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A 9.4 MS-strong earthquake shakes Chile's Atacama Region

31. Aug. 1420 · 27.00° S, 71.00° W

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31. Aug. 1420
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Erdbeben
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27.00° S, 71.00° W
Description
A 9.4 MS-strong earthquake shakes Chile's Atacama Region, causing tsunamis in Chile, as well as Hawaii and Japan.

Platziert: coordinates of the event it links, 1420 Caldera earthquake.

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A 9.4 MS-strong earthquake shakes Chile's Atacama Region, causing tsunamis in Chile, as well as Hawaii and Japan

1420 Caldera earthquake

Earthquake and tsunami in Chile

The 1420 Caldera earthquake was a pre-Columbian earthquake that shook the southern portion of Atacama Desert in the early morning of 31 August 1420 and caused tsunamis in Chile as well as Hawaii and the towns of Japan. The earthquake is thought to have had a size of 8.8–9.4 Mw.

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