Earthquake — Chile: Central

When

16 Sep 2015

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

8.3

Where

Chile

Coordinates

31.57° S, 71.67° W

Deaths

15

Injuries

14

Missing

1

Damage musd

600

Houses destroyed

2305

Intensity mmi

9

8.3 magnitude quake in Chile

The 2015 Illapel earthquake occurred 46 km (29 mi) offshore from Illapel on 16 September 2015 at 19:54:32 Chile Standard Time (22:54:32 UTC), with a moment magnitude of 8.3–8.4. The initial quake lasted between three and five minutes; it was followed by several aftershocks greater than magnitude six and two that exceeded magnitude seven.

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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 “An 8.4 earthquake strikes 46 km from Coquimbo (in Chile)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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