Great Chilean Earthquake

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The Great Chilean Earthquake or '''Valdivia Earthquake''' (''Terremoto de Valdivia'' in (early afternoon local time), it measured 9.5 Magnitude and affected southern Chile .

There had been a swarm of earthquakes, as large as magnitude 8, about 160 km (100 miles) to the north the previous day.

Its Epicenter was located in Valdivia , approximately 700 Kilometer s (435 miles) south of Santiago . The earthquake caused a Tsunami that hit the Chilean coast severely, with waves up to 25 Meter s high, ran through the Pacific Ocean and devastated Hilo, Hawaii , 10,000 kilometers (6,200 miles) from the epicenter, as well as coastal regions of Japan . The total number of fatalities from the earthquake/tsunami combination was estimated to have been as many as 3,000.

Despite the record strength of the earthquake, more people were killed by Tsunami s than by the earthquake.

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