What the records say
- When
- 16 Sep 1615
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 18.50° S, 70.35° W
- Max water height m
- 4
- Source quake magnitude
- 7.5
- Runups
- 1
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.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA · Read the article
The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page