Earthquake — Chile: Chillan

When

25 Jan 1939

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

8.3

Where

Chile

Coordinates

36.25° S, 72.25° W

Deaths

30000

Damage musd

920

Intensity mmi

10

Depth km

60

Deadliest earthquake in Chile

The 1939 Chillán earthquake occurred in south-central Chile on 24 January with a surface-wave magnitude of 8.3 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). With a death toll of around 28,000, compared to the 2,231–6,000 of the Great Chilean earthquake of 1960, it is the single deadliest earthquake in Chile.

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