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Historic Earthquake
1915 Bolivia Earthquake
6 June 1915 · S · Bolivia
On 6 June 1915 at 21:29 UTC, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Bolivia (S), at a depth of 160 km. It occurred on the Altiplano Plate, 335 km from its boundary with the South American Plate (continental rift).
- Date
- 6 June 1915
- Time
- 21:29 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.6
- Depth
- 160 km
- Plate
- Altiplano Plate
- Country
- Bolivia
- Nearest Volcano
- Guallatiri (63 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20142014 Iquique Earthquake · M 8.27 deaths
- 20052005 Tarapacá Earthquake · M 7.711 deaths
- 1976Terremoto de Pica de 1976 · M 7.31 deaths
- 1959Bolivia · M 7.51 deaths
- 1956Chile · M 7.1
- 1916Bolivia · M 7.5
- 1909Cochabamba15 deaths
- 1906Off South Coast · M 7.9
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth