Abstract
espanolEste paper utiliza informacion historica recogida de cartas, informes y casos judiciales contemporaneos para reconstruir los niveles de inundacion historicas para los tsunamis en la ciudad colonial de Concepcion, Chile. Los niveles de inundacion se analizan por forma individual para los tsunamis de 1570, 1575, 1657, 1730, 1733, 1751 y 1835. Las descripciones de la inundacion de estos eventos historicos permiten que se los pueda comparar con el reciente terremoto de Maule 2010, que tambien genero un tsunami en la bahia de Concepcion. EnglishThis paper uses historical data from letters, reports, and contemporary court cases to reconstruct historical tsunami flooding levels in the colonial city of Concepcion, Chile. Individual flood levels are analyzed for the 1570, 1575, 1657, 1730, 1733, 1751, and 1835 tsunamis. These individual reports allow for clear size comparisons between themselves and a realistic contrast with the recent 2010 Maule earthquake that generated a tsunami in the Concepcion Ba
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