Episode 32 - The Ancash Avalanche and Earthquake

ThePodcastofDoom's podcast

English - November 02, 2016 04:52 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 18 ratings
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On Sunday, May 31, 1970, while most of Peru was watching the World Cup game of Brazil vs. Italy, a major earthquake struck just off the coast. The quake flattened buildings and collapsed bridges and roads, but the worst was yet to come when a 500 meter long slab of ice slid off a 21,000 foot mountain peak and made a beeline for the villages below.