List of earthquakes in Chile

Region Local
date Mag. MMI Depth
(km) Epicenter Deaths Notes Sources Caldera 1420-09-01 9.4 M_S^[1][2] 27°00′00″S 71°00′00″W / 27.000°S 71.000°W / -27.000; -71.000 Destructive tsunami in Chile, Hawaii & Japan Concepción 1570-02-08 8.3 M_S 36°48′00″S 73°00′00″W / 36.800°S 73.000°W / -36.800; -73.000 Destructive tsunami 1575-03-17 7.3 M_S 33°24′00″S 70°36′00″W / 33.400°S 70.600°W / -33.400; -70.600 Valdivia 1575-12-16 8.5 M_S 39°48′00″S 73°12′00″W / 39.800°S 73.200°W / -39.800; -73.200 Destructive tsunami Offshore Arica 1604-11-24 8.5 M_S 30 18°30′00″S 70°24′00″W / 18.500°S 70.400°W / -18.500; -70.400 Destructive tsunami Offshore Arica 1615-09-16 7.5^[3] M_S 18°30′00″S 70°21′00″W / 18.500°S 70.350°W / -18.500; -70.350 Moderate tsunami Santiago 1647-05-13 8.5 M_S 35°00′00″S 72°00′00″W / 35.000°S 72.000°W / -35.000; -72.000 Concepción 1657-03-15 8.0 M_S 36°49′48″S 73°01′48″W / 36.830°S 73.030°W / -36.830; -73.030 40 Destructive tsunami 1681-03-10 7.3 M_S 18°30′00″S 70°21′00″W / 18.500°S 70.350°W / -18.500; -70.350 1687-07-12 7.3 M_S 32°45′00″S 70°43′48″W / 32.750°S 70.730°W / -32.750; -70.730 Valparaíso 1730-07-08 8.7 M_S/9.1 M_W^[4] 33°03′00″S 71°37′48″W / 33.050°S 71.630°W / -33.050; -71.630 5 Destructive tsunami Valdivia 1737-12-24 7.7 M_S 39°48′00″S 73°12′00″W / 39.800°S 73.200°W / -39.800; -73.200 Tsunami Concepción 1751-05-25 8.5 M_S 36°49′48″S 73°01′48″W / 36.830°S 73.030°W / -36.830; -73.030 Moderate tsunami 1796-03-30 7.7 M_S 27°21′00″S 70°21′00″W / 27.350°S 70.350°W / -27.350; -70.350 Copiapó 1819-04-11 8.2–8.5 M_w  27°21′00″S 70°21′00″W / 27.350°S 70.350°W / -27.350; -70.350 Destructive tsunami Valparaíso 1822-11-19 8.5 M_S 33°03′00″S 71°37′48″W / 33.050°S 71.630°W / -33.050; -71.630 200 Moderate tsunami 1829-09-26 7.0 M_S 33°03′00″S 71°37′48″W / 33.050°S 71.630°W / -33.050; -71.630 1831-10-08 7.8 M_S 18°30′00″S 71°00′00″W / 18.500°S 71.000°W / -18.500; -71.000 1833-09-18 7.7 M_S 60 18°30′00″S 70°24′00″W / 18.500°S 70.400°W / -18.500; -70.400 Concepción 1835-02-20 8.5/8.2 M_S/M_? 36°49′48″S 73°01′48″W / 36.830°S 73.030°W / -36.830; -73.030 500 Destructive tsunami Valdivia 1837-11-07 8.0 M_S 39°48′00″S 73°12′00″W / 39.800°S 73.200°W / -39.800; -73.200 Moderate tsunami 1847-10-08 7.3 M_S 31°36′36″S 71°10′48″W / 31.610°S 71.180°W / -31.610; -71.180 1849-12-17 7.5 M_S 29°57′00″S 71°22′12″W / 29.950°S 71.370°W / -29.950; -71.370 Moderate tsunami 1850-12-06 7.3 M_S 33°48′36″S 70°13′12″W / 33.810°S 70.220°W / -33.810; -70.220 1851-04-02 7.1 M_S 33°19′12″S 71°25′12″W / 33.320°S 71.420°W / -33.320; -71.420 1859-10-05 7.6 M_S 27°21′00″S 70°21′00″W / 27.350°S 70.350°W / -27.350; -70.350 Moderate tsunami Arica 1868-08-13 9.0/8.5 M_?/M_S 18°30′00″S 70°21′00″W / 18.500°S 70.350°W / -18.500; -70.350 25,000 Destructive tsunami, at the time the area was part of Peru. 1869-08-24 7.5 M_S 19°36′00″S 70°13′48″W / 19.600°S 70.230°W / -19.600; -70.230 Moderate tsunami 1871-10-05 7.3 M_S 20°12′00″S 70°10′12″W / 20.200°S 70.170°W / -20.200; -70.170 Tsunami Iquique 1877-05-09 8.8 M_S/M_? 19°36′00″S 70°13′48″W / 19.600°S 70.230°W / -19.600; -70.230 2,385 Destructive tsunami 1878-01-23 7.9 M_S 40 20°00′00″S 70°18′00″W / 20.000°S 70.300°W / -20.000; -70.300 1879-02-02 7.3 M_S 53°00′00″S 70°40′12″W / 53.000°S 70.670°W / -53.000; -70.670 1880-08-15 7.7 M_S 31°37′12″S 71°10′48″W / 31.620°S 71.180°W / -31.620; -71.180 Valparaíso 1906-08-16 8.2 M_W 25 33°00′00″S 72°00′00″W / 33.000°S 72.000°W / -33.000; -72.000 3,882 Moderate tsunami 1909-06-08 7.6 M_S 26°30′00″S 70°30′00″W / 26.500°S 70.500°W / -26.500; -70.500 1910-10-04 7.3 M_S 22°00′00″S 69°00′00″W / 22.000°S 69.000°W / -22.000; -69.000 1911-09-15 7.3 M_S 20°00′00″S 72°00′00″W / 20.000°S 72.000°W / -20.000; -72.000 1914-01-29 8.2 M_S 35°00′00″S 73°00′00″W / 35.000°S 73.000°W / -35.000; -73.000 1917-02-14 7.0 M_S 30°00′00″S 73°00′00″W / 30.000°S 73.000°W / -30.000; -73.000 1918-05-20 7.9 M_S 28°30′00″S 71°30′00″W / 28.500°S 71.500°W / -28.500; -71.500 1918-12-04 8.2 M_S 60 26°00′00″S 71°00′00″W / 26.000°S 71.000°W / -26.000; -71.000 Moderate tsunami 1919-03-01 7.2 M_S 40 41°00′00″S 73°30′00″W / 41.000°S 73.500°W / -41.000; -73.500 1919-03-02 7.3 M_S 40 41°00′00″S 73°30′00″W / 41.000°S 73.500°W / -41.000; -73.500 1920-12-10 7.4 M_S 39°00′00″S 73°00′00″W / 39.000°S 73.000°W / -39.000; -73.000 1922-11-07 7.0 M_S 28°00′00″S 72°00′00″W / 28.000°S 72.000°W / -28.000; -72.000 Vallenar 1922-11-10 8.5 M_W 25 28°30′00″S 70°00′00″W / 28.500°S 70.000°W / -28.500; -70.000 1,000 Moderate tsunami 1923-05-04 7.0 M_S 60 28°45′00″S 71°45′00″W / 28.750°S 71.750°W / -28.750; -71.750 1925-05-15 7.1 M_S 50 26°00′00″S 71°30′00″W / 26.000°S 71.500°W / -26.000; -71.500 1926-04-28 7.0 M_S 180 24°00′00″S 69°00′00″W / 24.000°S 69.000°W / -24.000; -69.000 1927-11-21 7.1 M_S 44°30′00″S 73°00′00″W / 44.500°S 73.000°W / -44.500; -73.000 Moderate tsunami 1928-11-20 7.1 M_S 25 22°30′00″S 70°30′00″W / 22.500°S 70.500°W / -22.500; -70.500 Talca 1928-12-01 8.3/7.6 M_S/M_? 35°00′00″S 72°00′00″W / 35.000°S 72.000°W / -35.000; -72.000 225 Tsunami 1929-10-19 7.5 M_S 100 23°00′00″S 69°00′00″W / 23.000°S 69.000°W / -23.000; -69.000 1931-03-18 7.1 M_S 32°30′00″S 72°00′00″W / 32.500°S 72.000°W / -32.500; -72.000 1933-02-23 7.6 M_S 40 20°00′00″S 71°00′00″W / 20.000°S 71.000°W / -20.000; -71.000 1936-03-01 7.1 M_S 120 40°00′00″S 72°30′00″W / 40.000°S 72.500°W / -40.000; -72.500 1936-07-13 7.3 M_S 60 24°30′00″S 70°00′00″W / 24.500°S 70.000°W / -24.500; -70.000 Chillán 1939-01-24 8.3 M_w 60 36°12′00″S 72°12′00″W / 36.200°S 72.200°W / -36.200; -72.200 28,000 1939-04-18 7.4 M_S 100 27°00′00″S 70°30′00″W / 27.000°S 70.500°W / -27.000; -70.500 1940-10-11 7.0 M_S 41°30′00″S 74°30′00″W / 41.500°S 74.500°W / -41.500; -74.500 1942-07-08 7.0 M_S 140 24°00′00″S 70°00′00″W / 24.000°S 70.000°W / -24.000; -70.000 1943-03-14 7.2 M_S 150 20°00′00″S 69°30′00″W / 20.000°S 69.500°W / -20.000; -69.500 Ovalle 1943-04-06 8.2 M_W 55 30°45′00″S 72°00′00″W / 30.750°S 72.000°W / -30.750; -72.000 25 Tsunami 1943-12-01 7.0 M_S 100 21°00′00″S 69°00′00″W / 21.000°S 69.000°W / -21.000; -69.000 1945-07-13 7.1 M_S 100 33°15′00″S 70°30′00″W / 33.250°S 70.500°W / -33.250; -70.500 1946-08-02 7.9 M_S 50 26°30′00″S 70°30′00″W / 26.500°S 70.500°W / -26.500; -70.500 1949-04-19 7.3 M_S 70 38°00′00″S 73°30′00″W / 38.000°S 73.500°W / -38.000; -73.500 1949-04-25 7.3 M_S 110 19°45′00″S 69°00′00″W / 19.750°S 69.000°W / -19.750; -69.000 1949-05-29 7.0 M_S 100 22°00′00″S 69°00′00″W / 22.000°S 69.000°W / -22.000; -69.000 Tierra del Fuego 1949-12-17 7.8 M_S VIII 30 54°00′00″S 71°00′00″W / 54.000°S 71.000°W / -54.000; -71.000/54°0′0″S 68°46′11″W / 54.00000°S 68.76972°W / -54.00000; -68.76972^{[5] [5]} 1949-12-17 7.8 M_S 54°00′00″S 71°00′00″W / 54.000°S 71.000°W / -54.000; -71.000 1950-01-29 7.0 M_S 53°30′00″S 71°30′00″W / 53.500°S 71.500°W / -53.500; -71.500 Calama 1950-12-09 8.3 M_S 100 23°30′00″S 67°30′00″W / 23.500°S 67.500°W / -23.500; -67.500 1953-05-06 7.6 M_S 60 36°30′00″S 72°36′00″W / 36.500°S 72.600°W / -36.500; -72.600 1953-12-06 7.4 M_S 128 22°06′00″S 68°42′00″W / 22.100°S 68.700°W / -22.100; -68.700 1954-02-08 7.7 M_S 29°00′00″S 70°30′00″W / 29.000°S 70.500°W / -29.000; -70.500 1955-04-19 7.1 M_S 30°00′00″S 72°00′00″W / 30.000°S 72.000°W / -30.000; -72.000 Tsunami 1956-01-08 7.1 M_S 11 19°00′00″S 70°00′00″W / 19.000°S 70.000°W / -19.000; -70.000 1956-12-17 7.0 M_S 25°30′00″S 68°30′00″W / 25.500°S 68.500°W / -25.500; -68.500 1957-07-29 7.0 M_S 23°30′00″S 71°30′00″W / 23.500°S 71.500°W / -23.500; -71.500 1959-06-13 7.5 M_S 83 20°25′12″S 69°00′00″W / 20.420°S 69.000°W / -20.420; -69.000 Concepción 1960-05-21 7.9/7.3 M_?/M_S X 37°30′00″S 73°30′00″W / 37.500°S 73.500°W / -37.500; -73.500 125 1960-05-22 7.3 M_S 37°30′00″S 73°00′00″W / 37.500°S 73.000°W / -37.500; -73.000 Valdivia 1960-05-22 9.5 M_w XII 33 39°30′00″S 74°30′00″W / 39.500°S 74.500°W / -39.500; -74.500 1,655 Destructive tsunami, strongest earthquake in recorded history. 1960-06-19 7.3 M_S 38°00′00″S 73°30′00″W / 38.000°S 73.500°W / -38.000; -73.500 1960-11-01 7.4 M_S 55 38°30′00″S 75°06′00″W / 38.500°S 75.100°W / -38.500; -75.100 1961-07-13 7.0 M_S 40 41°42′00″S 75°12′00″W / 41.700°S 75.200°W / -41.700; -75.200 1962-02-14 7.3 M_S 45 37°48′00″S 72°30′00″W / 37.800°S 72.500°W / -37.800; -72.500 1962-08-03 7.1 M_S 107 23°18′00″S 68°06′00″W / 23.300°S 68.100°W / -23.300; -68.100 Taltal 1965-02-23 7.0 M_S 36 25°40′12″S 70°37′48″W / 25.670°S 70.630°W / -25.670; -70.630 1 La Ligua 1965-03-28 7.4 M_S 68 32°25′05″S 71°06′00″W / 32.418°S 71.100°W / -32.418; -71.100 400 1966-12-28 7.8 M_S 23 25°30′36″S 70°44′24″W / 25.510°S 70.740°W / -25.510; -70.740 1967-03-13 7.3 M_S 33 40°07′12″S 74°40′48″W / 40.120°S 74.680°W / -40.120; -74.680 1967-12-21 7.5 M_S 33 21°48′00″S 70°00′00″W / 21.800°S 70.000°W / -21.800; -70.000 1971-06-17 7.0 M_S 76 25°24′07″S 69°03′29″W / 25.402°S 69.058°W / -25.402; -69.058 Illapel 1971-07-08 7.5 M_S 40 32°30′40″S 71°12′25″W / 32.511°S 71.207°W / -32.511; -71.207 90 Moderate tsunami 1974-08-18 7.1 M_S 36 38°27′11″S 73°25′52″W / 38.453°S 73.431°W / -38.453; -73.431 1975-05-10 7.7 M_S 6 38°10′59″S 73°13′55″W / 38.183°S 73.232°W / -38.183; -73.232 1976-11-29 7.3 M_S 82 20°31′12″S 68°55′08″W / 20.520°S 68.919°W / -20.520; -68.919 1979-08-03 7.0 M_S 49 26°31′05″S 70°39′50″W / 26.518°S 70.664°W / -26.518; -70.664 1981-10-16 7.5 M_S 33 33°08′02″S 73°04′26″W / 33.134°S 73.074°W / -33.134; -73.074 1983-10-04 7.3 M_S 14 26°32′06″S 70°33′47″W / 26.535°S 70.563°W / -26.535; -70.563 Algarrobo 1985-03-03 8.0 M_w VIII 33 33°14′24″S 71°51′00″W / 33.240°S 71.850°W / -33.240; -71.850 177 Tsunami Rapel Lake 1985-04-08 7.5 M_S 37 34°07′52″S 71°37′05″W / 34.131°S 71.618°W / -34.131; -71.618 1 Iquique 1987-03-05 7.3 M_S 62 24°23′17″S 70°09′40″W / 24.388°S 70.161°W / -24.388; -70.161 Tsunami 1987-08-08 7.1 M_S 42 19°00′00″S 70°00′00″W / 19.000°S 70.000°W / -19.000; -70.000 Antofagasta 1995-07-30 8.0 M_W 47 23°21′36″S 70°18′36″W / 23.360°S 70.310°W / -23.360; -70.310 3 Tsunami Punitaqui 1997-10-15 7.1 M_W VIII 56 30°46′23″S 71°18′54″W / 30.773°S 71.315°W / -30.773; -71.315 8 Near coast of northern Chile 1998-01-30 7.1 M_? VII 42 23°54′36″S 70°12′00″W / 23.910°S 70.200°W / -23.910; -70.200 1 Minor damage to older buildings Tarapacá 2005-06-13 7.8 M_W VII 108/117.2 19°53′42″S 69°07′30″W / 19.895°S 69.125°W / -19.895; -69.125/19°56′02″S 69°01′41″W / 19.934°S 69.028°W / -19.934; -69.028 11 Felt as far away as Santiago, Chile and Brasília, Brazil Aisén Fjord 2007-04-21 6.2 M_w VII 25 45°16′S 72°40′W / 45.27°S 72.66°W / -45.27; -72.66 10 Tocopilla 2007-11-14 7.7 M_W VIII 47.7/40 22°18′50″S 70°04′41″W / 22.314°S 70.078°W / -22.314; -70.078 2 Felt at São Paulo, Brazil Maule, Biobío 2010-02-27 8.8 M_W IX 30/35 36°17′24″S 73°14′20″W / 36.290°S 73.239°W / -36.290; -73.239 525 Destructive tsunami Pichilemu 2010-03-11 6.9 M_w VII 33.1 34°15′32″S 71°55′44″W / 34.259°S 71.929°W / -34.259; -71.929 1 ^[6][7] Araucanía 2011-01-02 7.1 M_w VI 25.1 38°21′14″S 73°16′30″W / 38.354°S 73.275°W / -38.354; -73.275 ^[8] Talca 2012-03-25 7.1 M_w VIII 40.7 35°10′59″S 71°47′31″W / 35.183°S 71.792°W / -35.183; -71.792 1 ^[9] Vallenar 2013-01-30 6.8 M_w VI 45.0 28°05′38″S 70°39′11″W / 28.094°S 70.653°W / -28.094; -70.653 1 ^[10] Iquique 2014-03-16 7.0 M_w VI 20.6 19°58′52″S 70°42′07″W / 19.981°S 70.702°W / -19.981; -70.702 Tsunami Iquique 2014-04-01 8.2 M_w VIII 25 19°36′36″S 70°46′08″W / 19.610°S 70.769°W / -19.610; -70.769 7 Tsunami ^[11] Iquique 2014-04-01 7.5 M_w VIII 26.8 20°05′06″S 70°23′20″W / 20.085°S 70.389°W / -20.085; -70.389 Iquique 2014-04-01 7.0 M_w VI 29.7 19°53′35″S 70°56′42″W / 19.893°S 70.945°W / -19.893; -70.945 Iquique 2014-04-02 7.7 M_w IX 22.4 20°34′16″S 70°29′35″W / 20.571°S 70.493°W / -20.571; -70.493 Tsunami Easter Island 2014-10-08 7.0 M_w I 16.5 32°06′29″S 110°48′40″W / 32.108°S 110.811°W / -32.108; -110.811 Tsunami Illapel, Coquimbo 2015-09-16 8.3 M_w IX 20 31°34′S 71°39′W / 31.57°S 71.65°W / -31.57; -71.65 15 Tsunami Quellón 2016-12-25 7.6 M_w VIII 39 43°24′58″S 73°52′48″W / 43.416°S 73.880°W / -43.416; -73.880 Tsunami ^[12] Coquimbo 2019-01-20 6.7 M_w VIII 63 30°04′26″S 71°25′23″W / 30.074°S 71.423°W / -30.074; -71.423 2 Los Lagos 2019-09-26 6.1 M_w IV 129 40°48′58″S 72°00′11″W / 40.816°S 72.003°W / -40.816; -72.003 1 Maule 2019-09-29 6.8 M_w VI 11 35°28′23″S 73°09′43″W / 35.473°S 73.162°W / -35.473; -73.162 1 The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes’ notability guideline that was developed for stand alone articles. 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