1962 Ranrahirca avalanche

Ice, rock and mud came down the slopes of Huascarán, the extinct volcano that is Peru's highest peak, and buried Ranrahirca and Huarascucho under about 40 feet of debris before reaching the Santa River. Accounts of the trigger differ, with sources attributing it variously to an earthquake and to a mass of glacier breaking away on its own. One contemporary report quoted a figure of at least 2,000 believed killed across the village and several other settlements, while later accounts put the toll at more than 4,000; the estimates differ.

Date
1962-01-10
Deaths (Wikipedia list, low end where it gives a range)
4000
What the pin marks
Ranrahirca, the village the avalanche from Huascarán destroyed, as the cited page positions it, not the mountain.
Where the position is published
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1962_Ranrahirca_Landslide

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: peru, huascaran, glacier, andes

Coordinates: -9.16667, -77.71667

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