1575 Valdivia earthquake

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Valdivia, Angol, Nueva Imperial, Villarrica, Osorno

The earthquake of Valdivia on December 16, 1575 was an earthquake in Chile. The epicenter was probably in the vicinity, which was founded only 23 years earlier city Valdivia. With an estimated magnitude of 8.5 to 9.5, it was one of the strongest earthquakes in history. Spanish chroniclers of 21 dead.

As with the earthquake of Valdivia in 1960 blocked an educated by a landslide dam outflow of Lake Riñihue. When the dam broke in April of the following year, the tsunami killed about 1,200 Mapuche. The time evacuated Valdivia was completely destroyed by the floods.