1922 Vallenar earthquake

The 1922 Vallenar earthquake was a magnitude 8.5 earthquake that occurred on the Chile-Argentina border in 1922. [Seismological Notes, Bulletin of the Seimological Society of America. "Seismological Notes" is a list of recent important earthquakes with short summaries included in each issue of the BSSA.]

Damage and deaths

The earthquake caused extensive damage, and a resulting 9 meter tsunami killed 100 people. The earthquake cost at the moment that it hit about 5-25 million U.S. dollars. [Dunbar, Paula K., Lockridge, Patricia A., and Whiteside, Lowell S., 1992, Catalog of significant earthquakes 2150 B.C. - 1991 A.D.: U. S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.]

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