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Historic Earthquake
1955 Chile Earthquake
19 April 1955 · Chile
On 19 April 1955 at 20:24 UTC, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Chile, at a depth of 30 km. It occurred on the South American Plate, 62 km from its boundary with the Nazca Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 1 person.
- Date
- 19 April 1955
- Time
- 20:24 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.1
- Depth
- 30 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VI (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 1
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (1.0 m wave)
- Plate
- South American Plate
- Country
- Chile
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
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- 1918Northern · M 7.9
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth