1615 Arica earthquake

1615 Arica earthquake

Local date	16 September 1615 (1615-09-16)
Magnitude	7.5 Ms[1]
Epicenter	18.500°S 70.350°W / -18.500; -70.350
Areas affected	Arica Spanish Empire
Total damage	Moderate[2]
Tsunami	Small[1]
Casualties	3 injured[3]

The 1615 Arica earthquake was a major earthquake centered near Arica in the Spanish colonial Viceroyalty of Peru, within the present day Arica y Parinacota Region of northwestern Chile.

The earthquake caused considerable damage to the infrastructure of the city with the Iglesia Mayor. The city's fort collapsed, and cracks opened in the floor of the royal quicksilver storage facility.^[3][2] No human was reported dead but three people suffered injuries.^[3]

References

1. Lomnitz, C. (2004). "Major Earthquakes of Chile: A Historical Survey, 1535–1960". Seismological Research Letters. 75 (3): 368–378. Bibcode:2004SeiRL..75..368L. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.921.9875. doi:10.1785/gssrl.75.3.368.
2. National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS): NCEI/WDS Global Significant Earthquake Database. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information=NGDC/NOAA (1972). "Significant Earthquake Information". NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
3. Urrutia de Hazbún, Rosa; Lanza Lazcano, Carlos (1993). Catástrofes en Chile, 1541–1992 (in Spanish). Santiago: Editorial La Noria. p. 33. Retrieved 7 September 2014.