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Historic Earthquake
1906 Valparaíso Earthquake
17 August 1906 · South Central · Chile
On 17 August 1906 at 00:40 UTC, a magnitude 8.2 earthquake struck Chile (South Central), at a depth of 25 km. It occurred on the South American Plate, 88 km from its boundary with the Nazca Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 4,000 people. It is the 64th deadliest and the 49th most powerful of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 17 August 1906
- Time
- 00:40 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.2
- Depth
- 25 km
- Maximum Intensity
- XI (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 4,000
- Estimated Damage
- 100 million US dollars
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (3.5 m wave)
- Plate
- South American Plate
- Country
- Chile
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20152015 Illapel Earthquake · M 8.315 deaths
- 19851985 Pichilemu Earthquake · M 7.52 deaths
- 19851985 Santiago Jimin · M 8.0180 deaths
- 1981Off Central Coast, Las Cruces · M 7.51 deaths
- 19711971 Aconcagua Earthquake · M 7.883 deaths
- 19431943 Ovalle Earthquake · M 8.211 deaths
- 1928Talca, Chillan · M 7.6279 deaths
- 1914Off Central Coast · M 7.6
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth