Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 subduction zone along Chile's coast has produced the most powerful earthquake ever recorded, the 1960 Valdivia earthquake. Earthquakes are notorious for triggering volcanic eruptions, such as the 1960 Cordón Caulle eruption. Chilean earthquakes have produced tsunamis. Landslides occur frequently in the Andes, most following earthquakes.
M w [36] Foreshock to the next earthquake on 22 May. 1960 Concepción earthquakes: 22 May 1960 15:11 (local time) Valdivia, Chile: 6,000 9.5 M w [37] The largest earthquake in recorded history. 1960 Valdivia earthquake: 13 October 1963 15:17 (local time) Kuril Islands, USSR (present-day Russia) 0 8.5 M w [38] One of the largest earthquake in ...
The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake struck at 9:33 a.m. local time (12:33 p.m. GMT), and its epicenter was 42 kilometers (26 miles) southwest of Huasco, a city in Chile’s Atacama region.
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck northern Chile near its border with Argentina late Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported, shaking homes and causing power outages. There were no immediate ...
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 ...
Tsunamis can occur when an underwater earthquake rapidly displaces massive amounts of water, leading to a large, long wave that builds in intensity as it crosses the ocean. ... the 1960 Chile ...
Chile notably holds the record for the largest earthquake ever recorded, the 1960 Valdivia earthquake. More recently, a magnitude-8.8 earthquake struck central Chile on February 27, 2010, the Puyehue-Cordón Caulle volcano erupted in 2011, and a M8.2 earthquake struck northern Chile on April 1, 2014. The main shock was preceded by a number of ...