Earthquake — Chile: Santiago

Quand

14 mai 1647

Type

Séisme

Magnitude

8.5

Position

Chile

Coordonnées

33.40° S, 70.60° W

Deaths

1000

Houses destroyed

300

Intensity mmi

11

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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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