What the records say
- When
- 3 Mar 1985
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 33.13° S, 71.71° W
- Deaths
- 180
- Injuries
- 2575
- Damage musd
- 1500
- Max water height m
- 3.5
- Source quake magnitude
- 8
- Runups
- 64
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1985 Algarrobo earthquake
Severe earthquake centered in Valparaíso Region, Chile
A megathrust earthquake measuring 8.0 Mw struck just offshore the Greater Valparaíso area of Central Chile on 3 March 1985. The event followed a ten-day period of moderate and non-destructive foreshocks and left at least 177 people dead and about 2,500 injured.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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