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Historic Earthquake
1943 Ovalle Earthquake
6 April 1943 · Illapel · Chile
On 6 April 1943 at 16:07 UTC, a magnitude 8.2 earthquake struck Chile (Illapel), at a depth of 35 km. It occurred on the South American Plate, 64 km from its boundary with the Nazca Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 11 people. It is the 56th most powerful of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 6 April 1943
- Time
- 16:07 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.2
- Depth
- 35 km
- Deaths
- 11
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (1.0 m wave)
- Plate
- South American Plate
- Country
- Chile
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20152015 Illapel Earthquake · M 8.315 deaths
- 19851985 Santiago Jimin · M 8.0180 deaths
- 1981Off Central Coast, Las Cruces · M 7.51 deaths
- 19711971 Aconcagua Earthquake · M 7.883 deaths
- 19651965 La Ligua Earthquake · M 7.3400 deaths
- 1955Chile · M 7.11 deaths
- 1918Northern · M 7.9
- 19061906 Valparaíso Earthquake · M 8.24,000 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth