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On August 15, 2007, the Pisco earthquake strongly damaged the department of Ica in the South of Lima. Damages have been also observed in the capital, essentially in the poorest neighbourhoods. Public authorities have underestimated these damages, as seen by the analysis of the earthquake effects in the Margen Izquierda del Río Rímac (MIRR) - Lima popular neighbourhoods characterized by their poverty and a precarious habitat. The case study discussed in this article reveals the weakness of the public crisis management in these neighbourhoods. This weakness conveys the underlying vulnerability resulting from the marginalization and the social exclusion of the MIRR.