August 12, 1923 Earthquake: Northern, Chile

Date

August 12, 1923

Time

12:11 UTC

Place

Northern, Chile

Focal depth

33 km (21 mi)

Tsunami

Yes: the tsunami it caused

Epicenter

18.500° S, 70.300° W

Country

Chile

The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this earthquake.

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• February 19, 1600, Volcan Huaynaputina, PeruM7.9 · 1,500 deaths · 199 km
• September 18, 1833, Arica, Tacna, Chile, Peru, Peru-ChileM7.7 · 700 deaths · 1,001 houses destroyed · 80 km
• November 24, 1604, Arica, Arequipa, Chile, PeruM8.5 · 174 deaths · 97 km
• April 1, 2014, Iquique, Alto Hospicio, Northern, ChileM8.2 · 7 deaths · $100 million · 133 km
• August 8, 1987, Arica, Iquique, ChileM6.9 · 5 deaths · $1 million · 1,000 houses destroyed · 67 km
• August 13, 1987, Arequipa, Tacna, Arica, Peru, ChileM6.4 · 1 death · 95 km
• May 11, 1948, Arequipa,moquegua,tacna,torata,quellaveco, PeruM6.5 · 1 death · 134 km
• May 7, 1906, Tacna, Arica, Peru, Chile0 km
• September 16, 1615, Arica, ChileM7.5 · 5 km
• March 10, 1681, ChileM7.5 · 5 km
• March 27, 1892, Arica, Chile5 km
• June 4, 1845, Chile11 km
• November 26, 1705, Arica, Chile15 km
• May 6, 2010, Tacna, PeruM6.2 · 56 km

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Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 6633.