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

Updated: Apr 26, 2024 22:12 GMT -
Since 1900, Chile has had 84 quakes of magnitudes up to 9.5:
  • 1 quake above magnitude 9
  • 10 quakes between magnitude 8 and 9
  • 73 quakes between magnitude 7 and 8
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Showing quakes since 1900magnitude 8.2 or higher, within up to 100 km (62 mi) distance (84 quakes):
Largest earthquakes in or near Chile on record since 1900 - list, stats and map
Date and TimeMag
Depth
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Sep 1, 2020 12:09 am (Santiago)
7.0

31 km
10 km (6.2 mi) to the N South Pacific Ocean, 82 km northwest of Vallenar, Huasco, Atacama, Chile 115 reportsInfo
Sunday, December 25, 2016 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 25, 2016 10:22 am (Santiago)
7.6

38 km
2 km (1.2 mi) to the S 41 km southwest of Quellon, Chiloe, Los Lagos, Chile 52 reportsInfo
Wednesday, September 16, 2015 GMT (2 quakes)
Sep 16, 2015 08:18 pm (Santiago)
7.0

31 km
W of Illapel, Chile 1 reportInfo
Sep 16, 2015 07:54 pm (Santiago)
7.8

10 km
36 km west of Illapel, Choapa, Coquimbo, Chile 103 reportsInfo
Thursday, April 3, 2014 GMT (1 quake)
Apr 2, 2014 09:43 pm (GMT -5)
7.7

22 km
39 km (24 mi) to the N 50km SW of Iquique, Chile 7 reportsInfo
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 GMT (1 quake)
Apr 1, 2014 06:46 pm (GMT -5)
8.2

25 km
61 km (38 mi) to the N South Pacific Ocean, 93 km northwest of Iquique, Iquique, Tarapaca, Chile 14 reportsInfo
Sunday, March 16, 2014 GMT (1 quake)
Mar 16, 2014 04:17 pm (GMT -5)
7.0

33 km
58 km (36 mi) to the N 68km WNW of Iquique, Chile 2 reportsInfo
Sunday, March 25, 2012 GMT (1 quake)
Mar 25, 2012 06:37 pm (Santiago)
7.1

41 km
Maule, Chile Info
Sunday, January 2, 2011 GMT (1 quake)
Jan 2, 2011 04:20 pm (Santiago)
7.2

24 km
Araucania, Chile Info
Thursday, March 11, 2010 GMT (1 quake)
Mar 11, 2010 10:55 am (Santiago)
7.0

18 km
52 km NW of Santa Cruz, Chile Info
Saturday, February 27, 2010 GMT (2 quakes)
Feb 27, 2010 03:01 am (GMT -5)
7.4

35 km
121 km (75 mi) to the S 124 km W of Lebu, Chile Info
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Estimated combined seismic energy released: 1.4 x 1019 joules (3.9 x 106 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 3.4 x 109 tons of TNT or 209809.6 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy

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