List of earthquakes in Chile
Earthquakes

List of earthquakes in Chile

Section Title: Earthquakes
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Region	Local date	Mag.	MMI	Depth (km)	Epicenter	Deaths	Notes

1420 Caldera	September 1, 1420	9.4 MS	Destructive tsunami in Chile, Hawaii & Japan

Concepción	February 8, 1570	8.3 MS	36°48′00″S 73°00′00″W / 36.800°S 73.000°W	Destructive tsunami

March 17, 1575	7.3 MS	33°24′00″S 70°36′00″W / 33.400°S 70.600°W

Valdivia	December 16, 1575	8.5 MS	39°48′00″S 73°12′00″W / 39.800°S 73.200°W	Destructive tsunami

Offshore Arica	November 24, 1604	8.5 MS	30	18°30′00″S 70°24′00″W / 18.500°S 70.400°W	Destructive tsunami

Offshore Arica	September 16, 1615	7.5 MS	18°30′00″S 70°21′00″W / 18.500°S 70.350°W	Moderate tsunami

Santiago	May 13, 1647	8.5 MS	35°00′00″S 72°00′00″W / 35.000°S 72.000°W

March 15, 1657	8.0 MS	36°49′48″S 73°01′48″W / 36.830°S 73.030°W	Destructive tsunami

March 10, 1681	7.3 MS	18°30′00″S 70°21′00″W / 18.500°S 70.350°W

July 12, 1687	7.3 MS	32°45′00″S 70°43′48″W / 32.750°S 70.730°W

Valparaíso	July 8, 1730	8.7 MS	33°03′00″S 71°37′48″W / 33.050°S 71.630°W	5	Destructive tsunami

Valdivia	December 24, 1737	7.7 MS	39°48′00″S 73°12′00″W / 39.800°S 73.200°W	Tsunami

Concepción	May 25, 1751	8.5 MS	36°49′48″S 73°01′48″W / 36.830°S 73.030°W	Moderate tsunami

March 30, 1796	7.7 MS	27°21′00″S 70°21′00″W / 27.350°S 70.350°W

April 11, 1819	8.3 MS	27°21′00″S 70°21′00″W / 27.350°S 70.350°W	Destructive tsunami

Valparaíso	November 19, 1822	8.5 MS	33°03′00″S 71°37′48″W / 33.050°S 71.630°W	200	Moderate tsunami

September 26, 1829	7.0 MS	33°03′00″S 71°37′48″W / 33.050°S 71.630°W

October 8, 1831	7.8 MS	18°30′00″S 71°00′00″W / 18.500°S 71.000°W

September 18, 1833	7.7 MS	60	18°30′00″S 70°24′00″W / 18.500°S 70.400°W

Concepción	February 20, 1835	8.5/8.2 MS/M?	36°49′48″S 73°01′48″W / 36.830°S 73.030°W	500	Destructive tsunami

Valdivia	November 7, 1837	8.0 MS	39°48′00″S 73°12′00″W / 39.800°S 73.200°W	Moderate tsunami

October 8, 1847	7.3 MS	31°36′36″S 71°10′48″W / 31.610°S 71.180°W

December 17, 1849	7.5 MS	29°57′00″S 71°22′12″W / 29.950°S 71.370°W	Moderate tsunami

December 6, 1850	7.3 MS	33°48′36″S 70°13′12″W / 33.810°S 70.220°W

April 2, 1851	7.1 MS	33°19′12″S 71°25′12″W / 33.320°S 71.420°W

October 5, 1859	7.6 MS	27°21′00″S 70°21′00″W / 27.350°S 70.350°W	Moderate tsunami

Arica	August 13, 1868	9.0/8.5 M?/MS	18°30′00″S 70°21′00″W / 18.500°S 70.350°W	25,000	Destructive tsunami, at the time the area was part of Peru.

August 24, 1869	7.5 MS	19°36′00″S 70°13′48″W / 19.600°S 70.230°W	Moderate tsunami

October 5, 1871	7.3 MS	20°12′00″S 70°10′12″W / 20.200°S 70.170°W	Tsunami

Iquique	May 9, 1877	8.8 MS/M?	19°36′00″S 70°13′48″W / 19.600°S 70.230°W	34	Destructive tsunami

January 23, 1878	7.9 MS	40	20°00′00″S 70°18′00″W / 20.000°S 70.300°W

February 2, 1879	7.3 MS	53°00′00″S 70°40′12″W / 53.000°S 70.670°W

August 15, 1880	7.7 MS	31°37′12″S 71°10′48″W / 31.620°S 71.180°W

Valparaíso	August 16, 1906	8.2 MW	25	33°00′00″S 72°00′00″W / 33.000°S 72.000°W	3,882	Moderate tsunami

June 8, 1909	7.6 MS	26°30′00″S 70°30′00″W / 26.500°S 70.500°W

October 4, 1910	7.3 MS	22°00′00″S 69°00′00″W / 22.000°S 69.000°W

September 15, 1911	7.3 MS	20°00′00″S 72°00′00″W / 20.000°S 72.000°W

January 29, 1914	8.2 MS	35°00′00″S 73°00′00″W / 35.000°S 73.000°W

February 14, 1917	7.0 MS	30°00′00″S 73°00′00″W / 30.000°S 73.000°W

May 20, 1918	7.9 MS	28°30′00″S 71°30′00″W / 28.500°S 71.500°W

December 4, 1918	8.2 MS	60	26°00′00″S 71°00′00″W / 26.000°S 71.000°W	Moderate tsunami

March 1, 1919	7.2 MS	40	41°00′00″S 73°30′00″W / 41.000°S 73.500°W

March 2, 1919	7.3 MS	40	41°00′00″S 73°30′00″W / 41.000°S 73.500°W

December 10, 1920	7.4 MS	39°00′00″S 73°00′00″W / 39.000°S 73.000°W

November 7, 1922	7.0 MS	28°00′00″S 72°00′00″W / 28.000°S 72.000°W

Vallenar	November 10, 1922	8.5 MW	25	28°30′00″S 70°00′00″W / 28.500°S 70.000°W	Moderate tsunami

May 4, 1923	7.0 MS	60	28°45′00″S 71°45′00″W / 28.750°S 71.750°W

May 15, 1925	7.1 MS	50	26°00′00″S 71°30′00″W / 26.000°S 71.500°W

April 28, 1926	7.0 MS	180	24°00′00″S 69°00′00″W / 24.000°S 69.000°W

November 21, 1927	7.1 MS	44°30′00″S 73°00′00″W / 44.500°S 73.000°W	Moderate tsunami

November 20, 1928	7.1 MS	25	22°30′00″S 70°30′00″W / 22.500°S 70.500°W

Talca	December 1, 1928	8.3/7.6 MS/M?	35°00′00″S 72°00′00″W / 35.000°S 72.000°W	225	Tsunami

October 19, 1929	7.5 MS	100	23°00′00″S 69°00′00″W / 23.000°S 69.000°W

March 18, 1931	7.1 MS	32°30′00″S 72°00′00″W / 32.500°S 72.000°W

February 23, 1933	7.6 MS	40	20°00′00″S 71°00′00″W / 20.000°S 71.000°W

March 1, 1936	7.1 MS	120	40°00′00″S 72°30′00″W / 40.000°S 72.500°W

July 13, 1936	7.3 MS	60	24°30′00″S 70°00′00″W / 24.500°S 70.000°W

Chillán	January 24, 1939	8.3/7.8 MS/M?	60	36°12′00″S 72°12′00″W / 36.200°S 72.200°W	28,000

April 18, 1939	7.4 MS	100	27°00′00″S 70°30′00″W / 27.000°S 70.500°W

October 11, 1940	7.0 MS	41°30′00″S 74°30′00″W / 41.500°S 74.500°W

July 8, 1942	7.0 MS	140	24°00′00″S 70°00′00″W / 24.000°S 70.000°W

March 14, 1943	7.2 MS	150	20°00′00″S 69°30′00″W / 20.000°S 69.500°W

Ovalle	April 6, 1943	8.2 MW	55	30°45′00″S 72°00′00″W / 30.750°S 72.000°W	25	Tsunami

December 1, 1943	7.0 MS	100	21°00′00″S 69°00′00″W / 21.000°S 69.000°W

July 13, 1945	7.1 MS	100	33°15′00″S 70°30′00″W / 33.250°S 70.500°W

August 2, 1946	7.9 MS	50	26°30′00″S 70°30′00″W / 26.500°S 70.500°W

April 19, 1949	7.3 MS	70	38°00′00″S 73°30′00″W / 38.000°S 73.500°W

April 25, 1949	7.3 MS	110	19°45′00″S 69°00′00″W / 19.750°S 69.000°W

May 29, 1949	7.0 MS	100	22°00′00″S 69°00′00″W / 22.000°S 69.000°W

Tierra del Fuego	December 17, 1949	7.8 MS	VIII	30	54°00′00″S 71°00′00″W / 54.000°S 71.000°W/54°0′0″S 68°46′11″W / 54.00000°S 68.76972°W

December 17, 1949	7.8 MS	54°00′00″S 71°00′00″W / 54.000°S 71.000°W

January 29, 1950	7.0 MS	53°30′00″S 71°30′00″W / 53.500°S 71.500°W

December 9, 1950	8.3 MS	100	23°30′00″S 67°30′00″W / 23.500°S 67.500°W

May 6, 1953	7.6 MS	60	36°30′00″S 72°36′00″W / 36.500°S 72.600°W

December 6, 1953	7.4 MS	128	22°06′00″S 68°42′00″W / 22.100°S 68.700°W

February 8, 1954	7.7 MS	29°00′00″S 70°30′00″W / 29.000°S 70.500°W

April 19, 1955	7.1 MS	30°00′00″S 72°00′00″W / 30.000°S 72.000°W	Tsunami

January 8, 1956	7.1 MS	11	19°00′00″S 70°00′00″W / 19.000°S 70.000°W

December 17, 1956	7.0 MS	25°30′00″S 68°30′00″W / 25.500°S 68.500°W

July 29, 1957	7.0 MS	23°30′00″S 71°30′00″W / 23.500°S 71.500°W

June 13, 1959	7.5 MS	83	20°25′12″S 69°00′00″W / 20.420°S 69.000°W

Concepción	May 21, 1960	7.9/7.3 M?/MS	X	37°30′00″S 73°30′00″W / 37.500°S 73.500°W	125

May 22, 1960	7.3 MS	37°30′00″S 73°00′00″W / 37.500°S 73.000°W

Valdivia	May 22, 1960	9.5/8.3 MW/MS	XI	33	39°30′00″S 74°30′00″W / 39.500°S 74.500°W	1,655	Destructive tsunami, strongest earthquake in recorded history.

June 19, 1960	7.3 MS	38°00′00″S 73°30′00″W / 38.000°S 73.500°W

November 1, 1960	7.4 MS	55	38°30′00″S 75°06′00″W / 38.500°S 75.100°W

July 13, 1961	7.0 MS	40	41°42′00″S 75°12′00″W / 41.700°S 75.200°W

February 14, 1962	7.3 MS	45	37°48′00″S 72°30′00″W / 37.800°S 72.500°W

August 3, 1962	7.1 MS	107	23°18′00″S 68°06′00″W / 23.300°S 68.100°W

Taltal	February 23, 1965	7.0 MS	36	25°40′12″S 70°37′48″W / 25.670°S 70.630°W	1

La Ligua	March 28, 1965	7.4 MS	68	32°25′05″S 71°06′00″W / 32.418°S 71.100°W	400

December 28, 1966	7.8 MS	23	25°30′36″S 70°44′24″W / 25.510°S 70.740°W

March 13, 1967	7.3 MS	33	40°07′12″S 74°40′48″W / 40.120°S 74.680°W

December 21, 1967	7.5 MS	33	21°48′00″S 70°00′00″W / 21.800°S 70.000°W

June 17, 1971	7.0 MS	76	25°24′07″S 69°03′29″W / 25.402°S 69.058°W

Illapel	July 8, 1971	7.5 MS	40	32°30′40″S 71°12′25″W / 32.511°S 71.207°W	90	Moderate tsunami

August 18, 1974	7.1 MS	36	38°27′11″S 73°25′52″W / 38.453°S 73.431°W

May 10, 1975	7.7 MS	6	38°10′59″S 73°13′55″W / 38.183°S 73.232°W

November 29, 1976	7.3 MS	82	20°31′12″S 68°55′08″W / 20.520°S 68.919°W

August 3, 1979	7.0 MS	49	26°31′05″S 70°39′50″W / 26.518°S 70.664°W

October 16, 1981	7.5 MS	33	33°08′02″S 73°04′26″W / 33.134°S 73.074°W

October 4, 1983	7.3 MS	14	26°32′06″S 70°33′47″W / 26.535°S 70.563°W

Algarrobo	March 3, 1985	8.0/7.8 MW/MS	VIII	33	33°14′24″S 71°51′00″W / 33.240°S 71.850°W	177	Tsunami

Rapel Lake	April 8, 1985	7.5 MS	37	34°07′52″S 71°37′05″W / 34.131°S 71.618°W	1

Iquique	March 5, 1987	7.3 MS	62	24°23′17″S 70°09′40″W / 24.388°S 70.161°W	Tsunami

August 8, 1987	7.1 MS	42	19°00′00″S 70°00′00″W / 19.000°S 70.000°W

Antofagasta	July 30, 1995	8.0 MW	47	23°21′36″S 70°18′36″W / 23.360°S 70.310°W	3	Tsunami

Punitaqui	October 15, 1997	7.1 MW	VIII	56	30°46′23″S 71°18′54″W / 30.773°S 71.315°W	8

Near coast of northern Chile	January 30, 1998	7.1 M?	VII	42	23°54′36″S 70°12′00″W / 23.910°S 70.200°W	1	Minor damage to older buildings

Tarapacá	June 13, 2005	7.8 MW	VII	108/117.2	19°53′42″S 69°07′30″W / 19.895°S 69.125°W/19°56′02″S 69°01′41″W / 19.934°S 69.028°W	11	Felt as far away as Santiago, Chile and Brasília, Brazil

Tocopilla	November 14, 2007	7.7 MW	VIII	47.7/40	22°18′50″S 70°04′41″W / 22.314°S 70.078°W/22°12′14″S 69°52′08″W / 22.204°S 69.869°W	2	Felt at São Paulo, Brazil

Offshore Maule/Biobío	February 27, 2010	8.8 MW	IX	30/35	36°17′24″S 73°14′20″W / 36.290°S 73.239°W/35°54′32″S 72°43′59″W / 35.909°S 72.733°W	525	Destructive tsunami

Pichilemu	March 11, 2010	6.9 MW	VII	11/33.1	34°15′32″S 71°55′44″W / 34.259°S 71.929°W/34°18′3″S 72°7′47″W / 34.30083°S 72.12972°W	1

Araucanía	January 2, 2011	7.1/6.9 MW/ML	VI	25.1/32.1	38°21′14″S 73°16′30″W / 38.354°S 73.275°W/38°21′43″S 75°1′55″W / 38.36194°S 75.03194°W	0

Talca	March 25, 2012	7.1 /7.0 MW/MW	VII/VIII	34.8/40.7	35°10′59″S 71°47′31″W / 35.183°S 71.792°W /35°12′0″S 72°13′1″W / 35.20000°S 72.21694°W	1

Iquique Offshore Tarapacá	March 16, 2014	7.0 Mw	VI	20.6	19°58′52″S 70°42′07″W / 19.981°S 70.702°W	Tsunami

Iquique Offshore Tarapacá	April 1, 2014	8.2 Mw	VIII	25	19°36′36″S 70°46′08″W / 19.610°S 70.769°W	7	Tsunami

Iquique Offshore Tarapacá	April 1, 2014	7.5 Mw	VIII	26.8	20°05′06″S 70°23′20″W / 20.085°S 70.389°W

Iquique Offshore Tarapacá	April 1, 2014	7.0 Mw	VI	29.7	19°53′35″S 70°56′42″W / 19.893°S 70.945°W

Iquique Offshore Tarapacá	April 2, 2014	7.7 Mw	VIII	22.4	20°34′16″S 70°29′35″W / 20.571°S 70.493°W	Tsunami

Easter Island	October 8, 2014	7.0 Mw	I	16.5	32°06′29″S 110°48′40″W / 32.108°S 110.811°W	Tsunami

Illapel Offshore Coquimbo	September 16, 2015	8.3 Mw	VIII	20	31°34′S 71°39′W / 31.57°S 71.65°W	15	Tsunami

Quellón	December 25, 2016	7.6 Mw	VIII	39	43°24′58″S 73°52′48″W / 43.416°S 73.880°W	0	Tsunami

Valparaíso	April 24, 2017	6.9 Mw	VII	28	33°02′17″S 72°03′43″W / 33.038°S 72.062°W	0	Tsunami

Coquimbo	January, 20, 2019	6.7 Mw	VII	53	30°04′26″S 71°25′23″W / 30.074°S 71.423°W	2

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Sentence(s)

Earthquakes that preceded the 1960 Valdivia earthquake occurred in 1737 and 1837.

final_sentence: Earthquakes that preceded the 1960 Valdivia earthquake occurred in 1737 and 1837.