Lima faces a ticking time bomb: Informal housing under threat from possible earthquake

Lima, a city of over ten million residents, faces a latent seismic threat from a potential high-magnitude earthquake that specialists warn could occur at any time following 280 years of seismic silence. Informal housing developments across the Peruvian capital are particularly under severe threat from the impending geological hazard.

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