According to the Institute for National Civil Defense in Peru, the casualties were as follows:
Some of the fatalities were to line fishermen who were caught on the
rocks by the tsunamis. Additional fatalities occurred in the area of
Santa, north of Coishco, where four people were
gathering wood for fuel from the mouth of Rio Santa and two people were
looking for gold at the beach of Campo Santa. In the town of
Coishco a 30 meter long brick wall was
destroyed and several houses were damaged by the tsunami impact.
movie
This movie is about 1 minute and 30 seconds long and it uses 5.5 MB. The
video shows a 150 meter wall that was destroyed at a fish food company at
Coishco. The wall was situated about 110 meters from the beach. The
movie also shows some personal damages and one of the fatalities, a
fisherman that was out in the ocean fishing, despite the warnings posted
by the Port officials. This movie was adapted from a TV news broadcast put
on the air by one of the national TV stations in Peru shortly after the
tsunami.
