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Historic Earthquake
1929 Chile Earthquake
19 October 1929 · Chile
On 19 October 1929 at 10:12 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Chile, at a depth of 100 km. It occurred on the South American Plate, 188 km from its boundary with the Altiplano Plate (continental rift).
- Date
- 19 October 1929
- Time
- 10:12 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Depth
- 100 km
- Plate
- South American Plate
- Country
- Chile
- Nearest Volcano
- Licancabur (116 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
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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