- The 1962
Ranrahirca Landslide was
deadly landslide that
affected the
Ranrahirca District,
alongside the
river Santa, near Huascarán, the
highest mountain...
- was "probably
built on a flow or
avalanche deposit." The name of
nearby Ranrahirca village means "pile of
thrown stones" in Quechua,
suggesting that debris...
-
Ranrahirca District is one of
eight districts of the Yun****
Province in Peru. The
people in the
district are
mainly indigenous citizens of
Quechua descent...
- of 280 to 335 km/h (175 to 210 mph),
burying the
towns of Yun**** and
Ranrahirca under ice and rock,
killing more than 20,000 people. At
least 20,000 people...
- confederacy. On 11
January 1962 an
avalanche from Huascarán destro****
Ranrahirca and
eight other villages in
which an
estimated 4,000 were killed. Yun****...
-
causing a rock, ice and snow
avalanche and
burying the
towns of Yun**** and
Ranrahirca. The
avalanche started as a
sliding m**** of
glacial ice and rock about...
-
divided into
eight districts,
which are:
Cascapara Mancos Matacoto Quillo Ranrahirca Shupluy Yanama Yun**** The
people in the
province are
mainly indigenous...
-
after Huaraz. On 11
January 1962 an
avalanche from Huascarán destro****
Ranrahirca and
eight other villages in
which an
estimated 4,000 were killed. Yun****...
-
repeat of a
disastrous flood after the
great 1575 earthquake. 10 Jan 1962
Ranrahirca, Peru 1962
Nevado Huascarán
debris avalanche 9°07′S 77°36′W / 09.12°S...
-
Ugarte Cashapampa Chingalpo Huayllabamba Quiches Ragash San Juan
Sicsibamba Sihuas Yun****
Cascapara Mancos Matacoto Quillo Ranrahirca Shupluy Yanama Yun****...
