Past earthquakes in or near Chile: 2020 - list, stats and map

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In 2020, Chile has had 8,605 quakes of magnitudes up to 7.0:

1 quake above magnitude 7
13 quakes between magnitude 6 and 7
64 quakes between magnitude 5 and 6
616 quakes between magnitude 4 and 5
3,606 quakes between magnitude 3 and 4
4,301 quakes between magnitude 2 and 3
4 quakes below magnitude 2 that people normally don't feel.

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Strongest: Mag. 7.0 Earthquake 55 km al N de Huasco (Chile) -

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Past earthquakes in or near Chile: 2020 - list, stats and map
Date and Time	Mag Depth	Nearest Volcano	Location	Details
Dec 29, 2020 04:29 pm (Santiago)	4.9 103 km		23 Km Al E De Villarrica, Chile 11 reports	Info
Monday, December 28, 2020 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 27, 2020 11:40 pm (San Juan)	4.9 117 km	126 km (78 mi) to the SE	34 Km NW of Villa Basilio Nievas, Argentina	Info
Sunday, December 27, 2020 GMT (2 quakes)
Dec 27, 2020 04:39 pm (GMT -5)	6.7 27 km	119 km (74 mi) to the S	144 Km Al O De Toltén, Chile 89 reports	Info
Dec 27, 2020 10:55 am (Santiago)	5.2 115 km		24 Km Al N De Camiña, Chile 6 reports	Info
Thursday, December 24, 2020 GMT (2 quakes)
Dec 24, 2020 06:59 pm (Lima)	4.7 124 km	27 km (17 mi) to the N	Peru-Bolivia Border Region	Info
Dec 24, 2020 10:15 am (GMT -4)	4.7 49 km	42 km (26 mi) to the SW	OCEANO PACIFICO (Argentina), Chile 1 report	Info
Sunday, December 20, 2020 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 20, 2020 08:36 pm (Santiago)	4.9 111 km		25 Km Al SE De Calama, Chile	Info
Saturday, December 19, 2020 GMT (2 quakes)
Dec 19, 2020 11:13 am (Jujuy)	4.7 10 km	246 km (153 mi) to the NE	35 km north of Libertador General San Martin, Jujuy, Argentina	Info
Dec 19, 2020 06:38 am (GMT -4)	4.8 33 km	93 km (58 mi) to the NW	South Pacific Ocean, 170 km northwest of Coquimbo, Coquimbo Region, Chile	Info
Wednesday, December 16, 2020 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 16, 2020 12:48 pm (Lima)	5.5 93 km	232 km (144 mi) to the N	33 Km Al Sur-SE De Vitor, Arequipa - Arequipa, Peru 38 reports	Info
Monday, December 14, 2020 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 14, 2020 12:20 pm (Santiago)	6.0 109 km		77 Km Al N De Calama, Chile 17 reports	Info

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Estimated combined seismic energy released: 6.7 x 10¹⁵ joules (1852 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 1.6 x 10⁶ tons of TNT or 99.6 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy

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