An estimated 8.3 magnitude earthquake occurs in Concepción, Chile

When

8 Feb 1570

Kind

Event

Coordinates

36.75° S, 73.00° W

Description

An estimated 8.3 magnitude earthquake occurs in Concepción, Chile.

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 1570 Concepción earthquake.

Earthquake in Chile

The 1570 Concepción earthquake occurred at 9:00, on February 8, 1570. The strong earthquake destroyed Concepción, Chile. It was accompanied by a tsunami, and aftershocks were felt for months. According to NOAA at least 2000 people died and every house was destroyed. Because of a delay between the earthquake and the tsunami, much of the population was able to escape to higher ground.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Ein Erdbeben mit darauf folgendem Tsunami zerstört die Stadt Concepción im heutigen Chile vollständig”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en el sur de Chile, un fuerte terremoto de 8,3 sacude a la ciudad de Concepción dejando un saldo de 2000 muertos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page