Damages at Caleta de Coishco



Map of Coishco Bay.





The fatalities in Coishco occured to six line fishermen on the rocks. The tsunami also left 100 people injured, 20 homes destroyed, 1 person gravely injured, 2 people missing people, and about 25 boats damaged (2 of them destroyed). A 30 meter long brick wall located about 150 meters from the shoreline, collapsed from the force of the tsunami wave in Coishco.

Beach at Coishco.



Factory wall broken by the tsunami waves at Coishco.


Evidence of tsunami intrusion at a dwelling.



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