Valparaíso

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Valparaíso is located in central Chile, {{cvt|120|km|0}} to the north west of the capital [[Santiago]]. Like most of Chile, it is vulnerable to earthquakes. Before the [[2010 Chile earthquake|earthquake of February 27, 2010]], which measured 8.8 on the [[moment magnitude scale]],<ref name="yahoo">{{cite web |url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100227/wl_nm/us_quake_chile_29 |title=Massive earthquake hits Chile, 122 dead |publisher=Yahoo! News |date=2010-02-27 |agency=Reuters |first1=Alonso |last1=Soto |access-date=2014-07-05 |archive-date=2010-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100305141640/http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100227/wl_nm/us_quake_chile_29 |url-status=dead}}</ref> the last catastrophic earthquake to strike Valparaíso devastated the city in [[1906 Valparaíso earthquake|August 1906]], killing nearly 3,000 people.<ref>Martland, Samuel. 2007. "Reconstructing the City, Constructing the State: Government in Valparaíso after the Earthquake of 1906", ''Hispanic American Historical Review'' 87, no. 2: 221–254. Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed September 13, 2008)</ref> Other significant earthquakes to affect the city were the [[1730 Valparaíso earthquake]] and the [[1985 Algarrobo earthquake]].

Valparaíso is located in central Chile, {{cvt|120|km|0}} to the north west of the capital [[Santiago]]. Like most of Chile, it is vulnerable to earthquakes. Before the [[2010 Chile earthquake|earthquake of February 27, 2010]], which measured 8.8 on the [[moment magnitude scale]],<ref name="yahoo">{{cite web |url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100227/wl_nm/us_quake_chile_29 |title=Massive earthquake hits Chile, 122 dead |publisher=Yahoo! News |date=2010-02-27 |agency=Reuters |first1=Alonso |last1=Soto |access-date=2014-07-05 |archive-date=2010-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100305141640/http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100227/wl_nm/us_quake_chile_29 |url-status=dead}}</ref> the last catastrophic earthquake to strike Valparaíso devastated the city in [[1906 Valparaíso earthquake|August 1906]], killing nearly 3,000 people.<ref>Martland, Samuel. 2007. "Reconstructing the City, Constructing the State: Government in Valparaíso after the Earthquake of 1906", ''Hispanic American Historical Review'' 87, no. 2: 221–254. Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed September 13, 2008)</ref> Other significant earthquakes to affect the city were the [[1730 Valparaíso earthquake]] and the [[1985 Algarrobo earthquake]].

===Desventuradas Islands===

The [[Desventuradas Islands]] are administered as part of Valparaíso.

===Geology===

===Geology===