South America
Earthquakes in Chile
Every earthquake in and around Chile since 1900: how often it shakes, the strongest on record and the latest quakes. Offshore quakes within 300 km of its towns count too.
Past 30 days33M2.5+
Past year556M2.5+
Magnitude 6+516since 1900
StrongestM 9.51960 · 1960 Great Chilean Earthquake (Valdivia Earthquake)
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Magnitude 4.5+ per year since 1900
Before the 1970s fewer stations were recording, so early years undercount the smaller quakes.
The strongest earthquakes in Chile
- 9.5 1960 Great Chilean Earthquake (Valdivia Earthquake) May 22, 1960
- 8.8 2010 Maule, Chile Earthquake Feb 27, 2010
- 8.5 94 km ENE of Vallenar, Chile Nov 11, 1922
- 8.3 48 km W of Illapel, Chile Sep 16, 2015
- 8.2 93 km NW of Iquique, Chile Apr 1, 2014
- 8.2 121 km SSE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile Dec 9, 1950
- 8.2 The 1906 Valparaiso, Chile Earthquake Aug 17, 1906
- 8.1 4 km ESE of Cañete, Chile May 21, 1960
- 8.1 45 km NNW of Illapel, Chile Apr 6, 1943
- 8.0 60 km W of Diego de Almagro, Chile Dec 4, 1918
Last 24 months
How deep
The latest
- 4.1 52 km WSW of Carahue, Chile Oct 28, 2026
- 4.3 29 km SSW of Melipilla, Chile Oct 28, 2026
- 4.6 20 km NNW of La Ligua, Chile Oct 26, 2026
- 4.7 7 km SE of Coquimbo, Chile Oct 26, 2026
- 4.9 100 km E of La Tirana, Chile Oct 26, 2026
- 4.2 50 km W of Valparaíso, Chile Oct 26, 2026
- 4.3 40 km ESE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile Oct 25, 2026
- 4.2 74 km W of Ollagüe, Chile Oct 24, 2026
- 4.2 46 km NNW of La Serena, Chile Oct 23, 2026
- 4.6 49 km S of Ollagüe, Chile Oct 22, 2026
- 2.8 20 km SE of Alto Hospicio, Chile Oct 21, 2026
- 4.3 14 km SE of Huara, Chile Oct 15, 2026
- 4.2 64 km S of Vallenar, Chile Oct 14, 2026
- 4.9 16 km WSW of La Tirana, Chile Oct 14, 2026
- 4.6 99 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile Oct 14, 2026