Great Chilean Earthquake

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:earthquake
gptkbp:affectedArea gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Chile
gptkb:Hawaii
gptkb:Japan
gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkb:Philippines
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:aftermath yes
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:1960_Valdivia_earthquake
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude 9.5
gptkbp:borders Nazca Plate and South American Plate
gptkbp:casualties 1655
gptkbp:causedBy gptkb:Riunin_Lake_outburst_flood
gptkb:tsunami_in_Alaska
gptkb:tsunami_in_Australia
gptkb:tsunami_in_California
gptkb:tsunami_in_Hilo,_Hawaii
gptkb:tsunami_in_Japan
gptkb:tsunami_in_New_Zealand
gptkb:tsunami_in_the_Aleutian_Islands
gptkb:tsunami_in_the_Philippines
flooding
landslides
fires
infrastructure collapse
tsunami in the South Pacific
gptkbp:country gptkb:Chile
gptkbp:date 1960-05-22
gptkbp:displacedPeople 2,000,000
gptkbp:duration approximately 10 minutes
gptkbp:economicImportance $550 million (1960 USD)
gptkbp:epicenter near Valdivia, Chile
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:1960_Valdivia_aftershocks
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Great Chilean Earthquake
gptkbp:injuries 3000
gptkbp:largestAftershockMagnitude 7.9
gptkbp:notableCity gptkb:Santiago
gptkb:Puerto_Montt
gptkb:Concepción
gptkb:Temuco
gptkb:Valdivia
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Concepción_earthquake_(1960)
gptkbp:rank largest earthquake ever recorded
gptkbp:ruptureArea about 200,000 km²
gptkbp:ruptureLength about 1000 km
gptkbp:seismicMoment 2.5×10^23 Nm
gptkbp:tsunami 25 meters
yes
gptkbp:type megathrust
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:1960_Valdivia_earthquake
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6