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.[1] In total about 3,500 died in the disaster.[2] About 20,000 people died in the avalanches that resulted from the second earthquake (known as the 1970 Ancash earthquake).[3]400 survived from the second disaster.[4]
Photograph taken after the 1970 avalanche showing the buried towns of Yungay and Ranrahirca
ranrahirca, village, peru, alongside, river, santa, near, huascarán, highest, mountain, peru, massive, avalanches, snow, rocks, originating, slopes, huascarán, triggered, earthquakes, january, 1962, 1970, over, thousand, people, from, village, perished, 1962, . Ranrahirca was a village in Peru alongside the river Santa near Huascaran the highest mountain in Peru It was hit by massive avalanches of snow rocks and mud originating on the slopes of Huascaran 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 1 In total about 3 500 died in the disaster 2 About 20 000 people died in the avalanches that resulted from the second earthquake known as the 1970 Ancash earthquake 3 400 survived from the second disaster 4 Photograph taken after the 1970 avalanche showing the buried towns of Yungay and RanrahircaSee also editYungay PeruReferences edit National Geographic June 1962 Lane F W The Elements Rage David amp Charles 1966 pp 88 9 amp plates 40 41 U S Dept of the Interior October 1970 The Peru Earthquake a Special Study Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 26 8 17 19 BBC on this day BBC News On this day website Time magazine articleExternal links editEarthquake of 31 May 1970 in Spanish Earthquake 31 May 1970 chimboteonline in Spanish Earthquake 31 May 1970 yungayperu com with details and fotos of the catastrophe nbsp This Ancash Region geography article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte 9 10 S 77 43 W 9 167 S 77 717 W 9 167 77 717 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ranrahirca amp oldid 1179865529, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
