Earthquake — Chile: Santiago

When

14 May 1647

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

8.5

Where

Chile

Coordinates

33.40° S, 70.60° W

Deaths

1000

Houses destroyed

300

Intensity mmi

11

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

The 1647 Santiago earthquake struck Santiago, Chile on the night of 13 May and is said to have brought virtually every building in the city to the ground. The earthquake was felt throughout the so-called Captaincy General of Chile, an administrative territory of the Spanish Empire. The maximum felt intensity was XI (Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale and there were about a thousand casualties.

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