2019 in Chile explained

The following is a list of events in the year 2019 in Chile.

Incumbents

January 19 – A magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits Tongoy, Coquimbo Region in Chile, causing two deaths and as many as 200,000 people left without power.^[1] Despite its moderate magnitude, since it was an intraplate earthquake, it caused some serious damage in La Serena and nearby cities.
October 7 – 2019–2022 Chilean protests: The protest begin due to cost of living and inequality.^[2]
October 19 – 2019–2022 Chilean protests: A curfew was declared in the Greater Santiago area.^[3] ^[4]
October 21 – Eye injuries in the 2019–2020 Chilean protests: a record of twenty patients with eye injury arrive at Hospital del Salvador, of these ten arrive in a single hour.^[5]

News: 2 Killed As Magnitude-6.7 Earthquake Strikes Chile. January 20, 2019. January 22, 2019.
Web site: Baeza . Angélica . 2019-10-11 . Evasión masiva de alumnos del Instituto Nacional en el Metro termina con denuncia en Fiscalía y medidas de contención . 2024-07-14 . La Tercera.
Web site: 19 October 2019 . General Iturriaga decreta toque de queda en Santiago para afrontar graves disturbios . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191019225339/https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/nacional/region-metropolitana/2019/10/19/general-iturriaga-anuncia-toque-de-queda-en-santiago-para-afrontar-graves-disturbios.shtml . 19 October 2019 . 20 October 2019 . Radio Bío-Bío.
Web site: Decretan inédito toque de queda en Santiago tras fracaso del gobierno en contener ola de protestas . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191020002030/https://www.eldesconcierto.cl/2019/10/19/decretan-inedito-toque-de-queda-en-santiago-tras-fracaso-del-gobierno-en-contener-ola-de-protestas/ . 20 October 2019 . 20 October 2019 . El Desconcierto . es.
News: Médicos de la U. de Chile analizan 182 casos de heridos en los ojos: 24 personas presentaron "estallido ocular". January 2, 2020. June 30, 2020. 24horas.cl. TVN. es.