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Historic Earthquake
1923 Chile Earthquake
4 May 1923 · Vallenar · Chile
On 4 May 1923 at 22:26 UTC, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Chile (Vallenar), at a depth of 60 km. It occurred on the South American Plate, 67 km from its boundary with the Nazca Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 4 May 1923
- Time
- 22:26 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Depth
- 60 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
- 1918Northern · M 7.9
- 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