September 16, 2015 Earthquake: Central, Chile

Ref #13456:

At least 15 people killed, 34 injured, 4 missing, more than 16,646 displaced and 1,069 houses destroyed and 1,791 damaged from the earthquake and tsunami in Coquimbo, Valparaiso and Region Metropolitana. A landslide occurred at Canela. One person died of a heart attack while running out of a building at Beccar, Argentina. Felt (IX) at Illapel; (VIII) at Coquimbo, La Serena and Ovalle; (VII) at Andacollo, El Quisco, La Calera, La Ligua, Los Andes, Los Vilos, Rancagua, San Antonio, Santiago and Tiltil. Felt widely from Arica to Valdivia. Felt (VI) at San Juan; (V) at La Rioja and San Martin; (IV) at Cordoba, Mendoza and San Rafael. Felt (II) at Sao Paulo, Brazil and at Asuncion, Paraguy. Felt at Lima, Peru and at Montevideo and Punta del Este, Uruguay. Monte Patria, Coquimbo, Chile - CDI: 9; Nueva Imperial, Araucanía, Chile - CDI: 8; Salamanca, Coquimbo, Chile - CDI: 8; Ovalle, Coquimbo, Chile - CDI: 8; Illapel, Coquimbo, Chile - CDI: 8

A Pacific-wide tsunami was generated with maximum wave amplitudes in meters recorded at the following selected tide stations: 4.75 at Coquimbo, 1.86 at Quintero, 1.78 at Valparaiso, 1.28 at Talcahuano, 1.21 on Juan Fernandez Islands, 1.14 at Caldera, 1.09 at Chanaral, 1.04 at San Antonio, 0.88 at Constitucion, 0.83 on Easter Island, 0.83 on Quiriquina Island, 0.77 at Huasco, 0.76 at Bucalemu, 0.69 at San Felix, 0.58 at Arica and 0.52 at Antofagasta; 0.67 at Pago Pago, American Samoa; 0.15 at Quepos, Costa Rica; 0.56 on Isla Santa Cruz, Ecuador; 1.37 on Nuku Hiva, French Polynesia; 0.26 at Kushimoto, Japan; 0.37 at Puerto Angel, Mexico; 0.16 at Ouinne, New Caledonia; 0.35 on Chatham Islands, New Zealand; 0.55 at La Punta, Peru; 0.44 at Shikotan, Russia; 0.20 at Apia, Samoa; 0.09 at Nuku`alofa, Tonga; 0.27 at King Cove, Alaska, USA; 0.34 at Ventura, California; 0.90 at Hilo, Hawaii; 0.21 on Efate, Vanuatu. (reference #1053)

Ref #11469:

total of 15 fatalities occurred from the earthquake and tsunami. Of the 15 fatalities, 11 occurred in Coquimbo Region, 3 occurred in Valparaíso Region and 1 in Santiago Metropolitan Region (ref #11470). A total of 8 (of 15) fatalities were attributed to the tsunami. In Coquimbo city, there were 6 fatalities from the tsunami. One tsunami fatalities occurred in both the cities of Tongoy and Puerto Aldea.

Ref #11470:

In all of Chile, 660635 people were evacuated, 15 fatalities, 14 people injured, 1 person missing, 2305 dwellings destroyed, 2743 dwellings with major damage, 7301 dwellings with minor damage.

Ref #11255:

The earthquake [and tsunami] caused 11 deaths: 2 in Monte Patria, 1 in Illapel, 3 in Coquimbo, 1 in Puerto Aldea, 1 in Valparaiso, 2 in Catapilco, and 1 in Maipu.

Ref #11318:

AIR Worldwide estimates that industry insured losses from the M8.3 earthquake that struck Chile's central coast near Illapel on September 16 will be between CLP 400 billion (USD 600 million) and CLP 600 billion (USD 900 million). AIR's loss estimates explicitly capture damage from ground shaking, tsunami, and liquefaction. Losses are dominated by shake damage in AIR's scenarios, with a very small contribution from liquefaction. Tsunami damage contributes from 27% to 38% of total losses across the scenarios. Note that AIR's estimates are based on assumptions about take-up rates in Chile (the percentage of properties actually insured against the earthquake peril), about which there is considerable uncertainty. The range in loss estimates reflect uncertainty in the slip distribution at the fault, modeled ground motion, tsunami inundation, and damage estimation. Note that the assumed exchange rate is 1 CLP = 0.0015 USD.

Ref #1250:

800 m USD total damages

Ref #12267:

Mw 8.4, Depth 11 km, epicenter -31.553, -71.864

Ref #13048:

1bn USD total damages

Ref #13727:

1.5bn USD economic loss