Church Tower Crumbles in Magnitude 7.5 Earthquake in Peru | The Weather Channel - Articles from The Weather Channel | weather.com - The Weather Channel

The quake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.5, according to the U.S.

Sunday local time about 26 miles north northwest of the coastal city of Barranca, about 100 miles north of the capital of Lima.

A 400-year-old church lost its 45-foot-tall tower in the quake, according to AP.

The tower, part of one of the oldest Catholic complex in the region, was reduced to a pile of stones, according to online videos and photos.