13.Facts about Chile: Chile houses six UNESCO world heritage sites. These are all cultural sites.Rapa NuiNational Park is one of the six UNESCO world heritage sites in Chile. Easter Island which is often referre
About 7 million people live in the metropolitan region of Santiago. Other large cities in Chile are Valparaiso, and Concepcion. Chileans in traditional clothing Most Chileans are of mixed Spanish and native American ancestry, however, today only 30% refer to beingmestizo(of mixed ancestry) and ...
earthquakes with a force greater than 6.9 on the Richter scale. In 1960, a powerful earthquake measuring 9.5 hit southern Chile with the epicenter at Valdivia, killing more than 1,500 people and leaving approximately 2,000 homeless. This is the biggest earthquake recorded on earth since 1900.[...
In 1960, a massive earthquake decimated Chile two years before they were to host the World Cup. FIFA planned to relocate the cup, but the Chilean president demanded that the cup be in Chile, as his country had lost everything else.[3] Famous Brazilian footballer Manoel Francisco dos Santos ...
The Chile earthquake of 1960 was the largest earthquake recorded in the 20th century. Originating off the coast of southern Chile on May 22, 1960, it caused substantial damage and loss of life in Chile and—as a result of the tsunamis it generated—in Ha
On February 27, 2010, less than two weeks before Piñera was set to take office, a magnitude-8.8earthquakestruck Chile (seeChile earthquake of 2010). While Bachelet oversaw initial relief efforts, Piñera toured disaster sites and began speaking on the record as the Chilean leader. Piñera...
Colonial-era remnants stand alongside modern buildings throughout Santiago. One of the city’s oldest structures, the San Francisco Church (Iglesia de San Francisco), was originally founded as a chapel by Spanish conquistador Pedro de Valdivia in 1554. After an earthquake destroyed the chapel in ...
Highways and an electrified railway link the urban centres to Valparaíso city. The Pan-American Highway and the main north-south railroad pass through the northern portion of the region, which was heavily damaged in a 1971 earthquake. A major east-west highway connects the region with Mendoza...
in which mostly minor activity is associated with surroundingoceanic ridgesorvolcanoes. However, the occurrence of one unusually largeearthquakeof magnitude 6.4 in the Bellingshausen Sea (anextensionof theSouthern Oceanthat borders the western side of theAntarctic Peninsula) in 1977 suggests that the ...
It is the highest mountain in Peru and is a favorite of mountaineers and tourists. In 1962 a thaw caused a portion of the sheer north summit to break off, resulting in an avalanche that destroyed several villages and killed about 3,500 persons. In 1970 a severe earthquake caused landslides...