M 6.2 earthquake – 17 km SE of Arauco, Chile
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Local time: May 21, 1960 · 09:00 (UTC-4)
StrongShallow · 25 km
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- Magnitude
- 6.2moment magnitude (mw)
- Depth
- 25 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- -37.364, -73.19417 km from Arauco
- Energy released
- 30 kilotons of TNTabout 2 × Hiroshima
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- 6.4max. instrumental (MMI)
- Aftershocks
- 0M2.5+ within 30 km
- Significance
- 591USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on May 21, 1960.
How strong was it?
Strong earthquake. It released 30 kilotons of TNT, 63 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Chile.
- 9.5 1960 Great Chilean Earthquake (Valdivia Earthquake) May 22, 1960
- 8.8 2010 Maule, Chile Earthquake Feb 27, 2010
- 8.1 4 km ESE of Cañete, Chile May 21, 1960
- 7.8 26 km WNW of San Carlos, Chile Jan 25, 1939
- 7.8 38 km WNW of Traiguén, Chile May 22, 1960
- 7.7 44 km SSE of Cañete, Chile May 10, 1975
- 7.7 30 km NNE of Constitución, Chile Dec 1, 1928
- 7.7 103 km NW of Constitución, Chile Jan 30, 1914