November 26, 1705 Earthquake: Arica, Chile

Date

November 26, 1705

Place

Arica, Chile

Tsunami

Yes: the tsunami it caused

Epicenter

18.600° S, 70.200° W

Country

Chile

Damage

Moderate (about $1 to $5 million) with its tsunami and other effects

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.

• August 13, 1868, Arica, ChileM8.5 · 25,000 deaths · $300 million · 84 km
• September 18, 1833, Arica, Tacna, Chile, Peru, Peru-ChileM7.7 · 700 deaths · 1,001 houses destroyed · 94 km
• November 24, 1604, Arica, Arequipa, Chile, PeruM8.5 · 174 deaths · 112 km
• June 13, 2005, Tarapaca, ChileM7.7 · 11 deaths · $5.1 million · 544 houses destroyed · 187 km
• April 1, 2014, Iquique, Alto Hospicio, Northern, ChileM8.2 · 7 deaths · $100 million · 127 km
• August 8, 1987, Arica, Iquique, ChileM6.9 · 5 deaths · $1 million · 1,000 houses destroyed · 52 km
• August 13, 1987, Arequipa, Tacna, Arica, Peru, ChileM6.4 · 1 death · 110 km
• May 11, 1948, Arequipa,moquegua,tacna,torata,quellaveco, PeruM6.5 · 1 death · 146 km
• May 7, 1906, Tacna, Arica, Peru, Chile15 km
• August 12, 1923, Northern, Chile15 km
• September 16, 1615, Arica, ChileM7.5 · 19 km
• March 10, 1681, ChileM7.5 · 19 km
• March 27, 1892, Arica, Chile19 km
• June 4, 1845, Chile24 km
• January 8, 1956, ChileM7.1 · Deaths: few · 49 km

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Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 1169.