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Historic Earthquake
1950 Chile Earthquake
30 January 1950 · Southern · Chile
On 30 January 1950 at 00:56 UTC, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Chile (Southern), at a depth of 33 km. It occurred on the South American Plate, 46 km from its boundary with the Scotia Plate (continental transform fault). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 30 January 1950
- Time
- 00:56 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Depth
- 33 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VI (Mercalli)
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- South American Plate
- Country
- Chile
- Nearest Volcano
- Monte Burney (182 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