Earthquake — Chile: Maule, Concepcion, Talcahuano

When

27 Feb 2010

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

8.8

Where

Chile

Coordinates

36.12° S, 72.90° W

Deaths

558

Injuries

12000

Damage musd

30000

Intensity mmi

9

Depth km

22

Megathrust earthquake off the coast of central Chile

On 27 February 2010 at 03:34 UTC−03:00, a Mww 8.8 megathrust earthquake struck off the coast of the Maule Region of central Chile. One of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded, it lasted approximately three minutes and was felt across six Chilean regions, home to roughly 80 percent of the country's population.

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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 8.8-magnitude earthquake occurs in Chile, triggering a tsunami over the Pacific and killing at least 525. The earthquake is one of the largest in recorded…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Şili'de meydana gelen 8.8 büyüklüğündeki deprem, Pasifik üzerinde bir tsunamiyi tetikledi ve en az 525 kişiyi öldürdü”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Ein schweres Erdbeben in Chile, nahe der Stadt Concepción”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “мощное землетрясение в Чили; погибло более восьмисот человек”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “En Chile, un fuerte terremoto de 8,8, con epicentro en la Región del Biobío, y un devastador tsunami dejan 550 muertos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “2010年智利大地震”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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