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    The 1970 Ancash earthquake off the coast of Peru was the most catastrophic natural disaster in the country's history, killing an estimated 70,000 people and leaving 800,000 homeless. It destroyed around 200,000 homes and buildings in a 40,000 square mile affected region, where many villages were almost totally wiped out by the powerful quake and resulting landslides which caused over half a billion dollars in economic losses.

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    The 1970 Ancash earthquake off the coast of Peru was the most catastrophic natural disaster in the country's history, killing an estimated 70,000 people and leaving 800,000 homeless. It destroyed around 200,000 homes and buildings in a 40,000 square mile affected region, where many villages were almost totally wiped out by the powerful quake and resulting landslides which caused over half a billion dollars in economic losses.

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    Ancash Earthquake

    The 1970 Ancash earthquake (also known as the Great Peruvian earthquake) occurred on 31
    May off the coast of Peru in the Pacific Ocean at 15:23:29 local time. Combined with a resultant
    landslide, it is the most catastrophic natural disaster in the history of Peru. Economic losses
    surpassed half a billion US dollars.
    It is estimated that the earthquake took the lives of 70,000 people, caused 50,000 injuries,
    destroyed roughly 200,000 homes and buildings, and left approximately 800,000 people
    homeless. Within the affected region, roughly 40,000 square miles, many villages were almost
    totally destroyed and several were swept away.

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