<P> The economy of the coastal town of Queule had during the 1950s developed significantly . Its economy based on fishing, agriculture and industry had grown . Queule was connected by road in 1957 to the rest of the country and the town had developed into a balneario . This era of prosperity ended with the 1960 earthquake . </P> <P> Further north the earthquake destroyed numerous houses in the coal - mining town of Lebu . </P> <P> After the 1960 Valdivia earthquake, a committee was formed to solve problems caused by the earthquake . It continued to operate, to develop approaches for national emergencies . In 1974, after the 1971 eruption of Villarrica volcano, the committee was officially founded as ONEMI (Spanish acronym for Ministry of Interior National Emergency Office) when it was authorized by law as an independent governmental office . </P> <P> In the coastal village Collileufu, native Lafkenches carried out a ritual human sacrifice during the days following the main earthquake . Collileufu, located in the Budi Lake area, south of Puerto Saavedra, was in 1960 highly isolated . The Mapuche spoke primarily Mapudungun . The community had gathered in Cerro La Mesa, while the lowlands were struck by successive tsunamis . Juana Namuncura Añen, a local machi, demanded the sacrifice of the grandson of Juan Painecur, a neighbor, in order to calm the earth and the ocean . The victim was 5 - year - old José Luis Painecur, an "orphan" (huacho) whose mother had gone to work as a domestic worker in Santiago and left her son under the care of her father . </P>

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