1949 Tierra del Fuego earthquakes

Chilean natural disasters 1949 Tierra del Fuego earthquakes yes doublet 1949-12-17 06:53:32 1949-12-17 15:07:57 897093 897095 iscgem897093 iscgem897095 1949 12 17 03:53 (UTC−03:00) 12:07 (UTC−03:00) Doublet earthquake: 7.7 w ISC-GEM y 7.6 w OSC-GEM y Argentina -53.97 -69.56 region:AR_type:event inline,title VIII The 1949 Tierra del Fuego earthquakes occurred slightly more than eight hours apart on 17 December. Their epicenters were located in the east of the Chilean Tierra del Fuego Province, close to the Argentine border on the island of Tierra del Fuego. The two shocks measured 7.7 and 7.6 on the moment magnitude scale and were the most powerful ever recorded in the south of Argentina and one of the most powerful in austral Chile. They were felt with intensities as high as VIII (Severe) on the Mercalli intensity scale, and affected the settlements of Punta Arenas and Río Gallegos. See also List of earthquakes in 1949 List of earthquakes in Chile List of earthquakes in Argentina References Paleoseismic observations of an onshore transform boundary: the Magallanes-Fagnano fault, Tierra del Fuego Argentina Costa C.H. Smalley Jr. R. Schwartz D.P. Stenner H.D. Ellis M. Ahumada E.A. Velasco M.S. 2006 http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-48222006000400017 Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina 61 4 External links es Instituto Nacional de Prevención Sísmica. Listado de Terremotos Históricos. 897093 1949 1949 Tierra Category:History of Tierra del Fuego Category:History of Magallanes Region Category:Presidential Republic (1925–1973) Tierra Del Fuego Earthquake, 1949 Tierra Del Fuego Earthquake, 1949 Tierra del Fuego, 1949 Category:December 1949 in South America