February 5, 1988 Earthquake: Taltal, Chile

Date

February 5, 1988

Time

14:01:02 UTC

Place

Taltal, Chile

Magnitude

6.7 (Ms)

Focal depth

37 km (23 mi)

Tsunami

Yes: the tsunami it caused

Epicenter

24.753° S, 70.433° W

Country

Chile

Damage

Limited (under about $1 million)

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

• October 4, 1983, Copoapo-Chanaral, Northern, ChileM7.3 · 5 deaths · $1 million · 40 houses destroyed · 199 km
• December 28, 1966, Taltal, Catalina, ChileM7.8 · 3 deaths · $400,000 · 87 km
• July 30, 1995, Antofagasta, Calama, Mejillones, ChileM8 · 3 deaths · $1.8 million · 115 houses destroyed · 158 km
• August 2, 1946, Northern, ChileM7.9 · 2 deaths · 194 km
• March 5, 1987, Antofagasta, Arica, ChileM7.3 · 1 death · 49 km
• July 13, 1936, Taltal, ChileM7.3 · 1 death · 52 km
• June 17, 1971, Catalina, Antofagasta, ChileM6.3 · 1 death · 149 km
• December 18, 1956, Antofagasta, Chile101 km
• October 9, 1877, Chile102 km
• February 23, 1965, Northern, ChileM7 · 104 km
• June 12, 1878, Northern, Chile117 km
• November 19, 1873, Antofagasta, Chile128 km
• December 4, 1918, Copiapo, ChileM7.8 · Deaths: few · 150 km
• May 15, 1925, Northern, ChileM7.1 · 175 km
• July 29, 1957, Antofagasta, ChileM7 · 176 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 6473.