1960 Concepción earthquakes

Earthquakes in Chile The first 1960 Concepción earthquake 1960 Concepción earthquake 1.jpg USGS ShakeMap of the 1st earthquake South America#Chile 37.824 S 73.353 W region:CL_type:event inline,title 1960-05-21 10:02 iscgem879106 879106 1960 05 21 6:02 AM UTC-4 8.1 w y8.3 MsThe 2010 Mw 8.8 Maule Megathrust Earthquake of Central Chile, Monitored by GPS Vigny, C. Socquet, A. Peyrat, S. Ruegg, J.C. Métois, M. Madariaga, R. Morvan, S. Lancieri, M. Lacassin, R. Campos, J. amp Science 332 6036 1417–21 2011 10.1126/science.1204132 etal 21527673 2011Sci...332.1417V free X 25.0 km onM8.1 – Bio-Bio, Chile 1960-05-21 10:02:54 UTC https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/iscgem879106#general_summary United States Geological Survey 1 June 2015 125 dead Chile The 1960 Concepción earthquakes were a succession of three destructive earthquakes that happened between 21 and 22 May 1960. They formed part of the foreshock sequence for the 1960 Valdivia earthquake, the largest recorded earthquake in history.The 1960 Chile earthquake: inversion for slip distribution from surface deformation Barrientos S.E. Ward S.N. Geophysical Journal International 1990 103 3 589–598 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1990.tb05673.x 1990GeoJI.103..589B free The first was on May 21 at 06:02 UTC-4.Servicio Sismológico Universidad de Chile, Sismos importantes o destructivos desde 1570 https://archive.today/20120629151808/http://ssn.dgf.uchile.cl/terremoto.html 2012-06-29The 21 May 1960 M w 8.1 Concepción earthquake: A deep megathrust foreshock that started the 1960 central-south Chilean seismic sequence Ojeda J. Ruiz S. del Campo F. Carvajal M. Seismological Research Letters 2020 91 3 1617–1627 10.1785/0220190143 free Its epicenter was near Cañete, Arauco Province, Chile, and its magnitude was 8.1  or 8.3MW and 7.3 or 7.5MS. This earthquake, which lasted 35 seconds, destroyed a third of the buildings in the city of Concepción.Rudolph William E. Catastrophe in Chile 1960 Geographical Review 50 4 578–581 212311 10.2307/212311 1960GeoRv..50..578R The earthquake effectively interrupted and ended Lota's coal miners march on Concepción where they demanded higher salaries.Reyes Herrera Sonia E. Rodríguez Torrent Juan Carlos Medina Hernández Patricio 2014 El sufrimiento colectivo de una ciudad minera en declinación. El caso de Lota, Chile http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-71832014000200010 Horizontes Antropológicos 20 42 es + First earthquake intensityJean Pierre Rothe: The seismicity of the earth, 1953–1965. UNESCO, Paris 1969. (Abstract in the United States Geological Survey web site https://web.archive.org/web/20110806074759/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/world/events/1960_05_22_articles.php 2011-08-06 )21 May at 6:02 UTC earthquake City MMI Damage Concepción IX 125 dead. A third of the buildings were destroyed. Talcahuano IX 65% of buildings were destroyed. Coronel IX Lota IX Lebu X The second 1960 Concepción earthquake 1960 Concepción earthquake 2.jpg 1960-05-22 10:30:44 iscgem879127 879127 22 May 1960 06:30 AM UTC-4 7.1 w yM 7.1 – Bio-Bio, Chile https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/iscgem879127#executive United States Geological Survey 19 November 2016 25.0 km Nahuelbuta National Park 37 46 30 S 73 01 02 W region:CL_type:event inline 7 Concepción, Arauco and Ñuble in Chile USGS ShakeMap of the 2nd earthquake The second happened on May 22 at 06:30 UTC-4.https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/iscgem879127#executive M 7.1 – Bio-Bio, Chile United States Geological Survey 19 November 2016 Its epicenter was in the Nahuelbuta National Park, Malleco Province, Chile, and its magnitude was 7.1 Mw. It was followed by a 6.8 Mw earthquake at 06:32 UTC-4.M 6.8 – Bio-Bio, Chile https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/iscgem879128#executive United States Geological Survey 19 November 2016 The third 1960 Concepción earthquake 1960 Concepción earthquake 3.jpg 1960-05-22 18:56:02 official19600522185602_30 879134 22 May 1960 14:56 PM UTC-4 7.8M 7.8 – Araucania, Chile https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/official19600522185602_30#executive United States Geological Survey 19 November 2016 Mw 7.8 MS 25 km Purén38 03 39.6 S 73 02 20.4 W Concepción, Arauco and Ñuble in Chile USGS ShakeMap of the 3rd earthquake The third happened the same day at 14:56 UTC-4. Its epicenter was near Purén, Malleco Province, Chile and its magnitude was 7.8 MS or 7.8 Mw. This earthquake happened 15 minutes before the 1960 Valdivia earthquake.http://www.shoa.cl/index_ing.html Generalities June 10, 2011 SHOA The sequence started with an earthquake magnitude Ms=7.5 at 10:02 GMT on May 21st, followed by another on May 22nd, magnitude Ms=7.8 at 18:55 GMT https://web.archive.org/web/20110709032126/http://www.shoa.cl/index_ing.html 2011-07-09 dead See also 1960 Valdivia earthquake List of earthquakes in 1960 List of earthquakes in Chile References External links 879106 Concepcion earthquake Concepcion earthquake Category:History of Biobío Region Category:Concepción, Chile Category:May 1960 in South America Category:Presidency of Jorge Alessandri