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Chile is located in the so-called “Ring of Fire” in the Pacific that is unqiuely vulnerable to earthquakes Chileans still have painful memories of a magnitude 8.8 earthquake in 2010 that ...
The 2019 Coquimbo earthquake occurred 10 km south southwest of Coquimbo in Chile, on January 19, 2019 at 22:32 (local time). The epicenter was located off the coast of the Coquimbo Region at a depth of 63.0 km, [4]) and had a moment magnitude of 6.7. [5] On the Mercalli scale, the earthquake reached an intensity of VIII. [6]
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 [citation needed] and are shown in the map to the side.
The 1960 Valdivia earthquake and tsunami (Spanish: Terremoto de Valdivia) or the Great Chilean earthquake (Gran terremoto de Chile) on 22 May 1960 was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded. Most studies have placed it at 9.4–9.6 on the moment magnitude scale, [1] while some studies have placed the magnitude lower than 9.4.
Alto Río was the only multi-story building that collapsed completely during the 8.8 earthquake that hit central Chile on 27 February 2010. At 3:34 a.m. local time (6:34 a.m UTC), the full structure gave way and trapped most of its residents inside.
The New York Times included a headline on their 12 March 2010 main page titled "For Chile, More Aftershocks and An Inauguration", featuring a photograph of presidents Lugo and Correa during one of the earthquakes. Throughout Chile, regional newspapers also reported the earthquakes and tsunami warning on their edition of 12 March 2010.
The partially collapsed 21-story O'Higgins Tower, Concepción. The 2010 Chile earthquake and tsunami (Spanish: Terremoto del 27F) [7] occurred off the coast of central Chile on Saturday, 27 February at 03:34:12 local time (06:34:12 UTC), having a magnitude of 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale, with intense shaking lasting for about three minutes.
1604 Arica earthquake; 1615 Arica earthquake; 1657 Concepción earthquake; 1819 Copiapó earthquake; 1822 Valparaíso earthquake; 1928 Talca earthquake; 1943 Ovalle earthquake; 1949 Tierra del Fuego earthquakes; 1950 Calama earthquake; 1953 Concepción earthquake; 1971 Aconcagua earthquake; 1985 Rapel Lake earthquake; 1997 Punitaqui earthquake ...