1918 Diego de Almagro earthquake

The shock was centred off the Atacama coast, west of Diego de Almagro, with an origin logged at 11:47:50 UTC. Listings give it between magnitude 7.8 and 8.0, the estimates differing between catalogues. No casualty figure is recorded.

Origin time (UTC)

1918-12-04T11:47

Magnitude

8.01

Magnitude type

mw

Depth (km)

40

USGS event page

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/iscgem913362

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: chile, atacama, offshore, 1918

Coordinates: -26.462, -70.65

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

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