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Historic Earthquake
1981 Chile Earthquake
16 October 1981 · Off Central Coast, Las Cruces · Chile
On 16 October 1981 at 03:25 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Chile (Off Central Coast, Las Cruces), at a depth of 33 km. It occurred on the Nazca Plate, 32 km from its boundary with the South American Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 1 person.
- Date
- 16 October 1981
- Time
- 03:25 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Depth
- 33 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VI (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 1
- Plate
- Nazca Plate
- Country
- Chile
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
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Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth