1960 in Chile

Decades:	1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s;
See also:	Other events of 1960; Timeline of Chilean history;

The following lists events that happened during 1960 in Chile.

Incumbents

22 May – occurs the 1960 Valdivia earthquake With a magnitude of 9.5 MW, it is the largest recorded in the history of mankind Its epicenter was the city of Valdivia and mainly affected the area between Talca and Chiloé Archipelago The earthquake was felt in different parts of the planet and produced both a tidal wave —which affected various locations throughout the Pacific Ocean such as Hawaii and Japan, such as the eruption of the Puyehue-Cordón Caulle, which covered the Puyehue Lake with ashes Between 1,655 and 2,000 people died, and more than 2 million were affected by this disaster.

5 June - Diario Clarín reports that Valdivia is being evacuated due to the imminent overflow of Lake Riñihue.

4 November - The Television Corporation of the University of Chile, Channel 9, begins its transmissions from the city of Santiago
29 November - The National Institute of Statistics (INE) carries out the XIII National Population Census and the II Housing Census.

^ "CHILEANS GET ESCUDOS: New Monetary Unit Worth 95 Cents Is Circulated". New York Times. 2 January 1960. ProQuest 114964511.