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Historic Earthquake
1987 Chile Earthquake
5 March 1987 · Antofagasta, Arica · Chile
On 5 March 1987 at 09:17 UTC, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Chile (Antofagasta, Arica), at a depth of 62 km. It occurred on the South American Plate, 134 km from its boundary with the Nazca Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 1 person.
- Date
- 5 March 1987
- Time
- 09:17 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.3
- Depth
- 62 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VI (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 1
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (0.2 m wave)
- Plate
- South American Plate
- Country
- Chile
- Nearest Volcano
- La Negrillar (159 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20072007 Tocopilla Earthquake · M 7.72 deaths
- 19951995 Antofagasta Earthquake · M 8.03 deaths
- 19661966 Chile Earthquake · M 7.83 deaths
- 19501950 Calama Earthquake · M 8.01 deaths
- 1946Northern · M 7.92 deaths
- 1929Chile · M 7.5
- 1918Copiapo · M 7.8
- 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