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1960 Valdivia earthquake

9.4–9.6 magnitude earthquake in Chile
Event earthquake Q212618
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Summary

1960 Valdivia earthquake is an earthquake[1]. It ranks in the top 0.58% of earthquake entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26,725 views/month, #5 of 869).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Chile[3]
  • Instance of: disaster[4], natural disaster[5]
  • Location: Lumaco[6]
  • Commons category: Great Chilean Earthquake[7]
  • Point in time: May 21, 1960[8]
  • Number of deaths: 6000[9]
  • Has effect: tsunami[10]
  • Different from: 1960 Agadir earthquake[11]
  • Duration: 10 minutes[12]
  • Earthquake magnitude on the moment magnitude scale: 9.5[13]
  • Earthquake magnitude on the Richter magnitude scale: 9.5[14]
  • Modified Mercalli intensity scale: Mercalli scale IX[15], Mercalli scale XII[16]
  • Vertical depth: 25.0 km[17]

Why It Matters

1960 Valdivia earthquake has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 94 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

Chile

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . earthquake.usgs.gov. earthquake.usgs.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . earthquake.usgs.gov. earthquake.usgs.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . earthquake.usgs.gov. earthquake.usgs.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . ngdc.noaa.gov. ngdc.noaa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · ~2026-42787-90 · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Number of deaths → {'amount': '+6000'}
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  2. 15w ago · ~2026-37678-07 · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Number of deaths → {'amount': '+6000'}
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  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Modified mercalli intensity scale → Mercalli scale IX, Mercalli scale XII
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+10'}
    Has effect → tsunami
    Earthquake magnitude on the richter magnitude scale → {'amount': '+9.5'}
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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