Tsunami — Central Chile

When

9 Jul 1971

Kind

Tsunami

Coordinates

32.50° S, 71.20° W

Deaths

83

Injuries

447

Damage musd

236.4

Max water height m

0.6

Source quake magnitude

7.8

Runups

1

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Earthquake in Chile

The Aconcagua and Valparaíso provinces of central Chile was struck by an earthquake of magnitude 7.8 Mw at 22:03 8 July 1971 local time. It had a maximum felt intensity of IX (violent) on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale and caused the deaths of 83 people and injured a further 447.

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