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Historic Earthquake
1950 Calama Earthquake
9 December 1950 · Chile
On 9 December 1950 at 21:38 UTC, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck Chile, at a depth of 100 km. It occurred on the South American Plate, 233 km from its boundary with the Altiplano Plate (continental rift). It killed at least 1 person.
- Date
- 9 December 1950
- Time
- 21:38 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.0
- Depth
- 100 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VII (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 1
- Plate
- South American Plate
- Country
- Chile
- Nearest Volcano
- Chiliques (22 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
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- 1953Northern · M 7.43 deaths
- 1929Chile · M 7.5
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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