1647 Santiago earthquake
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The 1647 Santiago earthquake struck Santiago, Chile on the night of 13 May (22:30 local time, 02:30 UTC on 14 May) and is said to have brought virtually every building in the city to the ground. The earthquake was felt throughout the so-called Captaincy General of Chile, an administrative territory of the Spanish Empire. The maximum felt intensity was XI (Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale and there were about a thousand casualties.
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Alonso de Córdova, Vitacura
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| N -33.4 ° | E -70.6 ° |
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Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array
Alonso de Córdova
7630391 Vitacura
Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile
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