The earthquake shaking caused significant damage over most of the coastal parts of the Tarapacá and Antofagasta Regions . The tsunami caused a wave along about of coast , from Arica in the north to Mejillones in the south . At Arica the water reached the cathedral . The hulk of the U.S. gunboat '' Wateree '' , which had been beached hundreds of metres inland by the final wave of the tsunami triggered by the 1868 Arica earthquake , was moved several kilometres to the north along the coast and nearer the shoreline . The tsunami caused 2,000 deaths in Fiji , and another 5 in Hilo , Hawaii
1868 Arica earthquake
1868 Arica earthquake
1877 Iquique earthquake