Earthquake Peru
1970 Ancash Earthquake and Yungay Landslide
M7.9 earthquake triggered a debris avalanche from Mount Huascarán that buried the town of Yungay.
Background from Wikipedia
The 1970 Ancash earthquake occurred on 31 May off the coast of Peru in the Pacific Ocean at 15:23:29 local time. Combined with a resultant landslide, it is the most catastrophic natural disaster in the history of Peru. Due to the large amounts of snow and ice included in the landslide that caused an estimated 66,794–70,000 fatalities, it is also considered to be the world's deadliest avalanche.
From the Wikipedia article “1970 Ancash earthquake”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia's figures may differ from the sources cited on this page.
Sources & references
Impact figures
| Fatalities | 67,000 |
|---|---|
| People affected | 3,000,000 |
| Region | Ancash Region |
Figures per cited sources; estimates for older events vary.
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