At least eight people died in a magnitude 4.9 earthquake that struck southern Peru on Sunday morning.

The earthquake caused 45 homes to collapse in the remote village of Misca in the Andes Mountains, according to a report from the BBC. When the houses collapsed, they killed four children and four adults.

The rest of the Cusco region on Peru was also impacted by the quake, but nowhere as severely as Misca.

Government officials in Misca have declared a state of emergency and President Ollanta Humala said the Peruvian government will assist in rebuilding efforts. The state of emergency will last for 90 days and can be extended, according to The Weather Channel.

Humala said it would be unwise to rebuild the town on the exact same spot, as it was built on a geological fault line, adding that the spot on which the town will be rebuilt will depend on a study of the area's geology.

Most of the structures in Misca were made of adobe -- a mix of straw and mud -- and about 90 percent of the town was destroyed during the quake, including an 18th Century church.

Humala said that emergency crews had been able to clear the road that leads to the village and that a plane was able to drop off some basic emergency supplies, such as tents and blankets.

The village of Misca is close to a copper mine, but an official from the mining company said that it had not been affected by the quake.

Earthquakes are a common occurrence on the west coast of South America, especially in Peru and Chile. The Nazca and South American tectonic plates are right off the coast of both countries.

More than 500 people were killed in 2007 when a magnitude 7.9 earthquake hit the Peruvian coastal region of Ica.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the epicenter of Sunday's earthquake was 12 miles to the southwest of the town of Urcos and was about 25 miles deep.