Peru’s president today vowed to rebuild the quake-shattered city of Pisco as his government struggled to stem looting in the wake of the disaster.

Peruvian President Alan Garcia called for the orderly distribution of emergency supplies as desperate victims of a magnitude-8 earthquake on Peru’s southern coast looted markets and blocked arriving aid lorries.

The death toll from a powerful earthquake rose to at least 337 today, a day after the magnitude-7.9 quake rocked Peru’s coast, toppled buildings and shattered roads, officials said.

A powerful 7.9-magnitude earthquake shook Peru’s coast near the capital, toppling buildings, setting off landslides and killing at least 337 people and injuring more than 1,300 others, Peru’s National Institute for Civil Defence said.

A powerful 7.9-magnitude earthquake shook Peru’s coast near the capital, toppling buildings, setting off landslides and killing at least 115 people and injuring more than 700 others, Deputy Health Minister Jose Calderon said today.

A powerful 7.9-magnitude earthquake shook Peru’s coast, toppling buildings, setting off landslides and killing at least 15 people when a church collapsed in a southern city.

Peru’s White Mountain Range may soon have to change its name because rising temperatures are fast melting the ice atop Cordillera Blanca, the largest glacier chain in the tropics, and peaks are turning brown.

Alejandro Toledo, an economist with native Indian roots, finished first in Peru’s presidential election yesterday but fell short of a majority and will face a runoff, according to exit polls.