Region
Valparaíso
Chile · South America
Valparaíso is a region of Chile, in South America. It spans the South American and Nazca plates. Records include 1 volcano, 3 major earthquakes since 1900 and 27 tsunamis observed on its coasts.
Tectonic Plates
Hazard Levels
Hazard level assessed by ThinkHazard! (World Bank, GFDRR), meaning the likelihood of a damaging event, from very low to high.
- Coastal FloodHigh
- EarthquakeHigh
- LandslideHigh
- TsunamiHigh
- Water ScarcityHigh
- WildfireHigh
- River FloodMedium
- Urban FloodMedium
- VolcanoLow
- Extreme HeatLow
Volcanoes (1)
Major Earthquakes Since 1900
- 19851985 Santiago Jimin · M 8.0180 deaths
- 19711971 Aconcagua Earthquake · M 7.883 deaths
- 19651965 La Ligua Earthquake · M 7.3400 deaths
Tsunamis Observed on Its Coasts
- 2022Tonga Islands, Tonga · 22.0 m6 deaths
- 2017South Mexico, Mexico · 2.7 m98 deaths
- 2015Central Chile, Chile · 13.6 m15 deaths
- 2014Northern Chile, Chile · 4.6 m7 deaths
- 2013Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands · 11.0 m10 deaths
- 2012El Salvador-Nicaragua, El Salvador · 6.3 m
- 2012British Columbia, Canada · 13.0 m1 deaths
- 2010Central Chile, Chile · 29.0 m558 deaths
- 2007South Peru, Peru · 10.1 m596 deaths
- 2006South Kuril Islands, Russia · 21.9 m
- 2001South Peru, Peru · 8.8 m103 deaths
- 1996North Peru, Peru · 5.0 m12 deaths
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002