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| {{Infobox earthquake | |||
| | title = 1985 Pichilemu earthquake | |||
| | date = {{Start date|1985|04|08|df=yes}} | |||
| | origintime = 21:56:59 ] | |||
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| | magnitude = 7.5 ] <ref name="sig"/> | |||
| | intensity = ] VII | |||
| | depth = {{convert|37.8|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} <ref name="hist"/> | |||
| | location = {{coord|-34.12|-71.51|type:event|display=inline,title}} | |||
| | countries affected = Chile, Argentina | |||
| | tsunami = No | |||
| | casualties = 2 killed | |||
| }} | |||
| The '''1985 Pichilemu earthquake''' occurred with a ] of 7.5 and a maximum perceived intensity of VII (''Very Strong'') on 8 April 1985 at {{Tooltip|21:56:59 local time|(01:56:59 UTC)}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://politicaspublicas.uc.cl/media/agenda/material/20100325124410_Presentacion_Luis_Valenzuela.pdf|author=Luis Valenzuela|publisher=]|language=Spanish|title=Planificación Urbana en Zonas de Riesgo|date=14 April 2010|accessdate=11 September 2010|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20120312021435/http://politicaspublicas.uc.cl/media/agenda/material/20100325124410_Presentacion_Luis_Valenzuela.pdf|archivedate=12 March 2012|deadurl=yes}}</ref> The shock's epicenter was located {{convert|75|km|mi}} southwest of ], ],<ref name="sis">{{cite journal|title=Sismo del 8 de abril de 1985|year=1985|publisher=] Geological Service|language=Spanish|location=]}}</ref> with a hypocentral depth of {{convert|37.8|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}. | |||
| ==Earthquake== | |||
| ] | |||
| {{see also|Peru-Chile Trench}} | |||
| The 9 April 1985 Pichilemu earthquake occurred in the same fault area as the ], and is considered by ] Seismological Service a ]-type ].<ref name="estudio">{{Cite web|url= http://ssn.dgf.uchile.cl/informes/congreso/A01-14.pdf|title=Estudio comparativo de los terremotos de subducción chilenos con los terremotos de subducción del norte, centro y sur de América|publisher=] Seismological Service|accessdate=12 September 2010|language=Spanish|date= 16–19 November 2005|location=], Chile|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6EkriB4YF|archivedate=27 February 2013|deadurl=no}}</ref> | |||
| The earthquake, measured in the ], reached magnitude VI in ], ], ], ], ], ], and ]; and magnitude V–VI in ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], and ].<ref name="sis"/> The earthquake was felt throughout much of central Chile from ] to ]. It was also felt in ], ], ], ], ], and ] ] in Argentina.<ref name="hist"/> | |||
| Although it has been considered by the news media as an aftershock of the main Santiago earthquake,<ref name="estudio"/> according to ] and ]'s book ''Catástrofes en Chile 1541–1992'', the Pichilemu earthquake was a different and separate event.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Urrutia de Hazbún|first1=Rosa|last2=Lanza Lazcano|first2=Carlos|title=Catástrofes en Chile, 1541–1992|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=k64MAAAAYAAJ|year=1993|publisher=Editorial La Noria|location=]|language=Spanish| accessdate= 13 September 2010 }}</ref> | |||
| ===Damage and effects=== | |||
| Two people died of heart attacks after the earthquake; one in Santiago and another in ].<ref name="hist"/><ref name="NY"/> The earthquake lasted approximately three minutes according to '']''.<ref name="NY">{{Cite web|url= http://www.nytimes.com/1985/04/09/world/strong-quake-jolts-chile.html|title=Strong quake jolts Chile|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6EkrX0F6Y|archivedate=27 February 2013|deadurl=no|publisher=]|author=AP|date=8 April 1985|accessdate=8 September 2010}}</ref> | |||
| It created damage in addition to that already caused by ] in the Santiago-Valparaíso area.<ref name="hist"/> | |||
| ===Previous events=== | |||
| {{main|1985 Santiago earthquake}} | |||
| A magnitude 8.0 earthquake was registered on 3 March 1985 offshore ], ].<ref name="sig"/> It reached a maximum intensity of XI on the ]. 177 people were killed, 2,575 injured, 142,489 houses were damaged and about a million people were left homeless.<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://www.angelfire.com/nt/terremotosdeChile2/|title=Terremoto de 1985|publisher=Angelfire|language=Spanish|accessdate=12 September 2010| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20100804071652/http://www.angelfire.com/nt/terremotosdeChile2/| archivedate= 4 August 2010 | deadurl=no}}</ref> There was a long interruption on basic services, and the damage provoked by that earthquake was estimated to be more than 1,046 million US dollars.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.emol.com/especiales/terremotos/chile.htm|title=Grandes Terremotos en Chile|work=]|accessdate=12 September 2010|location=]|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20120207175813/http://www.emol.com/especiales/terremotos/chile.htm|archivedate=7 February 2012|deadurl=no}}</ref> | |||
| ==See also== | |||
| {{Portal|Pichilemu}} | |||
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| ==References== | |||
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| <ref name="hist">{{Cite web|url= http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/world/events/1985_03_03.php|title=Historic Earthquakes|publisher=]|accessdate=8 September 2010|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20121104230038/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/world/events/1985_03_03.php|archivedate=4 November 2012|deadurl=no}}</ref> | |||
| <ref name="sig">{{Cite web|url= http://www.sismologia.cl/home/terrem.html|title=SISMOS IMPORTANTES Y/O DESTRUCTIVOS (1570 – Mayo 2005)|publisher=Sismología Universidad de Chile|language=Spanish|accessdate=8 September 2010|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20061231163803/http://www.sismologia.cl/home/terrem.html|archivedate=31 December 2006|deadurl=yes}}</ref> | |||
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| {{Earthquakes in 1985}} | |||
| {{Earthquakes in Chile}} | |||
| {{Pichilemu}} | |||
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