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1985 Santiago earthquake
The 1985 Santiago earthquake was a seismic movements registered in March 3rd, 1985 at 22:47 UTC . Its epicenter was located in south coasts of Valparaiso Region, Chile, close to beaches of Algarrobo. It had a magnitude of 8.0 in Richter magnitude scale.
The earthquake was felt between Antofagasta Region by North, and Araucania Region by South, being felt with more power in Central Chile. It reached a maximum intensity of XI in the Mercalli intensity scale. The most affected zone was the port of San Antonio, in Valparaiso Region, together with Alhue and Melipilla in Santiago Metropolitan Region and Rengo in O'Higgins Region. The earthquake affected with great intensity too the country's capital, Santiago, were around 40% people of the country lived.
The final victims count threw 177 dead, 2,575 hurt, 142,489 destroyed houses and about a million people houseless. Many landslides were registered too, pavement breaks with the destruction of Pan-American highway in several points, brokendown bridges and considerable damage in affected town's infrastructure, with a long
interruption on basic services. The damage was valued in more than 1,046 million US dollars.
See also
List of earthquakes in Chile
Great Chilean Earthquake
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