What is 1970 Ancash Earthquake?
[[File:Remnant of Yungay cathedral.jpg|thumb|Yungay cathedral was destroyed in the earthquake. This is what remained of it (photo taken in 2008)]] On 31st May 1970, there was an [[earthquake]] in [[Peru]]. It had a [[Moment magnitude scale|magnitude]] of 7.9 on the [[Richter scale]]. Thousands of houses were destroyed; there were many [[Landslide|landslides]]. Estimates are that about 800,000 people lost their homes, and about 70,000 people died. It was probably the biggest earthquake in the modern history of Peru. The city of [[Yungay]] was almost completely destroyed. [[Category:History of Peru]]