Video: 'Earthquake In Chile (1939)'

(Tuesday, January 24, 1939, 11:32 p.m. Chile Standard Time) — Some 28,000 people were killed tonight when the 1939 Chillán earthquake occurred in south-central Chile with a surface wave magnitude of 8.3 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme).

Video: 'The terrible earthquake devastates six provinces and killed thousands in Chillan,...HD Stock Footage'