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The 1960 Chilean earthquake and tsunami helped prepare Australia for tsunami

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

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In the early hours of 23 May 1960, an earthquake and tsunami struck Chile. There were no morning television shows and newspapers had already been printed for the day. Tsunami warning systems for Australia did not exist and there were no tools nor knowledge to help Australia prepare. Thankfully, we live in different times.

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Title The 1960 Chilean earthquake and tsunami helped prepare Australia for tsunami
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/951b3528-b575-40d1-8930-61ad0e1c88b8
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Reference Period 08/04/2019
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "The 1960 Chilean earthquake and tsunami helped prepare Australia for tsunami". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/the-1960-chilean-earthquake-and-tsunami-helped-prepare-australia-for-tsunami