Earthquake

en Calama (Chile) sucede un terremoto de 8.2, que mata una persona

9 Dec 1950 · 23.98° S, 67.91° W

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When
9 Dec 1950
Kind
Earthquake
Coordinates
23.98° S, 67.91° W
Description
en Calama (Chile) sucede un terremoto de 8.2, que mata una persona.

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Terremoto de Calama de 1950.

1950 Calama earthquake

Earthquake in Chile

The 1950 Calama earthquake occurred near the Argentina–Chile border with an epicenter near Calama, Chile in the Atacama Desert on December 9. The event had a hypocenter depth of 113.9 km, beneath the Caichinque volcanic complex. It measured magnitude Mw 8.2 on the moment magnitude scale, making it the largest intermediate-depth earthquake ever recorded on Chilean soil.

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