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Historic Earthquake
1933 Chile Earthquake
23 February 1933 · Chile
On 23 February 1933 at 08:09 UTC, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Chile, at a depth of 40 km. It occurred on the Altiplano Plate, 47 km from its boundary with the Nazca Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 23 February 1933
- Time
- 08:09 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.6
- Depth
- 40 km
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Altiplano 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