M 6.8 earthquake – 22 km ESE of Cañete, Chile
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Local time: May 22, 1960 · 06:32 (UTC-4)
StrongShallow · 25 km
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- Magnitude
- 6.8moment magnitude (mw)
- Depth
- 25 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- -37.860, -73.14922 km from Cañete
- Energy released
- 239 kilotons of TNTabout 16 × Hiroshima
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- 6.9max. instrumental (MMI)
- Aftershocks
- 8M2.5+ within 56 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 711USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on May 22, 1960.
How strong was it?
Strong earthquake. It released 239 kilotons of TNT, 501 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
Aftershocks
8 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 56 km in the 60 days after.
- 7.8 38 km WNW of Traiguén, Chile May 22, 1960
- 9.5 1960 Great Chilean Earthquake (Valdivia Earthquake) May 22, 1960
- 6.4 9 km N of Traiguén, Chile May 23, 1960
- 6.2 22 km ESE of Cañete, Chile May 23, 1960
- 6.0 10 km NNW of Angol, Chile May 28, 1960
- 5.9 15 km ENE of Cañete, Chile May 29, 1960
- 6.1 28 km WSW of Angol, Chile Jun 1, 1960
- 7.0 24 km WNW of Traiguén, Chile Jun 20, 1960
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
- 7.6 23 km SE of Chiguayante, Chile May 6, 1953
- 7.4 124 km W of Lebu, Chile Feb 27, 2010
In the week before
Earthquakes within 56 km in the 7 days before this one: possible foreshocks.