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Historic Earthquake
1957 Bolivia Earthquake
29 November 1957 · S · Bolivia
On 29 November 1957 at 22:19 UTC, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Bolivia (S), at a depth of 170 km. It occurred on the Altiplano Plate, 57 km from its boundary with the South American Plate (continental rift).
- Date
- 29 November 1957
- Time
- 22:19 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.8
- Depth
- 170 km
- Plate
- Altiplano Plate
- Country
- Bolivia
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Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth