What is "chiles"

n. (plural of chile nodot=yes English)

Chiles may refer to:

• Chiles (surname)
• Chiles (volcano), an extinct volcano in Ecuador
• Chiles Center, a multi-purpose arena in Portland, Oregon
• Chiles Hall, a building on the University of Oregon campus
• New Mexico Chiles, an American soccer club

Chiles is a volcano on the border of Colombia and Ecuador. It lies south-east of the volcano Cerro Negro de Mayasquer, and the two peaks are considered part of the same Chiles-Cerro Negro volcanic complex. A 1936 eruption reported by the Colombian government agency Ingeominas may have been from the Ecuadorean volcano Reventador, otherwise the volcano has not erupted for around 160,000 years.

On 20 October 2014 Servicio Geológico Colombiano (SGC) reported that a M 5.8 earthquake, the largest to date, occurred in the vicinity of the Cerro Negro de Mayasquer and Chiles volcanoes at a depth of less than 10 km. The event was felt to the north in Pasto, Colombia, and to the south in Quito, Ecuador.

On 21 October 2014 SGC raised the alert level for the volcanic complex to orange (level 3 of 4) noting that a seismic swarm characterized by 4,300 earthquakes was detected in an 18-hour period. Hypocenters were located 1–4 km southwest of Chiles volcano at depths of 3–5 km and local magnitudes between M 0.2 and 4.5. Inhabitants felt 11 of the events. On 22 October a report noted that the total number of earthquakes recorded on 21 October 2014 reached 7,717, which was the largest number of earthquakes recorded on one day since the installation of a local seismic network in November 2013. Several swarms have occurred in the area since February 2013. By the end of November 2014 over 132,000 earthquakes occurred within a narrow area .5 – 6 km SW of the summit of Chiles.

Chiles is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Adrian Chiles (born 1967), British TV and radio presenter
• Eddie Chiles (1910–1993), American businessman
• Henry G. Chiles, Jr. (born 1938), retired United States Navy four star admiral
• James Chiles (politician) (1802-1883), Missouri State Senator, granduncle of Harry S. Truman
• James Chiles (died 1873), Confederate outlaw who rode with William Quantrill's gang, son of Senator Chiles and uncle of President Truman
• John Chiles (born 1988), American born wide receiver playing in the Canadian Football League.
• Colonel Joseph Chiles, (1810–1885), an early California pioneer and guide
• Lawton Chiles (1930–1998), American politician
• Linden Chiles (1933–2013), American actor
• Lois Chiles (born 1947), American actress and model
• Marcellus H. Chiles (1895–1918), American soldier, World War I Medal of Honor recipient
• Pearce Chiles (1899–?), American baseball player
• Rich Chiles (born 1949), former Major League Baseball outfielder
• Walter Chiles (died 1653), Virginia colonial politician

Fictional characters:

• Jackie Chiles, fictional attorney on the American television series Seinfeld