February 23, 1965 Earthquake: Northern, Chile

Date

February 23, 1965

Time

22:11:46 UTC

Place

Northern, Chile

Magnitude

7 (Ms)

Focal depth

36 km (22 mi)

Tsunami

Yes: the tsunami it caused

Epicenter

25.670° S, 70.630° W

Country

Chile

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

• October 5, 1859, ChileM7.6 · 10 deaths · 339 houses destroyed · 189 km
• October 4, 1983, Copoapo-Chanaral, Northern, ChileM7.3 · 5 deaths · $1 million · 40 houses destroyed · 96 km
• December 28, 1966, Taltal, Catalina, ChileM7.8 · 3 deaths · $400,000 · 20 km
• August 2, 1946, Northern, ChileM7.9 · 2 deaths · 93 km
• June 17, 1971, Catalina, Antofagasta, ChileM6.3 · 1 death · 145 km
• July 13, 1936, Taltal, ChileM7.3 · 1 death · 145 km
• March 5, 1987, Antofagasta, Arica, ChileM7.3 · 1 death · 150 km
• December 18, 1956, Antofagasta, Chile42 km
• December 4, 1918, Copiapo, ChileM7.8 · Deaths: few · 52 km
• June 8, 1909, ChileM7.6 · 93 km
• August 3, 1978, Copiapo-Taltai, Northern, ChileM7 · 94 km
• May 15, 1925, Northern, ChileM7.1 · 94 km
• February 5, 1988, Taltal, ChileM6.7 · 104 km
• April 18, 1939, North Central, ChileM7.4 · 148 km
• April 12, 1819, Copiapo, ChileM8.5 · Deaths: few · 171 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 6411.