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History of Huaraz

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eveloped: numerous residences were built atop the 1941 avalanche deposit within the at-risk creek valley. The earthquake was 7.8 on the Richter scale. Within its duration of 45 seconds virtually every structure of consequence in the city's center was destroyed. A few minutes later the north half of the city, particularly in the creek valley, was obliterated by an avalanche of icy mud carrying boulders and other debris.

As many as 20,000 people were killed within the city; there were reported only 91 survivors within the city itself. The historic structures along the narrow streets, particularly the big adobe casino (large houses) roofed with ceramic tiles, were reduced to rubble. The main square was evident by the dearth of rubble; the city was rebuilt around it. Where once stood the old casino and their high-walled compounds now there are smaller buildings. The narrow streets had been deathtraps during the quake; the post-1970 city design has wider, more modern streets

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