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Ranrahirca was a village in Peru, alongside the river Santa, near Huascarán, the highest mountain in Peru. It was hit by massive avalanches of snow, rocks and mud, originating on the slopes of Huascarán and triggered by earthquakes on 10 January 1962 and on 31 May 1970. Over two thousand people from the village perished in the 1962 avalanche, along with the inhabitants of seven nearby settlements. In total about 3,500 died in the disaster. About 20,000 people died in the avalanches that resulted from the second earthquake (known as the BBC on this day
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(yungayperu.com, with details and fotos of the catastrophe) {{coord, 9, 10, S, 77, 43, W, display=title, region:PE_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki Populated places in the Ancash Region Destroyed populated places Landslides in Peru Landslides in 1962 Landslides in 1970 1962 disasters in Peru 1970 disasters in Peru January 1962 events in South America May 1970 events in South America
Ranrahirca was a village in Peru, alongside the river Santa, near Huascarán, the highest mountain in Peru. It was hit by massive avalanches of snow, rocks and mud, originating on the slopes of Huascarán and triggered by earthquakes on 10 January 1962 and on 31 May 1970. Over two thousand people from the village perished in the 1962 avalanche, along with the inhabitants of seven nearby settlements. In total about 3,500 died in the disaster. About 20,000 people died in the avalanches that resulted from the second earthquake (known as the 1970 Ancash earthquake
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 . Combined with a resultant landslide, it is the most catastrophic natural disaster in the history of Peru ...
).400 survived from the second disaster./ref>
See also
* Yungay, PeruReferences
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Earthquake of 31 May 1970 *(chimboteonline) *
(yungayperu.com, with details and fotos of the catastrophe) {{coord, 9, 10, S, 77, 43, W, display=title, region:PE_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki Populated places in the Ancash Region Destroyed populated places Landslides in Peru Landslides in 1962 Landslides in 1970 1962 disasters in Peru 1970 disasters in Peru January 1962 events in South America May 1970 events in South America