Rescuers dug through rubble in the towns of southwestern Peru on Friday, searching for signs of life following Wednesday's 8.0-magnitude earthquake.
In Pisco, workers combed through the debris of a hotel where the owner said at least 35 of his guests were missing. The search for survivors on the site quickened earlier in the day, the owner said, when the brother of one of the guests received a text message from his missing sibling, still under the rubble.
The quake killed more than 500 people and injured more than 1,000, Peruvians officials said. The death toll is likely to rise, they said. 
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All About Earthquakes • USGS National Earthquake Information Center • Lima (Peru)