1943 Ovalle earthquake

Earthquake in Coquimbo, Chile October 2024 1943 Ovalle earthquake South America 1943-04-06 16:07:17 899789 iscgem899789 1943 04 06 yes 12:07https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/results?eq_0=3740&t=101650&s=13&d=22,26,13,12&nd=display https://web.archive.org/web/20200726140103/https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/results?eq_0=3740&t=101650&s=13&d=22,26,13,12&nd=display dead 26 July 2020 Comments for the Significant Earthquake National Centers for Environmental Information 13 June 2019 7.9–8.2 w yes 8José Fernández César Pastén Sergio Ruiz Felipe Leyton Damage assessment of the 2015 Mw 8.3 Illapel earthquake in the North‑Central Chile Natural Hazards 2018 96 269–283 10.1007/s11069-018-3541-3 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11069-018-3541-3 Springer 134198142 subscription 35 km ~25 secondsTilmann F. Zhang Y. Moreno M. Saul J. Eckelmann F. Palo M. Babeyko A. Chen K. Baez J.C. Schurr B.; Wang R.; Dahm T. 2015 The 2015 Illapel earthquake, central Chile: A type case for a characteristic earthquake? Geophysical Research Letters 43 2 574–583 10.1002/2015GL066963 https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_1423168_8/component/file_1504025/1423168.pdf free Chile, Coquimbo Region -31.432 -71.475 region:CL_type:event inline,titleChile 1943 iscgem899789 M 8.1 – Coquimbo, Chile 13 June 2019 cs1 11 dead yes The Coquimbo Region of Chile was affected by a major earthquake on 6 April 1943 at 12:07 local time (16:07 UTC). It had a magnitude of between 7.9 and 8.2 on the moment magnitude scale.Beck S. Barrientos S. Kausel E. Reyes M. 1998 Source characteristics of historic earthquakes along the central Chile subduction zone Journal of South American Earth Sciences 11 2 115–129 10.1016/S0895-9811(98)00005-4 It triggered a minor tsunami that caused local damage along the coast. A total of 11 people were killed, including a group of five miners. Tectonic setting Central Chile lies above the destructive plate boundary where the Nazca plate subducts beneath the South American plate. There have been many large earthquakes caused by rupture along the plate interface. Illapel has been struck by major earthquakes in 1730, 1880, 1943 and 2015.Ruiz S. Madariaga R. 2018 Historical and recent large megathrust earthquakes in Chile Tectonophysics 733 37–56 10.1016/j.tecto.2018.01.015 2018Tectp.733...37R Damage The earthquake caused major damage to Ovalle, Illapel, Salamanca and Combarbala. At the La Cocinera copper mine near Ovalle, a tailings dam collapsed, killing five miners. References Category:1943 earthquakes Category:Earthquakes in Chile Category:1943 in Chile Category:History of Coquimbo Region