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Natural Disasters in Chile

536 significant events · page 1/9

Significant natural disasters recorded within Chile, sorted by magnitude and impact. Location is determined from coordinates against modern national borders; each event has its own page with date, source and nearby events.

  1. 1.1960 CEEarthquake — Chile, Puerto Montt, Valdivia (Mw 9.5)· 2,226 deaths
  2. 2.1960 CEEarthquake — 1960 Great Chilean Earthquake (Valdivia Earthquake) (Mw 9.5)
  3. 3.1730 CEEarthquake — Chile, Valparaiso (Mw 9.1)· 5 deaths
  4. 4.2010 CEEarthquake — Chile, Maule, Concepcion, Talcahuano (Mw 8.8)· 558 deaths
  5. 5.2010 CEEarthquake — 2010 Maule, Chile Earthquake (Mww 8.8)
  6. 6.1575 CEEarthquake — Chile, Valdivia (Ms 8.5)· 1,321 deaths
  7. 7.1647 CEEarthquake — Chile, Santiago (Ms 8.5)· 1,000 deaths
  8. 8.1922 CEEarthquake — Chile, Atacama (Mw 8.5)· 700 deaths
  9. 9.1751 CEEarthquake — Chile, Concepcion, Chillan, Talca, Tutuben, Curico (Ms 8.5)· 65 deaths
  10. 10.1837 CEEarthquake — Chile, Valdivia (Ms 8.5)· 16 deaths
  11. 11.1922 CEEarthquake — 94 km ENE of Vallenar, Chile (Mw 8.5)
  12. 12.1939 CEEarthquake — Chile, Chillan (Ms 8.3)· 30,000 deaths
  13. 13.1570 CEEarthquake — Chile, Old Concepcion (Ms 8.3)· 2,000 deaths
  14. 14.2015 CEEarthquake — Chile, Central (Mw 8.3)· 15 deaths
  15. 15.2015 CEEarthquake — 48 km W of Illapel, Chile (Mww 8.3)
  16. 16.1835 CEEarthquake — Chile, Concepcion (Ms 8.2)· 53 deaths
  17. 17.1943 CEEarthquake — Chile, Illapel (Mw 8.2)· 11 deaths
  18. 18.1960 CEEarthquake — Chile, Central (Mw 8.2)
  19. 19.1950 CEEarthquake — 121 km SSE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile (Mw 8.2)
  20. 20.1906 CEEarthquake — The 1906 Valparaiso, Chile Earthquake (Mw 8.2)
  21. 21.1960 CEEarthquake — 4 km ESE of Cañete, Chile (Mw 8.1)
  22. 22.1943 CEEarthquake — 45 km NNW of Illapel, Chile (Mw 8.1)
  23. 23.1918 CEEarthquake — 60 km W of Diego de Almagro, Chile (Mw 8.01)
  24. 24.1985 CEEarthquake — Chile, Central Coast, San Antonio, Valparaiso (Mw 8)· 180 deaths
  25. 25.1657 CEEarthquake — Chile, Concepcion, Chillan (Ms 8)· 40 deaths
  26. 26.1995 CEEarthquake — Chile, Antofagasta, Calama, Mejillones (Mw 8)· 3 deaths
  27. 27.1950 CEEarthquake — Chile-Argentina (Ms 8)· 1 deaths
  28. 28.1995 CEEarthquake — 36 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile (Mw 8)
  29. 29.1985 CEEarthquake — 25 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile (Mw 8)
  30. 30.1819 CEEarthquake — Chile, Copiapo (M 8)
  31. 31.1819 CEEarthquake — Chile, Copiapo (M 8)
  32. 32.1737 CEEarthquake — Chile, Valdivia, Chiloe (Ms 8)
  33. 33.1562 CEEarthquake — Chile (Ms 8)
  34. 34.1946 CEEarthquake — Chile, Northern (Ms 7.9)· 2 deaths
  35. 35.1918 CEEarthquake — Chile, Northern (Ms 7.9)
  36. 36.1878 CEEarthquake — Chile, Tarapaca (Ms 7.9)
  37. 37.1939 CEEarthquake — 26 km WNW of San Carlos, Chile (Mw 7.85)
  38. 38.1971 CEEarthquake — Chile, Central (Mw 7.8)· 83 deaths
  39. 39.1966 CEEarthquake — Chile, Taltal, Catalina (Ms 7.8)· 3 deaths
  40. 40.1949 CEEarthquake — Chile, Tierra Del Fuego (Ms 7.8)· 3 deaths
  41. 41.1949 CEEarthquake — Chile, Tierra Del Fuego (Ms 7.8)· 1 deaths
  42. 42.2005 CEEarthquake — 102 km ENE of Iquique, Chile (Mwb 7.8)
  43. 43.1971 CEEarthquake — 19 km NNE of Hacienda La Calera, Chile (Mw 7.8)
  44. 44.1960 CEEarthquake — 38 km WNW of Traiguén, Chile (Mw 7.8)
  45. 45.2005 CEEarthquake — Chile, Tarapaca (Mw 7.7)· 11 deaths
  46. 46.2007 CEEarthquake — Chile, Tocopilla, Maria Elena (Mw 7.7)· 2 deaths
  47. 47.1880 CEEarthquake — Chile, Illapel (Ms 7.7)· 2 deaths
  48. 48.2014 CEEarthquake — Chile, Northern: Iquique (Mw 7.7)
  49. 49.2014 CEEarthquake — 53 km SW of Iquique, Chile (Mww 7.7)
  50. 50.2007 CEEarthquake — 36 km ESE of Tocopilla, Chile (Mwc 7.7)
  51. 51.1975 CEEarthquake — Chile, Central (Ms 7.7)
  52. 52.1975 CEEarthquake — 44 km SSE of Cañete, Chile (Ms 7.7)
  53. 53.1960 CEEarthquake — 35 km S of Puerto Chacabuco, Chile (Mw 7.7)
  54. 54.1928 CEEarthquake — 30 km NNE of Constitución, Chile (Mw 7.7)
  55. 55.1796 CEEarthquake — Chile, Copiapo, Vallenar, Huasco, Coquimbo (M 7.7)
  56. 56.1949 CEEarthquake — 123 km W of Río Grande, Argentina (Mw 7.69)
  57. 57.1966 CEEarthquake — 9 km SSW of Taltal, Chile (Mw 7.67)
  58. 58.1928 CEEarthquake — Chile, Talca, Chillan, Santiago, San Fernando (Mw 7.6)· 279 deaths
  59. 59.1859 CEEarthquake — Chile (Ms 7.6)· 10 deaths
  60. 60.1953 CEEarthquake — Chile, Chillan, Concepcion (ML 7.6)· 9 deaths

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