The 7.9 <span about="#mwt68" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"M","href":"./Template:M"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"w"}},"i":0}}]}' id="mwARQ" typeof="mw:Transclusion">M</span><sub about="#mwt68">w</sub><span about="#mwt68" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><link about="#mwt68" href="./Category:Articles_using_Mw_magnitude_scale" id="mwARU" rel="mw:PageProp/Category"/> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970_Ancash_earthquake" id="mwARY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1970 Ancash earthquake">Ancash earthquake</a> shakes <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru" id="mwARc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Peru">Peru</a> with a maximum <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercalli_intensity_scale" id="mwARg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mercalli intensity scale">Mercalli intensity</a> of VIII (<i id="mwARk">Severe</i>) and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landslide" id="mwARo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Landslide">landslide</a> buries the town of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yungay,_Peru" id="mwARs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Yungay, Peru">Yungay, Peru</a>. Between 66,794 and 70,000 were killed and 50,000 were injured.