List of earthquakes in Chile explained

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 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 		data-sort-type="number" MMI !Depth
(km) 		Epicenter data-sort-type="number" Deaths !Notes Sources
1420-08-31 9.4 MS[1] [2] -27°N -71°W Destructive tsunami in Chile, Hawaii & Japan
1570-02-08 8.3 MS -36.8°N -73°W Destructive tsunami
1575-03-17 7.3 MS -33.4°N -70.6°W
1575-12-16 8.5 MS -39.8°N -73.2°W Destructive tsunami
Offshore Arica1604-11-24 8.5 MS 30 -18.5°N -70.4°W Destructive tsunami
1615-09-16 7.5[3] MS -18.5°N -70.35°W Moderate tsunami
1647-05-13 8.5 MS -35°N -72°W
1657-03-15 8.0 MS -36.83°N -73.03°W 40 Destructive tsunami
1681-03-10 7.3 MS -18.5°N -70.35°W
1687-07-12 7.3 MS -32.75°N -70.73°W
1730-07-08 8.7 MS/9.1 MW[4] -33.05°N -71.63°W 5 Destructive tsunami
1737-12-24 7.7 MS -39.8°N -73.2°W Tsunami
1751-05-25 8.5 MS -36.83°N -73.03°W Moderate tsunami
1796-03-30 7.7 MS -27.35°N -70.35°W
1819-04-11 8.2–8.5 -27.35°N -70.35°W Destructive tsunami
Valparaíso1822-11-19 8.5 MS -33.05°N -71.63°W 200 Moderate tsunami
1829-09-26 7.0 MS -33.05°N -71.63°W
1831-10-08 7.8 MS -18.5°N -71°W
1833-09-18 7.7 MS 60 -18.5°N -70.4°W
1835-02-20 8.5/8.2 MS/M? -36.83°N -73.03°W 500 Destructive tsunami
1837-11-07 8.8 - 9.5 -39.8°N -73.2°W Moderate tsunami
1847-10-08 7.3 MS -31.61°N -71.18°W
1849-12-17 7.5 MS -29.95°N -71.37°W Moderate tsunami
1850-12-06 7.3 MS -33.81°N -70.22°W
1851-04-02 7.1 MS -33.32°N -71.42°W
1859-10-05 7.6 MS -27.35°N -70.35°W Moderate tsunami
1868-08-13 9.0/8.5 M?/MS -18.5°N -70.35°W 25,000 Destructive tsunami, at the time the area was part of Peru.
1869-08-24 7.5 MS -19.6°N -70.23°W Moderate tsunami
1871-10-05 7.3 MS -20.2°N -70.17°W Tsunami
1877-05-09 8.8 MS/M? -19.6°N -70.23°W 2,385 Destructive tsunami
1878-01-23 7.9 MS 40 -20°N -70.3°W
1879-02-02 7.3 MS -53°N -70.67°W
1880-08-15 7.7 MS -31.62°N -71.18°W
1906-08-16 8.2 MW 25 -33°N -72°W 3,882 Moderate tsunami
1909-06-08 7.6 MS -26.5°N -70.5°W
1910-10-04 7.3 MS -22°N -69°W
1911-09-15 7.3 MS -20°N -72°W
1914-01-29 8.2 MS -35°N -73°W
1917-02-14 7.0 MS -30°N -73°W
1918-05-20 7.9 MS -28.5°N -71.5°W
1918-12-04 8.2 MS 60 -26°N -71°W Moderate tsunami
1919-03-01 7.2 MS 40 -41°N -73.5°W
1919-03-02 7.3 MS 40 -41°N -73.5°W
1920-12-10 7.4 MS -39°N -73°W
1922-11-07 7.0 MS -28°N -72°W
1922-11-10 8.5 MW 25 -28.5°N -70°W 1,000 Moderate tsunami
1923-05-04 7.0 MS 60 -28.75°N -71.75°W
1925-05-15 7.1 MS 50 -26°N -71.5°W
1926-04-28 7.0 MS 180 -24°N -69°W
1927-11-21 7.1 MS -44.5°N -73°W Moderate tsunami
1928-11-20 7.1 MS 25 -22.5°N -70.5°W
1928-12-01 8.3/7.6 MS/M? -35°N -72°W 225 Tsunami
1929-10-19 7.5 MS 100 -23°N -69°W
1931-03-18 7.1 MS -32.5°N -72°W
1933-02-23 7.6 MS 40 -20°N -71°W
1936-03-01 7.1 MS 120 -40°N -72.5°W
1936-07-13 7.3 MS 60 -24.5°N -70°W
1939-01-24 8.3 Mw 60 -36.2°N -72.2°W 28,000
1939-04-18 7.4 MS 100 -27°N -70.5°W
1940-10-11 7.0 MS -41.5°N -74.5°W
1942-07-08 7.0 MS 140 -24°N -70°W
1943-03-14 7.2 MS 150 -20°N -69.5°W
1943-04-06 8.2 MW 55 -30.75°N -72°W 25 Tsunami
1943-12-01 7.0 MS 100 -21°N -69°W
1945-07-13 7.1 MS 100 -33.25°N -70.5°W
1946-08-02 7.9 MS 50 -26.5°N -70.5°W
1949-04-19 7.3 MS 70 -38°N -73.5°W
1949-04-25 7.3 MS 110 -19.75°N -69°W
1949-05-29 7.0 MS 100 -22°N -69°W
1949-12-17 7.8 MS data-sort-value="8" VIII 30 -54°N -71°W/-54°N -68.7697°W [5]
1949-12-17 7.8 MS -54°N -71°W
1950-01-29 7.0 MS -53.5°N -71.5°W
Calama1950-12-09 8.3 MS 100 -23.5°N -67.5°W
1953-05-06 7.6 MS 60 -36.5°N -72.6°W
1953-12-06 7.4 MS 128 -22.1°N -68.7°W
1954-02-08 7.7 MS -29°N -70.5°W
1955-04-19 7.1 MS -30°N -72°W Tsunami
1956-01-08 7.1 MS 11 -19°N -70°W
1956-12-17 7.0 MS -25.5°N -68.5°W
1957-07-29 7.0 MS -23.5°N -71.5°W
1959-06-13 7.5 MS 83 -20.42°N -69°W
1960-05-21 7.9/7.3 M?/MS data-sort-value="10" X -37.5°N -73.5°W 125
1960-05-22 7.3 MS -37.5°N -73°W
1960-05-22 9.5 Mw data-sort-value="11" XII33 -39.5°N -74.5°W 1,655 Destructive tsunami, strongest earthquake in recorded history.
1960-06-19 7.3 MS -38°N -73.5°W
1960-11-01 7.4 MS 55 -38.5°N -75.1°W
1961-07-13 7.0 MS 40 -41.7°N -75.2°W
1962-02-14 7.3 MS 45 -37.8°N -72.5°W
1962-08-03 7.1 MS 107 -23.3°N -68.1°W
Taltal 1965-02-23 7.0 MS 36 -25.67°N -70.63°W 1
La Ligua1965-03-28 7.4 MS 68 -32.418°N -71.1°W 400
1966-12-28 7.8 MS 23 -25.51°N -70.74°W
1967-03-13 7.3 MS 33 -40.12°N -74.68°W
1967-12-21 7.5 MS 33 -21.8°N -70°W
1971-06-17 7.0 MS 76 -25.402°N -69.058°W
1971-07-08 7.5 MS 40 -32.511°N -71.207°W 90 Moderate tsunami
1974-08-18 7.1 MS 36 -38.453°N -73.431°W
1975-05-10 7.7 MS 6 -38.183°N -73.232°W
1976-11-29 7.3 MS 82 -20.52°N -68.919°W
1979-08-03 7.0 MS 49 -26.518°N -70.664°W
1981-10-16 7.5 MS 33 -33.134°N -73.074°W
1983-10-04 7.3 MS 14 -26.535°N -70.563°W
1985-03-03 8.0 Mw data-sort-value="8" VIII 33 -33.24°N -71.85°W 177 Tsunami
1985-04-08 7.5 MS 37 -34.131°N -71.618°W 1
Iquique 1987-03-05 7.3 MS 62 -24.388°N -70.161°W Tsunami
1987-08-08 7.1 MS 42 -19°N -70°W
1995-07-30 8.0 MW 47 -23.36°N -70.31°W 3 Tsunami
1997-10-15 7.1 MW data-sort-value="8" VIII 56 -30.773°N -71.315°W 8
Near coast of northern Chile 1998-01-30 7.1 M? data-sort-value="7" VII 42 -23.91°N -70.2°W 1 Minor damage to older buildings
2005-06-13 7.8 MW data-sort-value="7" VII 108/117.2 -19.895°N -69.125°W/-19.934°N -69.028°W 11 Felt as far away as Santiago, Chile and Brasília, Brazil
2007-04-21 6.2 Mw VII 25 -45.27°N -72.66°W 10
2007-11-14 7.7 MW data-sort-value="8" VIII 47.7/40 -22.314°N -70.078°W 2 Felt at São Paulo, Brazil
2010-02-27 8.8 MW data-sort-value="9" IX 30/35 -36.29°N -73.239°W 525 Destructive tsunami
2010-03-11 6.9 Mw VII 33.1 -34.259°N -71.929°W 1 [6] [7]
Araucanía 2011-01-02 7.1 Mw VI 25.1 -38.354°N -73.275°W [8]
2012-03-25 7.1 Mw VIII 40.7 -35.183°N -71.792°W 1 [9]
2013-01-30 6.8 Mw VI 45.0 -28.094°N -70.653°W 1 [10]
Iquique 2014-03-16 7.0 Mw data-sort-value="6" VI 20.6 -19.981°N -70.702°W Tsunami
2014-04-01 8.2 Mw data-sort-value="8" VIII 25 -19.61°N -70.769°W 7Tsunami [11]
2014-04-01 7.5 Mw data-sort-value="8" VIII 26.8 -20.085°N -70.389°W
2014-04-01 7.0 Mw data-sort-value="6" VI 29.7 -19.893°N -70.945°W
2014-04-02 7.7 Mw data-sort-value="8" IX 22.4 -20.571°N -70.493°W Tsunami
2014-10-08 7.0 Mw data-sort-value="1" I 16.5 -32.108°N -110.811°W Tsunami
2015-09-16 8.3 Mw data-sort-value="8" IX 20 -31.57°N -71.65°W 15 Tsunami
2016-12-25 7.6 Mw data-sort-value="8" VIII 39 -43.416°N -73.88°W Tsunami[12]
Coquimbo2019-01-206.7 MwVIII63-30.074°N -71.423°W2
2019-09-266.1 MwIV129-40.816°N -72.003°W1
2019-09-296.8 MwVI11-35.473°N -73.162°W1
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

Notes and References

  1. L. Guzmán: Encuentran registros de megaterremoto ocurrido hace seis siglos en el norte de Chile, El Mercurio, 2019-02-14.
  2. 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
  3. Book: Kovach. Robert L.. Early earthquakes of the Americas. 2004. Cambridge Univ. Press. Cambridge [u.a.]. 978-0-521-82489-7. 139. 1. publ., repr.. 7 September 2014.
  4. Web site: Significant Earthquake Information. National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS): NCEI/WDS Global Significant Earthquake Database. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.. 10.7289/V5TD9V7K . 2024-03-20.
  5. Argentina's seismic prevention institute. Listado de Terremotos Históricos
  6. Web site: Informe de Sismo . Sismologia.cl . 2010-03-15 . 2012-04-12 .
  7. Web site: Hombre fallece en Talca de un paro cardíaco en medio de fuertes réplicas | NACIONAL . latercera.com . 2010-07-31 . 2012-04-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120226042937/http://www.latercera.com/contenido/680_233172_9.shtml . 2012-02-26 .
  8. Web site: Magnitude 7.1 – ARAUCANIA, CHILE . Earthquake.usgs.gov . 2012-04-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110105111847/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2011/usc0000y49/ . 2011-01-05 .
  9. Web site: USGS, United States Geological Survey. Magnitud 7.1 MAULE, CHILE. 25 March 2012. 25 March 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120327140326/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc0008pwq.php. 27 March 2012.
  10. Web site: USGS, United States Geological Survey. M 6.8 – 54 km N of Vallenar, Chile. 30 January 2013. 20 April 2022.
  11. News: Chile earthquake: 2 dead, 3 seriously injured. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 2 April 2014.
  12. Web site: M7.6 – 39km SSW of Puerto Quellon, Chile. USGS. December 25, 2016. December 26, 2016.

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