1960 Puerto Montt earthquake

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1960_Puerto_Montt_earthquake
GPTKB entity
Statements (39)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:earthquake
gptkbp:affectedArea gptkb:Chile
gptkb:Hawaii
gptkb:Japan
gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkb:Philippines
gptkb:United_States_West_Coast
gptkbp:aftermath yes
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Great_Chilean_earthquake
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude 9.5
gptkbp:casualties 1655
gptkbp:country gptkb:Chile
gptkbp:damageCost $550 million
gptkbp:date 1960-05-22
gptkbp:displacedPeople 2,000,000
gptkbp:duration approximately 10 minutes
gptkbp:epicenter near Lumaco, Chile
gptkbp:followedBy tsunami in Pacific Ocean
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1960 Puerto Montt earthquake
gptkbp:injuries 3000+
gptkbp:largestAftershockMagnitude 7.9
gptkbp:largestEarthquakeRecorded yes
gptkbp:location gptkb:Valdivia,_Chile
gptkb:Puerto_Montt,_Chile
gptkbp:maximumDepth 33 km
gptkbp:notableFor largest earthquake ever recorded
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:1960_Concepción_earthquake
gptkbp:richterScale 9.5
gptkbp:seismicMoment 2.7×10^23 Nm
gptkbp:tectonicSetting Nazca Plate subducting beneath South American Plate
gptkbp:triggeredBy gptkb:earthquake
gptkb:Rinihué_Lake_outburst_flood
landslides
gptkbp:tsunami 25 m
yes
gptkbp:type megathrust earthquake
gptkbp:UNESCOEvent yes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:1960_Valdivia_earthquake
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6