July 9, 1657 Earthquake: Santiago, Chile

Date

July 9, 1657

Place

Santiago, Chile

Tsunami

Yes: the tsunami it caused

Epicenter

33.500° S, 70.700° W

Country

Chile

Damage

Limited (under about $1 million)

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

• March 20, 1861, Mendoza, San Luiz, Argentina14,000 deaths · 193 km
• August 17, 1906, South Central, ChileM8.2 · 4,000 deaths · $100 million · 133 km
• May 14, 1647, Santiago, ChileM8.5 · 1,000 deaths · 300 houses destroyed · 14 km
• March 28, 1965, Central, ChileM7.3 · 400 deaths · $125 million · 131 km
• March 3, 1985, Central Coast, San Antonio, Valparaiso, ChileM8 · 180 deaths · $1.5 billion · 102 km
• July 9, 1971, Central, ChileM7.8 · 83 deaths · $236.4 million · 121 km
• November 20, 1822, Valparaiso, Quillota, Concon, Aconcagua, ChileM8.5 · 72 deaths · 133 km
• September 4, 1958, Chile-ArgentinaM6.8 · 7 deaths · 63 km
• January 26, 1985, West Central, Mendoza, LA Ligua, ArgentinaM6 · 6 deaths · $5 million · 12,500 houses destroyed · 190 km
• July 8, 1730, Valparaiso, ChileM9.1 · 5 deaths · 134 km
• April 9, 1985, Near Central Coast, Santiago-Valparaiso, ChileM7.5 · 2 deaths · 110 km
• April 17, 2012, Valparaiso, ChileM6.7 · 2 deaths · 115 km
• August 2, 2017, Santiago, ChileM5.4 · 1 death · 33 km
• March 17, 1985, Valparaiso, Vina del Mar, ChileM6.6 · 1 death · 122 km
• March 13, 1896, Limache, Almendral, Chile62 km

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