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Historic Earthquake
1928 Chile Earthquake
20 November 1928 · Northern · Chile
On 20 November 1928 at 20:35 UTC, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Chile (Northern), at a depth of 33 km. It occurred on the South American Plate, 87 km from its boundary with the Altiplano Plate (oceanic transform fault). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 20 November 1928
- Time
- 20:35 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.1
- Depth
- 33 km
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- South American Plate
- Country
- Chile
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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