Everything about 1960 Valdivia Earthquake totally explained
|countries affected=
Chile
|location=
Valdivia
|casualties=2231, 3000, 5700 and another source uses an estimate of 6000 dead. Different sources have estimated the monetary cost ranged from 400 million to 800 million US dollars At
Corral, the main port of Valdivia, the water level rose 4 meters before it began to recede. At 16:20 UTC, an eight-meter wave struck the Chilean coast, mainly between
Concepción and Chiloe. Ten minutes later, another wave measuring 10 meters was reported.
Hundreds of people were already reported dead by the time the tsunami struck. One ship, the
El Canelo, starting at the mouth of
Valdivia River sank after being moved 1.5 km backward and forward in the river. The mast of the
Canelo is still visible from the road to
Niebla.
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