December 16 1575 #CalleCalleRiverEarthquake #ValdiviaEarthquake #LosRiosRegionEartquake #85MwSeria #85Mseria #40southern #73western #CalleCalleRiverEarthquakeSeria #CollicoCityEarthquakeSeria #ValdiviaEarthquakeSeria #ValdiviaMajorEarthquakeSeria #LosRiosRegionEartquakeSeria #LosRiosRegionMajorEartquakeSeria #ChileEarthquakeSeria #ChileMajorEarthquakeSeria #CollicoCitySeria #LasAnimasCityEarthquakeSeria #SantaElviraCityEarthquakeSeria #ValdiviaRiverEarthquakeSeria #CrucesRiverEarthquakeSeria #TornagaleonesRiverEarthquakeSeria EditWatch this pageRead in another language 1575 Valdivia earthquake Date December 16, 1575 Magnitude 8.5 Epicenter 39.8°S 73.2°W Areas affected Valdivia, Chile The 1575 Valdivia earthquake occurred at 14:30 local time on December 16. It had an estimated magnitude of 8.5 on the surface wave magnitude scale and led to the flood of Valdivia, Chile. Pedro Mariño de Lobera, who was corregidor of Valdivia by that time, wrote that the waters of the river opened like the Red Sea, one part flowing upstream and one downstream. Mariño de Lobera also evacuated the city until the dam at Laguna de Anigua (nowadays Riñihue Lake) burst. At that moment he wrote that, while many Indians died, no Spaniards did, as the settlement of Valdivia was moved temporarily away from the riverside. #MajorEarthquakeSeria #DecemberEarthquakeSeria DecemberSeria #RiverEarthquakeSeria EarthquakeSeria #NoonEarthquakeSeria #16December1575seria #16DecemberSeria #16DecemberEarthquakeSeria #1575EarthquakeSeria 16December2016seria 2016DecemberSeria #2016FridaySeria (Valdivia, Chile)
