List of earthquakes in Chile
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Chile lies in a region which is adjacent to the fast-moving Nazca plate, and has high tectonic activity. The records for earlier centuries are apparently incomplete.
Of the world's 46 known earthquakes with M ≥ 8.5 since the year 1500, one-third occurred in Chile Script error: No such module "Unsubst". and are shown in the map to the side. Some virtually have the same epicenters like the 1604 and 1868 (in Arica), the 1730 and 1822 (in Valparaíso), the 1751 and 1835 (in Concepción), and the 1575 and 1837 (in Valdivia).
The strongest known recorded in modern times was also in Chile, the 1960 Valdivia earthquake.
Earthquakes
| Region | Local date |
Template:M | MMI | Depth (km) |
Epicenter | Deaths | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caldera | 1420-08-31 | 9.4 MS[1][2] | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Destructive tsunami in Chile, Hawaii & Japan | ||||
| Concepción | 1570-02-08 | 8.3 MS | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Destructive tsunami | ||||
| 1575-03-17 | 7.3 MS | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | ||||||
| Valdivia | 1575-12-16 | 8.5 MS | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Destructive tsunami | ||||
| Offshore Arica | 1604-11-24 | 8.5 MS | 30 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Destructive tsunami | |||
| Offshore Arica | 1615-09-16 | 7.5[3] MS | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Moderate tsunami | ||||
| Santiago | 1647-05-13 | 8.5 MS | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |||||
| Concepción | 1657-03-15 | 8.0 MS | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 40 | Destructive tsunami | |||
| 1681-03-10 | 7.3 MS | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | ||||||
| 1687-07-12 | 7.3 MS | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | ||||||
| Valparaíso | 1730-07-08 | 8.7 MS/9.1 MW[4] | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 5 | Destructive tsunami | |||
| Valdivia | 1737-12-24 | 7.7 MS | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Tsunami | ||||
| Concepción | 1751-05-25 | 8.5 MS | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Moderate tsunami | ||||
| 1796-03-30 | 7.7 MS | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | ||||||
| Copiapó | 1819-04-11 | 8.2–8.5 Template:M | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Destructive tsunami | ||||
| Valparaíso | 1822-11-19 | 8.5 MS | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 200 | Moderate tsunami | |||
| 1829-09-26 | 7.0 MS | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | ||||||
| 1831-10-08 | 7.8 MS | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | ||||||
| 1833-09-18 | 7.7 MS | 60 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |||||
| Concepción | 1835-02-20 | 8.5/8.2 MS/M? | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 500 | Destructive tsunami | |||
| Valdivia | 1837-11-07 | 8.8–9.5 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Moderate tsunami | ||||
| 1847-10-08 | 7.3 MS | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | ||||||
| 1849-12-17 | 7.5 MS | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Moderate tsunami | |||||
| 1850-12-06 | 7.3 MS | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | ||||||
| 1851-04-02 | 7.1 MS | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | ||||||
| 1859-10-05 | 7.6 MS | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Moderate tsunami | |||||
| Arica | 1868-08-13 | 9.0/8.5 M?/MS | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 25,000 | Destructive tsunami, at the time the area was part of Peru. | |||
| 1869-08-24 | 7.5 MS | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Moderate tsunami | |||||
| 1871-10-05 | 7.3 MS | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Tsunami | |||||
| Iquique | 1877-05-09 | 8.8 MS/M? | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 2,385 | Destructive tsunami | |||
| 1878-01-23 | 7.9 MS | 40 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |||||
| 1879-02-02 | 7.3 MS | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | ||||||
| 1880-08-15 | 7.7 MS | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | ||||||
| Valparaíso | 1906-08-16 | 8.2 MW | 25 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 3,882 | Moderate tsunami | ||
| 1909-06-08 | 7.6 MS | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | ||||||
| 1910-10-04 | 7.3 MS | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | ||||||
| 1911-09-15 | 7.3 MS | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | ||||||
| 1914-01-29 | 8.2 MS | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | ||||||
| 1917-02-14 | 7.0 MS | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | ||||||
| 1918-05-20 | 7.9 MS | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | ||||||
| 1918-12-04 | 8.2 MS | 60 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Moderate tsunami | ||||
| 1919-03-01 | 7.2 MS | 40 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |||||
| 1919-03-02 | 7.3 MS | 40 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |||||
| 1920-12-10 | 7.4 MS | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | ||||||
| 1922-11-07 | 7.0 MS | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | ||||||
| Vallenar | 1922-11-10 | 8.5 MW | 25 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 1,000 | Moderate tsunami | ||
| 1923-05-04 | 7.0 MS | 60 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |||||
| 1925-05-15 | 7.1 MS | 50 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |||||
| 1926-04-28 | 7.0 MS | 180 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |||||
| 1927-11-21 | 7.1 MS | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Moderate tsunami | |||||
| 1928-11-20 | 7.1 MS | 25 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |||||
| Talca | 1928-12-01 | 8.3/7.6 MS/M? | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 225 | Tsunami | |||
| 1929-10-19 | 7.5 MS | 100 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |||||
| 1931-03-18 | 7.1 MS | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | ||||||
| 1933-02-23 | 7.6 MS | 40 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |||||
| 1936-03-01 | 7.1 MS | 120 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |||||
| 1936-07-13 | 7.3 MS | 60 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |||||
| Chillán | 1939-01-24 | 8.3 Mw | 60 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 28,000 | |||
| 1939-04-18 | 7.4 MS | 100 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |||||
| 1940-10-11 | 7.0 MS | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | ||||||
| 1942-07-08 | 7.0 MS | 140 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |||||
| 1943-03-14 | 7.2 MS | 150 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |||||
| Ovalle | 1943-04-06 | 8.2 MW | 55 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 25 | Tsunami | ||
| 1943-12-01 | 7.0 MS | 100 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |||||
| 1945-07-13 | 7.1 MS | 100 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |||||
| 1946-08-02 | 7.9 MS | 50 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |||||
| 1949-04-19 | 7.3 MS | 70 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |||||
| 1949-04-25 | 7.3 MS | 110 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |||||
| 1949-05-29 | 7.0 MS | 100 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |||||
| Tierra del Fuego | 1949-12-17 | 7.8 MS | VIII | 30 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates"./Script error: No such module "Coordinates".[5] | [5] | ||
| 1949-12-17 | 7.8 MS | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | ||||||
| 1950-01-29 | 7.0 MS | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | ||||||
| Calama | 1950-12-09 | 8.3 MS | 100 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | ||||
| 1953-05-06 | 7.6 MS | 60 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |||||
| 1953-12-06 | 7.4 MS | 128 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |||||
| 1954-02-08 | 7.7 MS | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | ||||||
| 1955-04-19 | 7.1 MS | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Tsunami | |||||
| 1956-01-08 | 7.1 MS | 11 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |||||
| 1956-12-17 | 7.0 MS | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | ||||||
| 1957-07-29 | 7.0 MS | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | ||||||
| 1959-06-13 | 7.5 MS | 83 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |||||
| Concepción | 1960-05-21 | 7.9/7.3 M?/MS | X | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 125 | |||
| 1960-05-22 | 7.3 MS | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | ||||||
| Valdivia | 1960-05-22 | 9.5 Mw | XII | 33 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 1,655 | Destructive tsunami, strongest earthquake in recorded history. | |
| 1960-06-19 | 7.3 MS | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | ||||||
| 1960-11-01 | 7.4 MS | 55 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |||||
| 1961-07-13 | 7.0 MS | 40 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |||||
| 1962-02-14 | 7.3 MS | 45 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |||||
| 1962-08-03 | 7.1 MS | 107 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |||||
| Taltal | 1965-02-23 | 7.0 MS | 36 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 1 | |||
| La Ligua | 1965-03-28 | 7.4 MS | 68 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 400 | |||
| 1966-12-28 | 7.8 MS | 23 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |||||
| 1967-03-13 | 7.3 MS | 33 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |||||
| 1967-12-21 | 7.5 MS | 33 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |||||
| 1971-06-17 | 7.0 MS | 76 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |||||
| Illapel | 1971-07-08 | 7.5 MS | 40 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 90 | Moderate tsunami | ||
| 1974-08-18 | 7.1 MS | 36 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |||||
| 1975-05-10 | 7.7 MS | 6 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |||||
| 1976-11-29 | 7.3 MS | 82 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |||||
| 1979-08-03 | 7.0 MS | 49 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |||||
| 1981-10-16 | 7.5 MS | 33 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |||||
| 1983-10-04 | 7.3 MS | 14 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |||||
| Algarrobo | 1985-03-03 | 8.0 Mw | VIII | 33 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 177 | Tsunami | |
| Rapel Lake | 1985-04-08 | 7.5 MS | 37 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 1 | |||
| Iquique | 1987-03-05 | 7.3 MS | 62 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Tsunami | |||
| 1987-08-08 | 7.1 MS | 42 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |||||
| Antofagasta | 1995-07-30 | 8.0 MW | 47 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 3 | Tsunami | ||
| Punitaqui | 1997-10-15 | 7.1 MW | VIII | 56 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 8 | ||
| Near coast of northern Chile | 1998-01-30 | 7.1 M? | VII | 42 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 1 | Minor damage to older buildings | |
| Tarapacá | 2005-06-13 | 7.8 MW | VII | 108/117.2 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates"./Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 11 | Felt as far away as Santiago, Chile and Brasília, Brazil | |
| Aisén Fjord | 2007-04-21 | 6.2 Mw | VII | 25 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 10 | ||
| Tocopilla | 2007-11-14 | 7.7 MW | VIII | 47.7/40 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 2 | Felt at São Paulo, Brazil | |
| Maule, Biobío | 2010-02-27 | 8.8 MW | IX | 30/35 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 525 | Destructive tsunami | |
| Pichilemu | 2010-03-11 | 6.9 Mw | VII | 33.1 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 1 | [6][7] | |
| Araucanía | 2011-01-02 | 7.1 Mw | VI | 25.1 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | [8] | ||
| Talca | 2012-03-25 | 7.1 Mw | VIII | 40.7 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 1 | [9] | |
| Vallenar | 2013-01-30 | 6.8 Mw | VI | 45.0 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 1 | [10] | |
| Iquique | 2014-03-16 | 7.0 Mw | VI | 20.6 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Tsunami | ||
| Iquique | 2014-04-01 | 8.2 Mw | VIII | 25 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 7 | Tsunami | [11] |
| Iquique | 2014-04-01 | 7.5 Mw | VIII | 26.8 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |||
| Iquique | 2014-04-01 | 7.0 Mw | VI | 29.7 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |||
| Iquique | 2014-04-02 | 7.7 Mw | IX | 22.4 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Tsunami | ||
| Illapel, Coquimbo | 2015-09-16 | 8.3 Mw | IX | 20 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 15 | Tsunami | |
| Quellón | 2016-12-25 | 7.6 Mw | VIII | 39 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | Tsunami | [12] | |
| Coquimbo | 2019-01-20 | 6.7 Mw | VIII | 63 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 2 | ||
| Maule | 2019-09-29 | 6.8 Mw | VI | 11 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 1 | ||
| Drake Passage | 2025-05-02 | 7.4 Mww | V | 10 | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 7.4 magnitude earthquake | ||
| The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for stand alone articles. The principles described are also applicable to lists. In summary, only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded. | ||||||||
See also
References
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- ↑ L. Guzmán: Encuentran registros de megaterremoto ocurrido hace seis siglos en el norte de Chile, El Mercurio, 2019-02-14.
- ↑ Manuel Abad, Tatiana Izquierdo, Miguel Cáceres, Enrique Bernárdez and Joaquín Rodríguez‐Vidal (2018). Coastal boulder deposit as evidence of an ocean‐wide prehistoric tsunami originated on the Atacama Desert coast (northern Chile). Sedimentology. Publication: december, 13th, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12570
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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- ↑ a b Argentina's seismic prevention institute. Listado de Terremotos Históricos Template:Webarchive
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- Template:In lang Servicio sismológico Universidad de Chile, Sismos importantes o destructivos desde 1570
- Historic World Earthquakes: Chile, United States Geological Survey
Further reading
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