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Historic Earthquake
1978 Chile Earthquake
3 August 1978 · Northern, Copiapo-Taltai · Chile
On 3 August 1978 at 18:11 UTC, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Chile (Northern, Copiapo-Taltai), at a depth of 58 km. It occurred on the South American Plate, 154 km from its boundary with the Nazca Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 3 August 1978
- Time
- 18:11 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Depth
- 58 km
- Maximum Intensity
- IX (Mercalli)
- Injuries
- 13
- Plate
- South American Plate
- Country
- Chile
- Nearest Volcano
- El Solo (193 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1983Northern, Copoapo-Chanaral · M 7.35 deaths
- 19661966 Chile Earthquake · M 7.83 deaths
- 1946Northern · M 7.92 deaths
- 1939North Central · M 7.4
- 19221922 Vallenar Earthquake · M 8.5700 deaths
- 1918Copiapo · M 7.8
- 1918Northern · M 7.9
- 1909Chile · M 7.6
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth