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The 1970 Huascarán Debris Avalanche occurred on May 31 1970, when a debris avalanche and mudflow triggered by the Ancash earthquake destroyed the Peruvian town of Yungay and ten nearby villages, leaving up to 30,000 people dead. [1]
The 1970 Ancash earthquake (also known as the Great Peruvian 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 .
Cemetery in Yungay The remnants of Yungay's town church after the landslide On 31 May 1970, the Ancash earthquake caused a substantial part of the north side of a mountain, Nevado Huascarán , to collapse and an unstable mass of glacial ice about 800 meters across at the top of Nevado Huascarán to fall.
On 31 May 1970, the Ancash earthquake caused a substantial part of the north side of a mountain, Nevado Huascarán, to collapse and an unstable mass of glacial ice about 800 meters across at the top of Nevado Huascarán to fall. This caused a debris avalanche, burying the town of Yungay and killing 20,000 people (400 survived). [11]
31 May 1970 Yungay, Peru 1970 Nevado Huascarán debris avalanche 50–100 MCM >22,000 Triggered by the 1970 Ancash earthquake, the mass travelled 14.5 kilometres (9 mi) at an average velocity of about 300 km/h (186 mph) and buried Yungay [77] [101] 18 Mar 1971 Chungar, Peru
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Photograph taken after the 1970 avalanche showing the buried towns of Yungay and Ranrahirca Main article: 1970 Huascarán debris avalanche On 31 May 1970, the Ancash earthquake caused a substantial part of the north side of the mountain to collapse in an avalanche with an estimated 80 million cubic metres (2.8 billion cubic feet) of ice, mud ...
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