Earthquake — Peru: Northern, Pisco, Chiclayo

When

31 May 1970

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

7.9

Where

Peru

Coordinates

9.20° S, 78.80° W

Deaths

66794

Injuries

50000

Damage musd

530

Intensity mmi

10

Depth km

43

Earthquake and resulting avalanche in Peru

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.

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• NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The 7.9 Ancash earthquake shakes Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) and a landslide buries the town of Yungay, Peru”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Das Erdbeben von Ancash verursacht in Peru insgesamt etwa 66.000 Tote”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “un tremblement de terre de magnitude 7,9 provoque à Ancash au Pérou”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en la zona norte del departamento de Áncash, Perú, se registra un terremoto de 7,9 que provoca aluviones en Yungay y Huaraz, dejando un saldo de 70.000 muertos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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