What the records say
- When
- 16 Sep 1615
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Where
- Chile
- Coordinates
- 18.50° S, 70.35° W
- Intensity mmi
- 10
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1615 Arica earthquake
Major earthquake in Peru
The 1615 Arica earthquake was centered in the Spanish colonial Viceroyalty of Peru, within the present day Arica y Parinacota Region of northwestern Chile.
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- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “An estimated 7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes Arica (now part of Chile in the Spanish colonial Viceroyalty of Peru and collapses the city's fort, but causes no…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Chile, un terremoto de 7.5 sacude la ciudad de Arica causando un pequeño maremoto y daños moderados”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page