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1970 Yungay landslide

natural disaster in Peru in 1970
Event landslide Q64325871
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Summary

1970 Yungay landslide is a landslide[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of landslide entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,805 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Peru[3]
  • Instance of: avalanche[4], sturzstrom[5]
  • Location: Yungay[6], Santo Domingo de Yungay[7]
  • Commons category: 1970 Huascarán debris avalanche[8]
  • Point in time: May 31, 1970[9]
  • Has cause: 1970 Ancash earthquake[10]
  • Number of deaths: 6000[11], 30.000[12]

Why It Matters

1970 Yungay landslide is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · DovaModaal · 2026-08-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Commons category → 1970 Huascarán debris avalanche
    Location → Yungay, Santo Domingo de Yungay
    Google knowledge graph id → /g/11kyf9ld5n
    Wikidata description → natural disaster in Peru in 1970
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: sturzstrom"
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