00:00Good evening, and welcome to a new episode of your show, What's Happening.
00:05Today is Friday, August 21st, 2026, and the 8th of Rabi al-Awal, 1,448.
00:14God willing, bless Friday to all of us and to you.
00:18Of course, we were the first channel yesterday to publish the news.
00:22The devastating earthquake that struck Peru yesterday with an initial magnitude of 7.2
00:28on the Richter scale, before this magnitude was downgraded to 6.7 or 6.2 on the Richter scale.
00:36And this is the fourth devastating earthquake to hit the American continent in two months.
00:41We had a devastating earthquake that struck Venezuela later, and then Mexico.
00:46After Colombia a few days ago, specifically Colombia on August 10th, and then yesterday,
00:52August 20th, just 10 days later, a devastating earthquake struck Peru, Peru, which is located
01:00south of Colombia.
01:01Colombia was 7.4, and after that, Peru was 7.2 or 6.2.
01:07After the magnitude of this devastating earthquake was downgraded, Peru, as we know, is located
01:14in South America.
01:15In general, the American continent shakes very violently.
01:20Let's go directly and see the effects of this devastating earthquake and how the ground
01:26actually cracked.
01:28The earth split clearly and significantly along one of the highways in Peru.
01:32The earthquake split it in two.
01:35It really divided this international road into two parts.
01:41Just like you're seeing now on the screen.
01:43And this huge crack in the earth is really something frightening for everyone as well.
01:49The mountains were not spared from the effects of this devastating earthquake.
01:54Subhanallah, you feel or sense that this earthquake is truly devastating.
02:10How is the dust coming out of the mountains?
02:13And how did the mountains themselves move?
02:16Even though, who is it that keeps this earth stable?
02:19Pay attention.
02:20The mountains are the anchors of the earth.
02:22If it weren't for the mountains, the earth would have shifted.
02:25There would be nothing to keep it stable all the time.
02:28The most stable thing on this earth is the mountain.
02:32If it weren't for the mountains, which are like nails, just like you have a table and
02:37you fix it with nails, the mountains are driven into the earth.
02:41Our land is the nails of the earth, right?
02:43If it weren't for the mountains, the earth would collapse.
02:47Any earthquake, even a weak one, would cause destruction.
02:51Total destruction.
02:52The mountains are what stabilize the earth.
02:54So the mountains are the anchors of the earth.
02:57And look at what has happened to them, just like you're seeing in front of you on the
03:00screen.
03:00Glory be to God.
03:01Let me go as well.
03:02Come, let's go together.
03:05This footage is from the first moments when this devastating earthquake struck, filmed
03:09inside the supermarket in Peru, specifically in the city of Abucucho, which was the epicenter
03:15of the devastating earthquake in Peru.
03:17So just like you're seeing in front of you on the screen.
03:22So the earthquake and the impact of the earthquake, it caused landslides.
03:28I mean, look, especially landslides near the water and near the coasts, near the coasts of
03:34Peru.
03:34Let's go take a look together.
03:36For example, these landslides and how the cars fell and plunged into the sea because of
03:41the landslides.
03:41I mean, large transport trucks were parked above at the edge of the road.
03:48The devastating earthquake happened and the landslide came and some large trucks fell into
03:55the valley or into the sea, if that's the right way to put it, just like you're seeing
04:00on the screen in front of you.
04:01We will continue to monitor more developments in the coming hours.
04:04From the clips of this devastating earthquake, this is me, Amad al-Daram, saying goodbye to
04:09you, host of the show, What's Happening.
04:11Stay safe.
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