What the records say
- When
- 11 Nov 1922
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 8.5
- Where
- Chile
- Coordinates
- 28.29° S, 69.85° W
- Deaths
- 700
- Intensity mmi
- 11
- Depth km
- 70
1922 Vallenar earthquake
Earthquake in Chile
The 1922 Vallenar earthquake occurred with a moment magnitude of 8.3-8.6 and a tsunami magnitude of 8.7 in the Atacama Region of Chile, near the border with Argentina on 11 November at 04:32 UTC. It triggered a destructive tsunami that caused significant damage to the coast of Chile and was observed as far away as Australia.
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- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “1922 Vallenar earthquake”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Un terremoto de 8,6 y un tsunami dejan más de 1000 muertos en Chile”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page