Caldera
1420-08-31
9.4 MS [ 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 MS
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 MS
33°24′00″S 70°36′00″W / 33.400°S 70.600°W / -33.400; -70.600
Valdivia
1575-12-16
8.5 MS
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 MS
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] MS
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 MS
35°00′00″S 72°00′00″W / 35.000°S 72.000°W / -35.000; -72.000
Concepción
1657-03-15
8.0 MS
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 MS
18°30′00″S 70°21′00″W / 18.500°S 70.350°W / -18.500; -70.350
1687-07-12
7.3 MS
32°45′00″S 70°43′48″W / 32.750°S 70.730°W / -32.750; -70.730
Valparaíso
1730-07-08
8.7 MS /9.1 MW [ 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 MS
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 MS
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 MS
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 Mw
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 MS
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 MS
33°03′00″S 71°37′48″W / 33.050°S 71.630°W / -33.050; -71.630
1831-10-08
7.8 MS
18°30′00″S 71°00′00″W / 18.500°S 71.000°W / -18.500; -71.000
1833-09-18
7.7 MS
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 MS /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
8.8 - 9.5
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 MS
31°36′36″S 71°10′48″W / 31.610°S 71.180°W / -31.610; -71.180
1849-12-17
7.5 MS
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 MS
33°48′36″S 70°13′12″W / 33.810°S 70.220°W / -33.810; -70.220
1851-04-02
7.1 MS
33°19′12″S 71°25′12″W / 33.320°S 71.420°W / -33.320; -71.420
1859-10-05
7.6 MS
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? /MS
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 MS
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 MS
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 MS /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 MS
40
20°00′00″S 70°18′00″W / 20.000°S 70.300°W / -20.000; -70.300
1879-02-02
7.3 MS
53°00′00″S 70°40′12″W / 53.000°S 70.670°W / -53.000; -70.670
1880-08-15
7.7 MS
31°37′12″S 71°10′48″W / 31.620°S 71.180°W / -31.620; -71.180
Valparaíso
1906-08-16
8.2 MW
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 MS
26°30′00″S 70°30′00″W / 26.500°S 70.500°W / -26.500; -70.500
1910-10-04
7.3 MS
22°00′00″S 69°00′00″W / 22.000°S 69.000°W / -22.000; -69.000
1911-09-15
7.3 MS
20°00′00″S 72°00′00″W / 20.000°S 72.000°W / -20.000; -72.000
1914-01-29
8.2 MS
35°00′00″S 73°00′00″W / 35.000°S 73.000°W / -35.000; -73.000
1917-02-14
7.0 MS
30°00′00″S 73°00′00″W / 30.000°S 73.000°W / -30.000; -73.000
1918-05-20
7.9 MS
28°30′00″S 71°30′00″W / 28.500°S 71.500°W / -28.500; -71.500
1918-12-04
8.2 MS
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 MS
40
41°00′00″S 73°30′00″W / 41.000°S 73.500°W / -41.000; -73.500
1919-03-02
7.3 MS
40
41°00′00″S 73°30′00″W / 41.000°S 73.500°W / -41.000; -73.500
1920-12-10
7.4 MS
39°00′00″S 73°00′00″W / 39.000°S 73.000°W / -39.000; -73.000
1922-11-07
7.0 MS
28°00′00″S 72°00′00″W / 28.000°S 72.000°W / -28.000; -72.000
Vallenar
1922-11-10
8.5 MW
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 MS
60
28°45′00″S 71°45′00″W / 28.750°S 71.750°W / -28.750; -71.750
1925-05-15
7.1 MS
50
26°00′00″S 71°30′00″W / 26.000°S 71.500°W / -26.000; -71.500
1926-04-28
7.0 MS
180
24°00′00″S 69°00′00″W / 24.000°S 69.000°W / -24.000; -69.000
1927-11-21
7.1 MS
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 MS
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 MS /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 MS
100
23°00′00″S 69°00′00″W / 23.000°S 69.000°W / -23.000; -69.000
1931-03-18
7.1 MS
32°30′00″S 72°00′00″W / 32.500°S 72.000°W / -32.500; -72.000
1933-02-23
7.6 MS
40
20°00′00″S 71°00′00″W / 20.000°S 71.000°W / -20.000; -71.000
1936-03-01
7.1 MS
120
40°00′00″S 72°30′00″W / 40.000°S 72.500°W / -40.000; -72.500
1936-07-13
7.3 MS
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 Mw
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 MS
100
27°00′00″S 70°30′00″W / 27.000°S 70.500°W / -27.000; -70.500
1940-10-11
7.0 MS
41°30′00″S 74°30′00″W / 41.500°S 74.500°W / -41.500; -74.500
1942-07-08
7.0 MS
140
24°00′00″S 70°00′00″W / 24.000°S 70.000°W / -24.000; -70.000
1943-03-14
7.2 MS
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 MW
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 MS
100
21°00′00″S 69°00′00″W / 21.000°S 69.000°W / -21.000; -69.000
1945-07-13
7.1 MS
100
33°15′00″S 70°30′00″W / 33.250°S 70.500°W / -33.250; -70.500
1946-08-02
7.9 MS
50
26°30′00″S 70°30′00″W / 26.500°S 70.500°W / -26.500; -70.500
1949-04-19
7.3 MS
70
38°00′00″S 73°30′00″W / 38.000°S 73.500°W / -38.000; -73.500
1949-04-25
7.3 MS
110
19°45′00″S 69°00′00″W / 19.750°S 69.000°W / -19.750; -69.000
1949-05-29
7.0 MS
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 MS
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 MS
54°00′00″S 71°00′00″W / 54.000°S 71.000°W / -54.000; -71.000
1950-01-29
7.0 MS
53°30′00″S 71°30′00″W / 53.500°S 71.500°W / -53.500; -71.500
Calama
1950-12-09
8.3 MS
100
23°30′00″S 67°30′00″W / 23.500°S 67.500°W / -23.500; -67.500
1953-05-06
7.6 MS
60
36°30′00″S 72°36′00″W / 36.500°S 72.600°W / -36.500; -72.600
1953-12-06
7.4 MS
128
22°06′00″S 68°42′00″W / 22.100°S 68.700°W / -22.100; -68.700
1954-02-08
7.7 MS
29°00′00″S 70°30′00″W / 29.000°S 70.500°W / -29.000; -70.500
1955-04-19
7.1 MS
30°00′00″S 72°00′00″W / 30.000°S 72.000°W / -30.000; -72.000
Tsunami
1956-01-08
7.1 MS
11
19°00′00″S 70°00′00″W / 19.000°S 70.000°W / -19.000; -70.000
1956-12-17
7.0 MS
25°30′00″S 68°30′00″W / 25.500°S 68.500°W / -25.500; -68.500
1957-07-29
7.0 MS
23°30′00″S 71°30′00″W / 23.500°S 71.500°W / -23.500; -71.500
1959-06-13
7.5 MS
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? /MS
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 MS
37°30′00″S 73°00′00″W / 37.500°S 73.000°W / -37.500; -73.000
Valdivia
1960-05-22
9.5 Mw
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 MS
38°00′00″S 73°30′00″W / 38.000°S 73.500°W / -38.000; -73.500
1960-11-01
7.4 MS
55
38°30′00″S 75°06′00″W / 38.500°S 75.100°W / -38.500; -75.100
1961-07-13
7.0 MS
40
41°42′00″S 75°12′00″W / 41.700°S 75.200°W / -41.700; -75.200
1962-02-14
7.3 MS
45
37°48′00″S 72°30′00″W / 37.800°S 72.500°W / -37.800; -72.500
1962-08-03
7.1 MS
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 MS
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 MS
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 MS
23
25°30′36″S 70°44′24″W / 25.510°S 70.740°W / -25.510; -70.740
1967-03-13
7.3 MS
33
40°07′12″S 74°40′48″W / 40.120°S 74.680°W / -40.120; -74.680
1967-12-21
7.5 MS
33
21°48′00″S 70°00′00″W / 21.800°S 70.000°W / -21.800; -70.000
1971-06-17
7.0 MS
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 MS
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 MS
36
38°27′11″S 73°25′52″W / 38.453°S 73.431°W / -38.453; -73.431
1975-05-10
7.7 MS
6
38°10′59″S 73°13′55″W / 38.183°S 73.232°W / -38.183; -73.232
1976-11-29
7.3 MS
82
20°31′12″S 68°55′08″W / 20.520°S 68.919°W / -20.520; -68.919
1979-08-03
7.0 MS
49
26°31′05″S 70°39′50″W / 26.518°S 70.664°W / -26.518; -70.664
1981-10-16
7.5 MS
33
33°08′02″S 73°04′26″W / 33.134°S 73.074°W / -33.134; -73.074
1983-10-04
7.3 MS
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 Mw
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 MS
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 MS
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 MS
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 MW
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 MW
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 MW
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 Mw
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 MW
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 MW
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 Mw
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 Mw
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 Mw
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 Mw
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 Mw
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 Mw
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 Mw
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 Mw
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 Mw
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 Mw
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 Mw
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 Mw
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 Mw
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 Mw
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 Mw
VI
11
35°28′23″S 73°09′43″W / 35.473°S 73.162°W / -35.473; -73.162
1
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