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Historic Earthquake
Terremoto de Pica de 1976
30 November 1976 · Pozo Almonte, Oficina Victoria · Chile
On 30 November 1976 at 00:40 UTC, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Chile (Pozo Almonte, Oficina Victoria), at a depth of 82 km. It occurred on the Altiplano Plate, 134 km from its boundary with the South American Plate (continental rift). It killed at least 1 person and injured 13.
- Date
- 30 November 1976
- Time
- 00:40 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.3
- Depth
- 82 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VIII (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 13
- Plate
- Altiplano Plate
- Country
- Chile
- Nearest Volcano
- Irruputuncu (45 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2014Northern, Iquique · M 7.7
- 20142014 Iquique Earthquake · M 8.27 deaths
- 20072007 Tocopilla Earthquake · M 7.72 deaths
- 20052005 Tarapacá Earthquake · M 7.711 deaths
- 1933Chile · M 7.6
- 1929Chile · M 7.5
- 1916Bolivia · M 7.5
- 1915S · M 7.6
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth