What the records say
- When
- 1 Dec 1928
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 35.00° S, 72.00° W
- Deaths
- 279
- Max water height m
- 1.5
- Source quake magnitude
- 7.6
- Runups
- 2
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1928 Talca earthquake
Earthquake in Chile
The 1928 Talca earthquake occurred on 1 December at 00:06 local time near Curepto, Maule Region, Chile, with an estimated magnitude of 7.6 MW, 8.3 MS and 7.9 ML. In Talca, it lasted 1 minute 45 seconds.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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