1962 Huascarán debris avalanche at Ranrahirca

On the evening of 10 January 1962 the periphery of a glacier on the slopes of Mount Huascarán, which rises some 22,000 feet in the Andes, came apart and roared down the mountain. The towns of Ranrahirca and Huarascucho were buried under 40 feet of ice, mud, trees, boulders and other debris. The mass continued until it reached the Santa River, where it blocked the flow and caused flooding.

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

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: debris avalanche, peru, glacier, huascaran, andes

Coordinates: -9.16667, -77.71667

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