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Historic Earthquake
1918 Chile Earthquake
20 May 1918 · Northern · Chile
On 20 May 1918 at 17:55 UTC, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Chile (Northern), at a depth of 80 km. It occurred on the South American Plate, 71 km from its boundary with the Nazca Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 20 May 1918
- Time
- 17:55 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.9
- Depth
- 80 km
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- South American Plate
- Country
- Chile
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1983Northern, Copoapo-Chanaral · M 7.35 deaths
- 1955Chile · M 7.11 deaths
- 1946Northern · M 7.92 deaths
- 19431943 Ovalle Earthquake · M 8.211 deaths
- 1939North Central · M 7.4
- 19221922 Vallenar Earthquake · M 8.5700 deaths
- 1918Copiapo · M 7.8
- 1909Chile · M 7.6
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth