The 8.4 <span about="#mwt62" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"M","href":"./Template:M"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"w"}},"i":0}}]}' id="mwAV0" typeof="mw:Transclusion">M</span><sub about="#mwt62">w</sub><span about="#mwt62" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><link about="#mwt62" href="./Category:Articles_using_Mw_magnitude_scale" id="mwAV4" rel="mw:PageProp/Category"/> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_southern_Peru_earthquake" id="mwAV8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="2001 southern Peru earthquake">southern Peru earthquake</a> shakes coastal Peru with a maximum <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercalli_intensity_scale" id="mwAWA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mercalli intensity scale">Mercalli intensity</a> of VIII (<i id="mwAWE">Severe</i>). A destructive tsunami followed, leaving at least 74 people dead, and 2,687 injured.