Earthquake — Chile: Arica

When

13 Aug 1868

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

8.5

Where

Chile

Coordinates

18.60° S, 71.00° W

Deaths

25000

Damage musd

300

Intensity mmi

11

Depth km

25

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Southern Peru Earthquake and Pacific Ocean Tsunami

The 1868 Arica earthquake occurred on 13 August 1868, near Arica, then part of Peru, now part of Chile, at 21:30 UTC. It had an estimated magnitude between 8.8 and 9.1, although earlier studies suggested a broader range of 8.5–9.3. A tsunami in the Pacific Ocean was produced by the earthquake, which was recorded in Hawaii, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand.

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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 “The 8.5–9.0 Arica earthquake strikes southern Peru, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “в провинции Арика произошло одно из самых смертоносных землетрясений в истории”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “un fuerte terremoto de 8,5 a 9,3 sacude las costas de Arica, Chile, provocando un tsunami que deja un saldo de 25.000 muertos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “アリカ地震（推定M9：当時ペルー領だったアリカ市沖合で発生、津波も起こり推定死者数2万5千人以上）”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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