Chile lies in a region which is adjacent to the fast-moving Nazca Plate, and has high tectonic activity. The records for earlier centuries are apparently incomplete.
Of the world's 46 known earthquakes with M ≥ 8.5 since the year 1500, one-third occurred in Chile and are shown in the map to the side. Some virtually have the same epicenters like the 1604 and 1868 (in Arica), the 1730 and 1822 (in Valparaíso), the 1751 and 1835 (in Concepción), and the 1575 and 1837 (in Valdivia).
The strongest known recorded in modern times was also in Chile, the 1960 Valdivia earthquake.
Earthquakes
See also
References
- ↑ L. Guzmán: Encuentran registros de megaterremoto ocurrido hace seis siglos en el norte de Chile, El Mercurio, 2019-02-14.
- ↑ Manuel Abad, Tatiana Izquierdo, Miguel Cáceres, Enrique Bernárdez and Joaquín Rodríguez‐Vidal (2018). Coastal boulder deposit as evidence of an ocean‐wide prehistoric tsunami originated on the Atacama Desert coast (northern Chile). Sedimentology. Publication: december, 13th, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12570
- ↑ Kovach, Robert L. (2004). Early earthquakes of the Americas (1. publ., repr. ed.). Cambridge [u.a.]: Cambridge Univ. Press. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-521-82489-7. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- ↑
- Significant Earthquake, NOAA, 2019-10-03.
- 1 2 Argentina's seismic prevention institute. Listado de Terremotos Históricos Archived 2012-03-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Informe de Sismo". Sismologia.cl. 2010-03-15. Retrieved 2012-04-12.
- ↑ "Hombre fallece en Talca de un paro cardíaco en medio de fuertes réplicas | NACIONAL". latercera.com. 2010-07-31. Archived from the original on 2012-02-26. Retrieved 2012-04-12.
- ↑ "Magnitude 7.1 – ARAUCANIA, CHILE". Earthquake.usgs.gov. Archived from the original on 2011-01-05. Retrieved 2012-04-12.
- ↑ USGS, United States Geological Survey (25 March 2012). "Magnitud 7.1 MAULE, CHILE". Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
- ↑ USGS, United States Geological Survey (30 January 2013). "M 6.8 – 54 km N of Vallenar, Chile". Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ↑ "Chile earthquake: 2 dead, 3 seriously injured". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 2 April 2014.
- ↑ "M7.6 – 39km SSW of Puerto Quellon, Chile". USGS. December 25, 2016. Retrieved December 26, 2016.
- (in Spanish) Servicio sismológico Universidad de Chile, Sismos importantes o destructivos desde 1570
- Historic World Earthquakes: Chile, United States Geological Survey
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