What the records say
- When
- 13 Aug 1868
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 18.60° S, 71.00° W
- Deaths
- 25000
- Damage musd
- 300
- Max water height m
- 18
- Source quake magnitude
- 8.5
- Runups
- 128
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1868 Arica earthquake
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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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page