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Historic Earthquake
1949 Tierra del Fuego Earthquake
17 December 1949 · Tierra del Fuego · Chile
On 17 December 1949 at 06:53 UTC, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Chile (Tierra del Fuego), at a depth of 33 km. It occurred on the Scotia Plate, 21 km from its boundary with the South American Plate (continental transform fault). It killed at least 1 person.
- Date
- 17 December 1949
- Time
- 06:53 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.8
- Depth
- 33 km
- Deaths
- 1
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Scotia Plate
- Country
- Chile
- Nearest Volcano
- Fueguino (118 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1950Southern · M 7.0
- 19491949 Tierra del Fuego Earthquake · M 7.83 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth