A large earthquake occurred about an hour ago in Southern Peru.
The current parameters (Quite preliminary) for this event are:

2001/06/23 20:33:16.0 15.9S 73.4W 33G Mb6.4 A NEIA SOUTHERN PERU
to
2001/06/23 20:33:11.4 16.8S 74.6W M 6.5 A MAD NEAR COAST OF PERU

This earthquake will probably have Mw and Ms>7.0 from initial indications
of magnitude on on-line seismograms. It occurred in a area where damage
is likely.

Perhaps of interest to this board. The earthquake occurred near the
location on the earth where the total eclipse of the sun began
on 21 June. NASA gives this as:
BOLIVIA
Cochabamba 17S24' 66W09'
but a significant partial eclipse would have been visible in
Southern Chile.

Our sources will probably provide a far-field aftershock forecast
for this event.

For eclipse locations see:
http://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/eclipse/010621/tables/table_9.html
For further details on the earthquake see:
http://cns.igp.gob.pe/net_main.htm
or
http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/bulletin.html
or
http://www.emsc-csem.org/cgi-bin/ALERT_all_messages.sh?1

Seismograms are located at:
http://aslwww.cr.usgs.gov/Seismic_Data/heli2.htm