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    Illapel (Spanish pronunciation: [i.ʝa.ˈpel]) is a Chilean city, which is the capital of the Choapa Province, Coquimbo Region. It lies along the Illapel...
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    The 2015 Illapel earthquake occurred 46 km (29 mi) offshore from Illapel (Coquimbo region, Chile) on September 16 at 19:54:32 Chile Standard Time (22:54:32 UTC)...
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    de Aucó, (ICAO: SCIL) is an airport 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) northeast of Illapel, a city in the Coquimbo Region of Chile. The runway is in a valley with...
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  • The Illapel River is a river of Chile located in the Coquimbo Region. One of its most important tributaries is Aucó Creek. The Las Chinchillas National...
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  • and an archeological site which lies about 6 kilometers from the city of Illapel, Choapa Province, in the Coquimbo Region of Chile. It is important in Chilean...
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  • Polidoro Van Vlierberghe (category Roman Catholic bishops of Illapel)
    (March 6, 1909 – May 9, 2006) was a Franciscan priest and former Bishop of Illapel and Titular Bishop of Municipa. Van Vlierberghe was born 1909 in Waesmunster...
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    States Geological Survey. Retrieved 13 July 2021. "M 8.1 – 36 km NW of Illapel, Chile". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 13 July 2021. "M 8...
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    Territorial Prelature of Illapel (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Ilapensis) is a territorial prelature located in the city of Illapel in the ecclesiastical...
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    region's total population. Other major urban centers include Ovalle (66,405), Illapel (21,826), Vicuña (12,910), Salamanca (11,615), and Los Vilos (10,966),...
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    Chilean chinchillas, as of 1996, occurred in Aucó (31°38’S, 71°06’W), near Illapel, IV Región, Chile, in Reserva Nacional Las Chinchillas and in La Higuera...
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    the south and closer to the coast, reaching 90 km away at the height of Illapel, the narrowest part of the Chilean territory. The two mountain ranges intersect...
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  • with a tsunami 2010 Pichilemu earthquakes 2014 Iquique earthquake 2015 Illapel earthquake Oceanic trench Pacific Ring of Fire "Peru-Chile Trench". Encyclopædia...
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    recorded in the region, such as the 2010 Maule earthquake (M8.8), the 2015 Illapel earthquake (M8.2), and the 1960 Valdivia earthquake (M9.5), which as of...
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    Chile or the University of Playa Ancha. Goicovic was born in the town of Illapel at the Coquimbo Region. Then he completed his High School at the C-17 Lyceum...
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    and a population of 81,681. The capital of the province is the town of Illapel. The current presidential provincial delegate is Nataly Carvajal. The province...
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    recorded globally in 2017 and the largest earthquake worldwide since the 2015 illapel earthquake. The Gulf of Tehuantepec lies above the convergent boundary...
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    with Emphasis on Coastal Wetland and Conservation Areas". The Chile-2015 (Illapel) Earthquake and Tsunami. pp. 235–253. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-57822-4_17...
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    May is San Isidro Day in Cuz-Cuz, about five kilometers from the city of Illapel, Choapa province, in the Coquimbo region of Chile. If the day falls on...
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    Kunlun earthquake 40 2015-09-16 22:54:30 611531714 175 ILLAPEL2015 2015 Illapel earthquake 41 2014-04-01 23:46:47 610102185 167 IQUIQUE2014 2014 Iquique...
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    through the town of Salamanca before it meets with its main tributary, the Illapel River. The Choapa then empties into the Pacific Ocean in the vicinity of...
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  • María Quiteria Ramírez(Illapel, c. 1848–1929) was a Chilean cantinera during the War of the Pacific. Born around 1848, she was roughly 31 by the time...
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  • Copiapó, Vallenar, La Serena, Coquimbo, Ovalle, Andacollo, Combarbalá, Illapel, Salamanca, San Felipe, Los Andes, Quintero, Quillota, Concón, Casablanca...
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    Serena 147,815 65.59 2,254 Coquimbo Ovalle 66,405 11.46 5,795 Coquimbo Illapel 21,826 7.39 2,953 Coquimbo Vicuña 12,910 4.68 2,759 Coquimbo Salamanca...
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    history. It was also the strongest earthquake globally since the 2015 Illapel earthquake, tying the 2017 Chiapas earthquake and 2018 Fiji earthquake...
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  • Syrian–Kurdish forces. 2015 – A 8.3 Mw  earthquake strikes the Chilean city of Illapel, killing 15 people, injuring at least 34, leaving at least six missing...
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  • earthquake caused severe damage over a wide area, Valparaíso, Coquimbo, Illapel, Petorca and Tiltil were all affected. The parish church in La Serena was...
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    Choapa Province, Coquimbo Region. It is located 30 km (19 mi) east of Illapel, the province's administrative center, and 316 km (196 mi) north of Santiago...
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    Borja de Combarbalá, now Combarbalá (1789); Villa San Rafael de Rozas, now Illapel (1789); Santa Rosa de los Andes, now Los Andes (1791); San José de Maipo...
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    2014 8.2 6 2014 Iquique earthquake  Chile April 1 12 2015 8.3 14 2015 Illapel earthquake  Chile September 16 19 2016 7.9 0 2016 Solomon Islands earthquakes...
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  • across Chile. September 16 – Magnitude 8.3 earthquake strikes 54km W of Illapel. May 8 – Juan Schwanner, Hungarian-Chilean footballer and manager (b. 1921)...
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