I have no HTML skills (copy/paste below) did this 7.7 get upgraded?
Magnitude 8.0 - NEAR THE COAST OF CENTRAL PERU
2007 August 15 23:40:56 UTC
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2007gbcv.php
Yup. Latest numbers have it upgraded to an 8.0
That makes it a “great earthquake”.