Largest earthquakes in or near Bolivia on record since 1900 - list, stats and map

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Since 1900, Bolivia has had 44 quakes of magnitudes above 5 and up to 7.9:

10 quakes above magnitude 7
18 quakes between magnitude 6 and 7
16 quakes between magnitude 5 and 6

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Showing quakes since 1900magnitude 6.2 or higher, within up to 100 km (62 mi) distance (44 quakes):

Largest earthquakes in or near Bolivia on record since 1900 - list, stats and map
Date and Time	Mag Depth	Nearest Volcano	Location	Details
Sep 20, 1969 10:00 pm (Santiago)	5.5 120 km	75 km (47 mi) to the SW	64 km S of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile	Info
Saturday, September 13, 1969 GMT (1 quake)
Sep 13, 1969 06:52 am (Santiago)	5.5 102 km	67 km (42 mi) to the SW	33 km W of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile	Info
Friday, July 18, 1969 GMT (1 quake)
Jul 18, 1969 07:17 pm (La Paz)	5.4 19 km		Santa Cruz, Bolivia	Info
Tuesday, October 8, 1968 GMT (1 quake)
Oct 8, 1968 11:53 am (Jujuy)	5.6 209 km	84 km (52 mi) to the S	Jujuy, Argentina	Info
Friday, August 23, 1968 GMT (1 quake)
Aug 23, 1968 06:36 pm (La Paz)	6.3 534 km		Tarija, Bolivia	Info
Friday, March 22, 1968 GMT (1 quake)
Mar 21, 1968 09:55 pm (Santiago)	5.6 96 km	44 km (27 mi) to the SW	Tarapaca, Chile	Info
Wednesday, December 27, 1967 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 27, 1967 06:17 am (Santiago)	6.7 115 km	13 km (8.1 mi) to the SW	Antofagasta, Chile	Info
Thursday, May 11, 1967 GMT (1 quake)
May 11, 1967 11:05 am (Santiago)	6.1 109 km	10 km (6.2 mi) to the SW	Tarapaca, Chile	Info
Sunday, October 30, 1966 GMT (1 quake)
Oct 30, 1966 02:43 am (Salta)	5.1 15 km	28 km (17 mi) to the S	16 km N of Tartagal, Argentina	Info
Wednesday, August 24, 1966 GMT (1 quake)
Aug 24, 1966 03:17 am (Santiago)	5.5 97 km	46 km (29 mi) to the SW	99 km ENE of Iquique, Chile	Info
Friday, March 11, 1966 GMT (1 quake)
Mar 10, 1966 10:48 pm (Santiago)	5.5 108 km	55 km (34 mi) to the SW	128 km NE of Iquique, Chile	Info

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Estimated combined seismic energy released: 2 x 10¹⁷ joules (56145 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 4.8 x 10⁷ tons of TNT or 3019.3 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy

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