1647 Santiago earthquake
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 on the Mercalli intensity scale and there were about a thousand casualties.
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1647 Santiago earthquake
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 on the Mercalli intensity scale and there were about a thousand casualties.
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The 1647 Santiago earthquake s ...... e about a thousand casualties.
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1647-05-14
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El terremoto de Santiago de 16 ...... escala sismológica de Richter.
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The 1647 Santiago earthquake s ...... e about a thousand casualties.
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1647 Santiago earthquake
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Terremoto de Santiago de 1647
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