Tsunami — Northern Chile

Quando

10 de mai. de 1877

Tipo

Tsunami

Coordenadas

21.50° S, 70.50° W

Deaths

2385

Max water height m

18

Source quake magnitude

8.3

Runups

109

Posicionado na área, não em um local exato.

Earthquake in Chile

The 1877 Iquique earthquake occurred at 21:16 local time on 9 May. It had a magnitude of 8.5 on the surface-wave magnitude scale. Other estimates of its magnitude have been as high as 8.9 Mw and 9.0 Mt. It had a maximum intensity of XI (Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale and triggered a devastating tsunami. A total of 2,385 people died, mainly in Fiji from the tsunami.

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