Region
Local date
Mag.
MMI
Depth (km)
Epicenter
Deaths
Notes
1420 Caldera
September 1, 1420
9.4 MS [ 1]
Destructive tsunami in Chile, Hawaii & Japan
Concepción
February 8, 1570
8.3 MS
36°48′00″S 73°00′00″W / 36.800°S 73.000°W / -36.800; -73.000
Destructive tsunami
March 17, 1575
7.3 MS
33°24′00″S 70°36′00″W / 33.400°S 70.600°W / -33.400; -70.600
Valdivia
December 16, 1575
8.5 MS
39°48′00″S 73°12′00″W / 39.800°S 73.200°W / -39.800; -73.200
Destructive tsunami
Offshore Arica
November 24, 1604
8.5 MS
30
18°30′00″S 70°24′00″W / 18.500°S 70.400°W / -18.500; -70.400
Destructive tsunami
Offshore Arica
September 16, 1615
7.5[ 2] MS
18°30′00″S 70°21′00″W / 18.500°S 70.350°W / -18.500; -70.350
Moderate tsunami
Santiago
May 13, 1647
8.5 MS
35°00′00″S 72°00′00″W / 35.000°S 72.000°W / -35.000; -72.000
March 15, 1657
8.0 MS
36°49′48″S 73°01′48″W / 36.830°S 73.030°W / -36.830; -73.030
Destructive tsunami
March 10, 1681
7.3 MS
18°30′00″S 70°21′00″W / 18.500°S 70.350°W / -18.500; -70.350
July 12, 1687
7.3 MS
32°45′00″S 70°43′48″W / 32.750°S 70.730°W / -32.750; -70.730
Valparaíso
July 8, 1730
8.7 MS
33°03′00″S 71°37′48″W / 33.050°S 71.630°W / -33.050; -71.630
5
Destructive tsunami
Valdivia
December 24, 1737
7.7 MS
39°48′00″S 73°12′00″W / 39.800°S 73.200°W / -39.800; -73.200
Tsunami
Concepción
May 25, 1751
8.5 MS
36°49′48″S 73°01′48″W / 36.830°S 73.030°W / -36.830; -73.030
Moderate tsunami
March 30, 1796
7.7 MS
27°21′00″S 70°21′00″W / 27.350°S 70.350°W / -27.350; -70.350
April 11, 1819
8.3 MS
27°21′00″S 70°21′00″W / 27.350°S 70.350°W / -27.350; -70.350
Destructive tsunami
Valparaíso
November 19, 1822
8.5 MS
33°03′00″S 71°37′48″W / 33.050°S 71.630°W / -33.050; -71.630
200
Moderate tsunami
September 26, 1829
7.0 MS
33°03′00″S 71°37′48″W / 33.050°S 71.630°W / -33.050; -71.630
October 8, 1831
7.8 MS
18°30′00″S 71°00′00″W / 18.500°S 71.000°W / -18.500; -71.000
September 18, 1833
7.7 MS
60
18°30′00″S 70°24′00″W / 18.500°S 70.400°W / -18.500; -70.400
Concepción
February 20, 1835
8.5/8.2 MS /M?
36°49′48″S 73°01′48″W / 36.830°S 73.030°W / -36.830; -73.030
500
Destructive tsunami
Valdivia
November 7, 1837
8.0 MS
39°48′00″S 73°12′00″W / 39.800°S 73.200°W / -39.800; -73.200
Moderate tsunami
October 8, 1847
7.3 MS
31°36′36″S 71°10′48″W / 31.610°S 71.180°W / -31.610; -71.180
December 17, 1849
7.5 MS
29°57′00″S 71°22′12″W / 29.950°S 71.370°W / -29.950; -71.370
Moderate tsunami
December 6, 1850
7.3 MS
33°48′36″S 70°13′12″W / 33.810°S 70.220°W / -33.810; -70.220
April 2, 1851
7.1 MS
33°19′12″S 71°25′12″W / 33.320°S 71.420°W / -33.320; -71.420
October 5, 1859
7.6 MS
27°21′00″S 70°21′00″W / 27.350°S 70.350°W / -27.350; -70.350
Moderate tsunami
Arica
August 13, 1868
9.0/8.5 M? /MS
18°30′00″S 70°21′00″W / 18.500°S 70.350°W / -18.500; -70.350
25,000
Destructive tsunami, at the time the area was part of Peru .
August 24, 1869
7.5 MS
19°36′00″S 70°13′48″W / 19.600°S 70.230°W / -19.600; -70.230
Moderate tsunami
October 5, 1871
7.3 MS
20°12′00″S 70°10′12″W / 20.200°S 70.170°W / -20.200; -70.170
Tsunami
Iquique
May 9, 1877
8.8 MS /M?
19°36′00″S 70°13′48″W / 19.600°S 70.230°W / -19.600; -70.230
34
Destructive tsunami
January 23, 1878
7.9 MS
40
20°00′00″S 70°18′00″W / 20.000°S 70.300°W / -20.000; -70.300
February 2, 1879
7.3 MS
53°00′00″S 70°40′12″W / 53.000°S 70.670°W / -53.000; -70.670
August 15, 1880
7.7 MS
31°37′12″S 71°10′48″W / 31.620°S 71.180°W / -31.620; -71.180
Valparaíso
August 16, 1906
8.2 MW
25
33°00′00″S 72°00′00″W / 33.000°S 72.000°W / -33.000; -72.000
3,882
Moderate tsunami
June 8, 1909
7.6 MS
26°30′00″S 70°30′00″W / 26.500°S 70.500°W / -26.500; -70.500
October 4, 1910
7.3 MS
22°00′00″S 69°00′00″W / 22.000°S 69.000°W / -22.000; -69.000
September 15, 1911
7.3 MS
20°00′00″S 72°00′00″W / 20.000°S 72.000°W / -20.000; -72.000
January 29, 1914
8.2 MS
35°00′00″S 73°00′00″W / 35.000°S 73.000°W / -35.000; -73.000
February 14, 1917
7.0 MS
30°00′00″S 73°00′00″W / 30.000°S 73.000°W / -30.000; -73.000
May 20, 1918
7.9 MS
28°30′00″S 71°30′00″W / 28.500°S 71.500°W / -28.500; -71.500
December 4, 1918
8.2 MS
60
26°00′00″S 71°00′00″W / 26.000°S 71.000°W / -26.000; -71.000
Moderate tsunami
March 1, 1919
7.2 MS
40
41°00′00″S 73°30′00″W / 41.000°S 73.500°W / -41.000; -73.500
March 2, 1919
7.3 MS
40
41°00′00″S 73°30′00″W / 41.000°S 73.500°W / -41.000; -73.500
December 10, 1920
7.4 MS
39°00′00″S 73°00′00″W / 39.000°S 73.000°W / -39.000; -73.000
November 7, 1922
7.0 MS
28°00′00″S 72°00′00″W / 28.000°S 72.000°W / -28.000; -72.000
Vallenar
November 10, 1922
8.5 MW
25
28°30′00″S 70°00′00″W / 28.500°S 70.000°W / -28.500; -70.000
Moderate tsunami
May 4, 1923
7.0 MS
60
28°45′00″S 71°45′00″W / 28.750°S 71.750°W / -28.750; -71.750
May 15, 1925
7.1 MS
50
26°00′00″S 71°30′00″W / 26.000°S 71.500°W / -26.000; -71.500
April 28, 1926
7.0 MS
180
24°00′00″S 69°00′00″W / 24.000°S 69.000°W / -24.000; -69.000
November 21, 1927
7.1 MS
44°30′00″S 73°00′00″W / 44.500°S 73.000°W / -44.500; -73.000
Moderate tsunami
November 20, 1928
7.1 MS
25
22°30′00″S 70°30′00″W / 22.500°S 70.500°W / -22.500; -70.500
Talca
December 1, 1928
8.3/7.6 MS /M?
35°00′00″S 72°00′00″W / 35.000°S 72.000°W / -35.000; -72.000
225
Tsunami
October 19, 1929
7.5 MS
100
23°00′00″S 69°00′00″W / 23.000°S 69.000°W / -23.000; -69.000
March 18, 1931
7.1 MS
32°30′00″S 72°00′00″W / 32.500°S 72.000°W / -32.500; -72.000
February 23, 1933
7.6 MS
40
20°00′00″S 71°00′00″W / 20.000°S 71.000°W / -20.000; -71.000
March 1, 1936
7.1 MS
120
40°00′00″S 72°30′00″W / 40.000°S 72.500°W / -40.000; -72.500
July 13, 1936
7.3 MS
60
24°30′00″S 70°00′00″W / 24.500°S 70.000°W / -24.500; -70.000
Chillán
January 24, 1939
8.3/7.8 MS /M?
60
36°12′00″S 72°12′00″W / 36.200°S 72.200°W / -36.200; -72.200
28,000
April 18, 1939
7.4 MS
100
27°00′00″S 70°30′00″W / 27.000°S 70.500°W / -27.000; -70.500
October 11, 1940
7.0 MS
41°30′00″S 74°30′00″W / 41.500°S 74.500°W / -41.500; -74.500
July 8, 1942
7.0 MS
140
24°00′00″S 70°00′00″W / 24.000°S 70.000°W / -24.000; -70.000
March 14, 1943
7.2 MS
150
20°00′00″S 69°30′00″W / 20.000°S 69.500°W / -20.000; -69.500
Ovalle
April 6, 1943
8.2 MW
55
30°45′00″S 72°00′00″W / 30.750°S 72.000°W / -30.750; -72.000
25
Tsunami
December 1, 1943
7.0 MS
100
21°00′00″S 69°00′00″W / 21.000°S 69.000°W / -21.000; -69.000
July 13, 1945
7.1 MS
100
33°15′00″S 70°30′00″W / 33.250°S 70.500°W / -33.250; -70.500
August 2, 1946
7.9 MS
50
26°30′00″S 70°30′00″W / 26.500°S 70.500°W / -26.500; -70.500
April 19, 1949
7.3 MS
70
38°00′00″S 73°30′00″W / 38.000°S 73.500°W / -38.000; -73.500
April 25, 1949
7.3 MS
110
19°45′00″S 69°00′00″W / 19.750°S 69.000°W / -19.750; -69.000
May 29, 1949
7.0 MS
100
22°00′00″S 69°00′00″W / 22.000°S 69.000°W / -22.000; -69.000
Tierra del Fuego
December 17, 1949
7.8 MS
VIII[ 3]
30[ 3]
54°00′00″S 71°00′00″W / 54.000°S 71.000°W / -54.000; -71.000 /54°0′0″S 68°46′11″W / 54.00000°S 68.76972°W / -54.00000; -68.76972 [ 3]
December 17, 1949
7.8 MS
54°00′00″S 71°00′00″W / 54.000°S 71.000°W / -54.000; -71.000
January 29, 1950
7.0 MS
53°30′00″S 71°30′00″W / 53.500°S 71.500°W / -53.500; -71.500
December 9, 1950
8.3 MS
100
23°30′00″S 67°30′00″W / 23.500°S 67.500°W / -23.500; -67.500
May 6, 1953
7.6 MS
60
36°30′00″S 72°36′00″W / 36.500°S 72.600°W / -36.500; -72.600
December 6, 1953
7.4 MS
128
22°06′00″S 68°42′00″W / 22.100°S 68.700°W / -22.100; -68.700
February 8, 1954
7.7 MS
29°00′00″S 70°30′00″W / 29.000°S 70.500°W / -29.000; -70.500
April 19, 1955
7.1 MS
30°00′00″S 72°00′00″W / 30.000°S 72.000°W / -30.000; -72.000
Tsunami
January 8, 1956
7.1 MS
11
19°00′00″S 70°00′00″W / 19.000°S 70.000°W / -19.000; -70.000
December 17, 1956
7.0 MS
25°30′00″S 68°30′00″W / 25.500°S 68.500°W / -25.500; -68.500
July 29, 1957
7.0 MS
23°30′00″S 71°30′00″W / 23.500°S 71.500°W / -23.500; -71.500
June 13, 1959
7.5 MS
83
20°25′12″S 69°00′00″W / 20.420°S 69.000°W / -20.420; -69.000
Concepción
May 21, 1960
7.9/7.3 M? /MS
X[citation needed ]
37°30′00″S 73°30′00″W / 37.500°S 73.500°W / -37.500; -73.500
125[citation needed ]
May 22, 1960
7.3 MS
37°30′00″S 73°00′00″W / 37.500°S 73.000°W / -37.500; -73.000
Valdivia
May 22, 1960
9.5/8.3[ 4] MW /MS
XI[ 5]
33[ 4]
39°30′00″S 74°30′00″W / 39.500°S 74.500°W / -39.500; -74.500
1,655
Destructive tsunami, strongest earthquake in recorded history.
June 19, 1960
7.3 MS
38°00′00″S 73°30′00″W / 38.000°S 73.500°W / -38.000; -73.500
November 1, 1960
7.4 MS
55
38°30′00″S 75°06′00″W / 38.500°S 75.100°W / -38.500; -75.100
July 13, 1961
7.0 MS
40
41°42′00″S 75°12′00″W / 41.700°S 75.200°W / -41.700; -75.200
February 14, 1962
7.3 MS
45
37°48′00″S 72°30′00″W / 37.800°S 72.500°W / -37.800; -72.500
August 3, 1962
7.1 MS
107
23°18′00″S 68°06′00″W / 23.300°S 68.100°W / -23.300; -68.100
Taltal
February 23, 1965
7.0 MS
36
25°40′12″S 70°37′48″W / 25.670°S 70.630°W / -25.670; -70.630
1
La Ligua
March 28, 1965
7.4 MS
68
32°25′05″S 71°06′00″W / 32.418°S 71.100°W / -32.418; -71.100
400
December 28, 1966
7.8 MS
23
25°30′36″S 70°44′24″W / 25.510°S 70.740°W / -25.510; -70.740
March 13, 1967
7.3 MS
33
40°07′12″S 74°40′48″W / 40.120°S 74.680°W / -40.120; -74.680
December 21, 1967
7.5 MS
33
21°48′00″S 70°00′00″W / 21.800°S 70.000°W / -21.800; -70.000
June 17, 1971
7.0 MS
76
25°24′07″S 69°03′29″W / 25.402°S 69.058°W / -25.402; -69.058
Illapel
July 8, 1971
7.5 MS
40
32°30′40″S 71°12′25″W / 32.511°S 71.207°W / -32.511; -71.207
90
Moderate tsunami
August 18, 1974
7.1 MS
36
38°27′11″S 73°25′52″W / 38.453°S 73.431°W / -38.453; -73.431
May 10, 1975
7.7 MS
6
38°10′59″S 73°13′55″W / 38.183°S 73.232°W / -38.183; -73.232
November 29, 1976
7.3 MS
82
20°31′12″S 68°55′08″W / 20.520°S 68.919°W / -20.520; -68.919
August 3, 1979
7.0 MS
49
26°31′05″S 70°39′50″W / 26.518°S 70.664°W / -26.518; -70.664
October 16, 1981
7.5 MS
33
33°08′02″S 73°04′26″W / 33.134°S 73.074°W / -33.134; -73.074
October 4, 1983
7.3 MS
14
26°32′06″S 70°33′47″W / 26.535°S 70.563°W / -26.535; -70.563
Algarrobo
March 3, 1985
8.0/7.8 MW /MS
VIII[citation needed ]
33
33°14′24″S 71°51′00″W / 33.240°S 71.850°W / -33.240; -71.850
177
Tsunami
Rapel Lake
April 8, 1985
7.5 MS
37
34°07′52″S 71°37′05″W / 34.131°S 71.618°W / -34.131; -71.618
1[citation needed ]
Iquique
March 5, 1987
7.3 MS
62
24°23′17″S 70°09′40″W / 24.388°S 70.161°W / -24.388; -70.161
Tsunami
August 8, 1987
7.1 MS
42
19°00′00″S 70°00′00″W / 19.000°S 70.000°W / -19.000; -70.000
Antofagasta
July 30, 1995
8.0 MW
47
23°21′36″S 70°18′36″W / 23.360°S 70.310°W / -23.360; -70.310
3[citation needed ]
Tsunami
Punitaqui
October 15, 1997
7.1 MW
VIII[citation needed ]
56
30°46′23″S 71°18′54″W / 30.773°S 71.315°W / -30.773; -71.315
8[citation needed ]
Near coast of northern Chile
January 30, 1998
7.1 M?
VII
42
23°54′36″S 70°12′00″W / 23.910°S 70.200°W / -23.910; -70.200
1
Minor damage to older buildings
Tarapacá
June 13, 2005
7.8 MW
VII
108/117.2
19°53′42″S 69°07′30″W / 19.895°S 69.125°W / -19.895; -69.125 /19°56′02″S 69°01′41″W / 19.934°S 69.028°W / -19.934; -69.028
11
Felt as far away as Santiago, Chile and Brasília, Brazil
Tocopilla
November 14, 2007
7.7 MW
VIII
47.7/40
22°18′50″S 70°04′41″W / 22.314°S 70.078°W / -22.314; -70.078 /22°12′14″S 69°52′08″W / 22.204°S 69.869°W / -22.204; -69.869
2
Felt at São Paulo, Brazil
Offshore Maule/Biobío
February 27, 2010
8.8 MW
IX
30/35
36°17′24″S 73°14′20″W / 36.290°S 73.239°W / -36.290; -73.239 /35°54′32″S 72°43′59″W / 35.909°S 72.733°W / -35.909; -72.733
525
Destructive tsunami
Pichilemu
March 11, 2010
6.9[ 6] [ 7] MW
VII[ 6] [ 7]
11[ 7] /33.1[ 6]
34°15′32″S 71°55′44″W / 34.259°S 71.929°W / -34.259; -71.929 [ 7] /34°18′3″S 72°7′47″W / 34.30083°S 72.12972°W / -34.30083; -72.12972 [ 6]
1[ 8]
Araucanía
January 2, 2011
7.1[ 9] /6.9[ 10] MW /ML
VI[ 9] [ 10]
25.1[ 9] /32.1[ 10]
38°21′14″S 73°16′30″W / 38.354°S 73.275°W / -38.354; -73.275 [ 9] /38°21′43″S 75°1′55″W / 38.36194°S 75.03194°W / -38.36194; -75.03194 [ 10]
0[citation needed ]
Talca
March 25, 2012
7.1[ 11] /7.0[ 12] MW /MW
VII[ 11] /VIII[ 12]
34.8[ 11] /40.7[ 12]
35°10′59″S 71°47′31″W / 35.183°S 71.792°W / -35.183; -71.792 [ 12] /35°12′0″S 72°13′1″W / 35.20000°S 72.21694°W / -35.20000; -72.21694 [ 11]
1[ 13]
Iquique Offshore Tarapacá
March 16, 2014
7.0 Mw
VI
20.6
19°58′52″S 70°42′07″W / 19.981°S 70.702°W / -19.981; -70.702
Tsunami
Iquique Offshore Tarapacá
April 1, 2014
8.2 Mw
VIII
25
19°36′36″S 70°46′08″W / 19.610°S 70.769°W / -19.610; -70.769
7[ 14] [ 15] [ 16] [ 17]
Tsunami
Iquique Offshore Tarapacá
April 1, 2014
7.5 Mw
VIII
26.8
20°05′06″S 70°23′20″W / 20.085°S 70.389°W / -20.085; -70.389
Iquique Offshore Tarapacá
April 1, 2014
7.0 Mw
VI
29.7
19°53′35″S 70°56′42″W / 19.893°S 70.945°W / -19.893; -70.945
Iquique Offshore Tarapacá
April 2, 2014
7.7 Mw
VIII
22.4
20°34′16″S 70°29′35″W / 20.571°S 70.493°W / -20.571; -70.493
Tsunami
Easter Island
October 8, 2014
7.0 Mw
I
16.5
32°06′29″S 110°48′40″W / 32.108°S 110.811°W / -32.108; -110.811
Tsunami
Illapel Offshore Coquimbo
September 16, 2015
8.3 Mw
VIII
20
31°34′S 71°39′W / 31.57°S 71.65°W / -31.57; -71.65
15
Tsunami
Quellón
December 25, 2016
7.6[ 18] Mw
VIII
39
43°24′58″S 73°52′48″W / 43.416°S 73.880°W / -43.416; -73.880
0
Tsunami
Valparaíso
April 24, 2017
6.9[ 19] [ 20] Mw
VII
28
33°02′17″S 72°03′43″W / 33.038°S 72.062°W / -33.038; -72.062
0
Tsunami
Coquimbo
January, 20, 2019
6.7 Mw
VII
53
30°04′26″S 71°25′23″W / 30.074°S 71.423°W / -30.074; -71.423
2
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