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Historic Earthquake
1916 Bolivia Earthquake
25 August 1916 · Bolivia
On 25 August 1916 at 09:44 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Bolivia, at a depth of 180 km. It occurred on the Altiplano Plate, 58 km from its boundary with the South American Plate (continental rift).
- Date
- 25 August 1916
- Time
- 09:44 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Depth
- 180 km
- Plate
- Altiplano Plate
- Country
- Bolivia
- Nearest Volcano
- Olca-Paruma (43 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2014Northern, Iquique · M 7.7
- 20072007 Tocopilla Earthquake · M 7.72 deaths
- 20052005 Tarapacá Earthquake · M 7.711 deaths
- 1959Bolivia · M 7.51 deaths
- 1957S · M 7.8
- 19501950 Calama Earthquake · M 8.01 deaths
- 1929Chile · M 7.5
- 1915S · M 7.6
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth