Natural Disaster Notes

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Name of your disaster 1960 Chile earthquake and tsunami https://docs.google.com/

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Brief description of what your It was the largest earthquake recorded in the 20th century. https://www.britannica.c
disaster is om/event/Chile-
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Where did it happen Valdiva, Chile https://www.britannica.c

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When did it happen (specific It happened at 3:11 pm, May 22, 1960 https://www.britannica.c
dates) om/event/Chile-
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How many casualties (people It hasn’t been officially resolved but it’s an estimate 1,655 https://www.britannica.c
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What was the magnitude? 1 9.5 richters https://www.britannica.c

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What was the cost of destruction $30,000,000,000 https://money.cnn.com/2

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Description of other effects this This earthquake caused a tsunami which rose to about 80 feet or 25 meters high and it https://earthweb.ess.was

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Earthquakes, volcanoes, tornadoes and hurricanes/typhoon/cyclone have specific scale/category.
If floods, explain how much land was covered by water. If tsunami, how high/wide was the wave, how far did it come inland.
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Description of how the disaster 1655 people died, 3,000 injured and 2 million people lost their homes and became homeless https://www.britannica.c
impacted people (homes, jobs, om/event/Chile-
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