were from El Cobre, a mining location that was wiped out after a series of dam failures caused by the earthquake spilled mineral waste onto the area, burying...

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water or the likelihood of such an uncontrolled release. Between the years 2000 and 2009 more than 200 notable dam failures happened worldwide. A dam is a...

of major earthquakes by the dollar value of property (public and private) losses directly attributable to the earthquake. Only earthquakes that have...

March – 1965 Valparaíso earthquake and the El Cobre dam failures With a magnitude of 7.4 degrees on the Richter scale, it leaves 280 dead and hundreds...

This is a list of earthquakes in 1965. Only magnitude 6.0 or greater earthquakes appear on the list. Lower magnitude events are included if they have caused...

Spence, R. (2007). "Saving lives in earthquakes: successes and failures in seismic protection since 1960". Bull. Earthquake Eng. 5 (2): 139–251. doi:10...

An earthquake in 1965 triggered the failure of six dams, two of which released millions of tonnes of water and debris that wiped away the town of El Cobre...

1965: Several tailing dams at a copper mine failed during an earthquake, releasing water and slag which wiped out the town of El Cobre in Valparaíso Region...

4 earthquake in Chile sets off a series of tailings dam failures, burying the town of El Cobre and killing at least 500 people. 1968 – Brazilian high school...