Chile earthquake of 2010, severe earthquake that occurred on February 27, 2010, off the coast of south-central Chile, causing widespread damage on land and initiating a tsunami that devastated some coastal areas of the country.

The 2010 Chile earthquake and tsunami (Spanish: Terremoto del 27F) [7] occurred off the coast of central Chile on Saturday, 27 February at 03:34:12 local time (06:34:12 UTC), having a magnitude of 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale, with …

The great earthquake (magnitude Mw=8.8) that struck the Bio-Bio Province (population: 1.7 million) of Central Chile on early Saturday morning of February 27, 2010, 6:34:17 AM UTC (3:34 a.m. local time) was a subduction zone event which occurred as thrust-faulting near the interface of convergence, where the Nazca tectonic plate subducts ...

An 1835 Concepcion earthquake is notable because the great Explorers Charles Darwin and Robert FitzRoy provided observations and comments. Does the recent earthquake activity in Chile, Haiti, the western Pacific, and the Indian Ocean mean that one earthquake is triggering the next? Probably not.

2 days ago · Un sismo de ligera magnitud se registró durante la noche de este lunes en la región del Bío Bío.. El movimiento telúrico de las 23:24 horas tuvo una magnitud de 5.3, con epicentro en el mar a ...

Jan 22, 2020 · Off shore bio, bio Chile (36.122°S 72.898°W) 22.9km depth. 8.8 magnitude Earthquake (moment magnitude scale) intense shaking lasted for 3 minutes > felt strongly in 6 Chilean regions as far north as Valparaíso and south as Araucaníain (by about 80% of population)

On 27 February 2010 at about 3:35 a.m. local time, an earthquake of magnitude 8.8 occurred in the moderately populated region of Bio-Bio in central Chile. The earthquake struck 90 kilometres north-east of the city of Concepción, the capital of Bio …

Dec 23 (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck off of Chile's Bio-Bio region on Sunday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said. The quake was 19 km (12 miles) below the...

When a magnitude 8.8 earthquake occurred off the coast of Chile on February 27, 2010, it affected 80 percent of Chile's population. Damage to lifelines was caused by strong ground shaking, permanent ground deformation, lateral spread, and a tsunami in …

On February 27, 2010, a strong earthquake struck central Chile. The epicenter reported by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) was located at 36.122° S and 72.898° W, which is offshore to the west of Bio-Bío, Chile.