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Historic Earthquake
1940 Chile Earthquake
4 October 1940 · Northern · Chile
On 4 October 1940 at 07:54 UTC, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Chile (Northern), at a depth of 75 km. It occurred on the South American Plate, 32 km from its boundary with the Nazca Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 4 October 1940
- Time
- 07:54 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.3
- Depth
- 75 km
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- South American Plate
- Country
- Chile
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
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- 20052005 Tarapacá Earthquake · M 7.711 deaths
- 19951995 Antofagasta Earthquake · M 8.03 deaths
- 1967Northern · M 7.51 deaths
- 1933Chile · M 7.6
- 1929Chile · M 7.5
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth