The Riñihuazo is the name given to the landslide damming of Riñihue Lake on 22 May 1960, after a landslide caused by the Great Chilean earthquake blocked...
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Riñihue Lake (section The Riñihuazo)
"place". The Riñihue lake became famous after an event known as the "Riñihuazo", which threatened to destroy several towns, villages and cities in southern...
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in Valdivia. This earthquake was of similar strength and also caused a Riñihuazo. According to the chronicle of Mariño de Lobera, corregidor of Valdivia...
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earthquake, the largest ever recorded on earth, which also caused ensuing Riñihuazo flooding. These similarities show that large earthquakes have a pattern...
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the Madison River, creating Quake Lake. 22 May 1960 Riñihue Lake, Chile Riñihuazo −39.84 −72.29 ≈ 40 MCM A series of landslides triggered by the 1960 Valdivia...
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existence of Valdivia city. These events came to be known as The Riñihuazo ("El Riñihuazo" in Spanish). There is evidence that a similar landslide occurred...
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sluice, flooding the evacuated town of Beichuan. (52 m (171 ft) high) The Riñihuazo begun on 22 May 1960, after a landslide caused by the Great Chilean earthquake...
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earthquake affects all of southern Chile. 1576 April Valdivia is flooded by a Riñihuazo caused by the 1575 Valdivia earthquake. 1578 December 5 Valparaíso is...
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buildings collapsed. After the earthquake it survived the effects of the Riñihuazo, a flooding caused by the earthquake. U.S. Geological Survey (March 7...
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caused by the Great Chilean earthquake affected the towns of Riñihue, Riñihuazo, Los Lagos, Antilhue, Pishuinco, and Valdivia (all in Chile). The North...
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railroad.[citation needed] The hamlet was flooded in 1960 during the Riñihuazo. It had a population of 92 as 2017 down from 243 in 2002. Riñihue is served...
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landslides threatening to block the outflow of Riñihue Lake, leading to the Riñihuazo damming project. Thousands of volunteers helped survivors in rebuilding...
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aftermath of the devastating Great Chilean earthquake of 22 May 1960 (see Riñihuazo). Raúl Sáez died on 24 November 1992, a week after he was awarded the...
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Liquiñe-Ofqui Fault List of earthquakes in 2007 List of earthquakes in Chile Riñihuazo ISC (2016), ISC-GEM Global Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue (1900–2012)...
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