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Historic Earthquake
1967 Chile Earthquake
21 December 1967 · Northern · Chile
On 21 December 1967 at 02:25 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Chile (Northern), at a depth of 33 km. It occurred on the South American Plate, 63 km from its boundary with the Altiplano Plate (continental transform fault). It killed at least 1 person.
- Date
- 21 December 1967
- Time
- 02:25 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Depth
- 33 km
- Deaths
- 1
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami
- Plate
- South American Plate
- Country
- Chile
- Nearest Volcano
- Olca-Paruma (141 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2014Northern, Iquique · M 7.7
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- 20072007 Tocopilla Earthquake · M 7.72 deaths
- 20052005 Tarapacá Earthquake · M 7.711 deaths
- 19951995 Antofagasta Earthquake · M 8.03 deaths
- 19501950 Calama Earthquake · M 8.01 deaths
- 1933Chile · M 7.6
- 1916Bolivia · M 7.5
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth