KM 840
Measured by Modesto and Daniel
after lunch
KM 838
Our post lunch site. Inland penetration
to the highway and up onto the road bed. Total distance was
nearly 800 m over croplands, irrigation ditches, and field dividers.
A building at the shoreline had watermarks near the 4-m height.
KM 836
Measured by Vasily, Koshi and Emile
after lunch.
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