Today in Earthquake History

225 people killed.
Severe damage at Talca and Constitucion. The earthquake was felt from Copiapo to Puerto Montt. Uplift was observed along the coast at Putu. A small tsunami was reported.
From B.L. Askew and S.T. Algermissen, eds., Catalog of Earthquakes for South America, Volume 5, Hypocenter and Intensity Data, Chile, Centro Regional de Sismologia para America del Sur, Lima, Peru, 1985.; J.A. Kelleher, Rupture Zones of Large South American Earthquakes and Some Predictions, Journal of Geophysical Research, 1972, 77, 11, p. 2087-2103; and C. Lomnitz, Major Earthquakes and Tsunamis in Chile During the Period 1575 to 1955. Geologische Rundschau Bd. 59, Heft 3, 1970, p. 938-960.