Synopsis
On Sunday 31 May 1970, an earthquake shook the centre of Peru, which then triggered a landslide that buried a whole town.
- Programme: Journeys into the Ring of Fire
- Series: 1
- Episode: Peru
- Channel: BBC Four
- Broadcast year: 2006
- Geography | Natural hazards | Earthquakes | Earthquakes
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