Riñihuazo
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Riñihuazo was a catastrophic flooding event in southern Chile in 1960, caused by landslides that dammed the outflow of Riñihue Lake following the Great Chilean earthquake.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flood
ⓘ
historical event ⓘ natural disaster ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Riñihue disaster
ⓘ
Tragedia del Riñihue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Chilean civil defense response ⓘ |
| cause |
Great Chilean earthquake
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
landslides ⓘ |
| consequence |
large-scale emergency works
ⓘ
rise of Riñihue Lake water level ⓘ threat of dam failure ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country | Chile ⓘ |
| dateStart | 1960-05-22 ⓘ |
| disasterType | secondary effect of earthquake ⓘ |
| epicenterNearbyCity | Valdivia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hazardChainElement | earthquake–landslide–flood sequence ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | major engineered response to a landslide-dammed lake ⓘ |
| impact |
hydrological changes in Riñihue Lake
ⓘ
threat to infrastructure downstream ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Valdivia Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | southern Chile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainLakeAffected | Riñihue Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainRiverAffected | San Pedro River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy |
Chilean Army
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chilean government NERFINISHED ⓘ civil engineers ⓘ |
| mechanism |
formation of landslide dams
ⓘ
natural damming of lake outflow ⓘ |
| mitigationMeasure |
controlled drainage channels
ⓘ
partial removal of landslide dams ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Riñihue Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| naturalHazardType | seismically induced landslide damming ⓘ |
| numberOfLandslideDams | 3 ⓘ |
| partOf | aftermath of the 1960 Valdivia earthquake ⓘ |
| region | Los Ríos Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Great Chilean earthquake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| risk | catastrophic downstream flooding ⓘ |
| riskTo |
city of Valdivia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
downstream settlements along San Pedro River ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| triggeredBy | 1960 Valdivia earthquake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| year | 1960 ⓘ |
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