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Flooding of a residential area in southeastern Chimbote. Peru Earthquake, 1970.

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1970

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Peru Earthquake May 31, 1970. Flooding of a residential area in southeastern Chimbote where the ground settled substantially because of compaction of water- saturated sediments. 1971.

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U.S. Geological Survey
Photographer :
Plafker, George

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name photoLibrary pla00027
number photoLibrary 28432
batch photoLibrary batch85
number_in_book photoLibrary 27

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