1914 Constitución earthquake

The shock originated offshore of Constitución, in the Maule Region of central Chile. Catalogues place it at magnitude 7.6 to 7.7, the estimates differing between listings, and name Talcahuano in the Biobío Region among the places associated with it. No casualty figure appears in the surviving records.

Origin time (UTC)

1914-01-30T03:36

Magnitude

7.69

Magnitude type

mw

Depth (km)

15

USGS event page

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/iscgem913964

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: chile, maule, offshore, 1914

Coordinates: -34.763, -73.309

Part of Earthquakes of magnitude 7.5 and above in Chile from 1900 to 1949

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