Abstract

The present work graphics through the local knowledge of the situation in the Caleta El Morro in Talcahuano for the earthquake and tsunami in the morning of February 27, 2010. In this place where the destruction caused by the tsunami was almost total, deaths or disapearances among the inhabitants; were not recorded more special situation even if we consider that in sectors near is counted thirty fatalities and several disappearances. Through ethnographic research evidence the fundamental role played by the local knowledge un the process of configuring and activating mechanisms of survival. From practices and local knowledge in conjunction with cultural aspects of the fishing Community studied, are adaptative responses to protect the lives of an entire community,