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Historic Earthquake
1911 Chile Earthquake
15 September 1911 · Northern · Chile
On 15 September 1911 at 13:10 UTC, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Chile (Northern). It occurred on the Nazca Plate, 57 km from its boundary with the Altiplano Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 15 September 1911
- Time
- 13:10 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.3
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Nazca Plate
- Country
- Chile
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Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
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Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth