2007 Tocopilla earthquake

The shock struck northern Chile at 15:40 UTC, with the epicentre placed about 24 km east of Tocopilla and 112 km west of Calama. The seismological report on the event includes photographs of a destroyed building in Tocopilla and of a dust cloud raised over the mountains and seen from the city.

Origin time (UTC)

2007-11-14T15:40

Magnitude

7.7

Magnitude type

mwc

Depth (km)

40

USGS event page

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp000fshy

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: chile, tocopilla, subduction, building damage

Coordinates: -22.247, -69.89

Part of Earthquakes of magnitude 7.5 and above in South America since 1990

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