August 14, 2005 Earthquake: Tarapaca, Chile

Date

August 14, 2005

Time

02:39:40 UTC

Place

Tarapaca, Chile

Magnitude

5.8 (Mw)

Focal depth

11 km (7 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

19.780° S, 68.980° 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.

• June 13, 2005, Tarapaca, ChileM7.7 · 11 deaths · $5.1 million · 544 houses destroyed · 32 km
• April 1, 2014, Iquique, Alto Hospicio, Northern, ChileM8.2 · 7 deaths · $100 million · 188 km
• August 8, 1987, Arica, Iquique, ChileM6.9 · 5 deaths · $1 million · 1,000 houses destroyed · 135 km
• November 30, 1976, Pozo Almonte, Oficina Victoria, Arica, ChileM7.3 · 1 death · 83 km
• June 14, 1959, Bolivia-Northern ChileM7.5 · 1 death · 122 km
• January 14, 2002, Cuya, Huara, Iquique, Pozo Almonte, Northern, ChileM5.6 · 51 km
• December 4, 1934, Iquique, Pisagua, Sapiga, Negrero, ChileM6.9 · 63 km
• August 23, 1877, Iquique, Chile126 km
• March 12, 1878, Northern, Chile126 km
• April 12, 1878, Northern, Chile126 km
• July 14, 1881, Northern, Chile126 km
• November 12, 1885, Iquique, Chile126 km
• June 25, 1869, Iquique, Pisagua, Chile129 km
• June 15, 1877, Northern, Chile129 km
• October 27, 1881, Northern, Chile129 km

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