Chile earthquakes in 1973
179 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in Chile in 1973. The largest: M6.7 24 km WSW of La Ligua, Chile, Oct 5, 1973.
From the USGS catalog. Times are local to each quake.
Map
Where every quake of 1973 was located in Chile. Select one for its page.
Every quake of 1973
Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.
- 5.537 km SSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 124 km deep
- 4.771 km SSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 106 km deep
- 4.564 km NNW of Calama, Chile · 193 km deep
- 5.9176 km NW of Talcahuano, Chile · 35 km deep
- 5.3West Chile Rise · 33 km deep
- 5.233 km SE of Taltal, Chile · 43 km deep
- 5.1Tarapaca, Chile · 139 km deep
- 5.3Off the coast of Aisen, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.679 km SSE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 108 km deep
- 5.027 km ESE of Las Gaviotas, Chile · 33 km deep
- 5.715 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 58 km deep
- 4.831 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.634 km SW of Salamanca, Chile · 97 km deep
- 4.857 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.544 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 24 km deep
- 4.633 km E of Colbún, Chile · 114 km deep
- 4.933 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 38 km deep
- 5.492 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 67 km deep
- 4.678 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.580 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 69 km deep
- 5.134 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 29 km deep
- 4.540 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 46 km deep
- 4.786 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 46 km deep
- 5.258 km W of Illapel, Chile · 39 km deep
- 5.049 km W of Illapel, Chile · 46 km deep
- 5.045 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 21 km deep
- 4.624 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.741 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 35 km deep
- 4.942 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 29 km deep
- 4.845 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 23 km deep
- 4.554 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.779 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.543 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.7Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.543 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.639 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.838 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 39 km deep
- 4.995 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 33 km deep
- 5.625 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 24 km deep
- 4.719 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 34 km deep
- 6.724 km WSW of La Ligua, Chile · 33 km deep
- 6.527 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 14 km deep
- 4.830 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 25 km deep
- 5.3West Chile Rise · 33 km deep
- 5.0West Chile Rise · 33 km deep
- 5.1West Chile Rise · 33 km deep
- 4.643 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 42 km deep
- 5.273 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 33 km deep
- 5.01 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 39 km deep
- 4.799 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 120 km deep
- 5.083 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.621 km S of Lebu, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.7Near the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 41 km deep
- 4.645 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 44 km deep
- 5.130 km ESE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 125 km deep
- 4.8141 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 113 km deep
- 4.536 km NW of La Serena, Chile · 101 km deep
- 4.8Off the coast of Aisen, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.627 km NNE of La Ligua, Chile · 72 km deep
- 4.6135 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.9West Chile Rise · 33 km deep
- 4.981 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile · 82 km deep
- 4.883 km WSW of Diego de Almagro, Chile · 28 km deep
- 4.961 km WSW of Diego de Almagro, Chile · 25 km deep
- 5.782 km WSW of Diego de Almagro, Chile · 29 km deep
- 4.591 km WSW of Diego de Almagro, Chile · 17 km deep
- 6.383 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 14 km deep
- 4.998 km WSW of Diego de Almagro, Chile · 19 km deep
- 5.184 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 13 km deep
- 5.989 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 34 km deep
- 4.691 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 34 km deep
- 6.184 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 25 km deep
- 4.695 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.599 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 19 km deep
- 5.579 km S of Tocopilla, Chile · 43 km deep
- 4.836 km E of Victoria, Chile · 89 km deep
- 4.7111 km ENE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 184 km deep
- 4.8141 km NE of Calama, Chile · 89 km deep
- 5.789 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 16 km deep
- 4.788 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 33 km deep
- 5.288 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 33 km deep
- 5.275 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.9102 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 33 km deep
- 5.149 km WSW of Diego de Almagro, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.786 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 33 km deep
- 5.387 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.695 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 33 km deep
- 5.184 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.692 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 33 km deep
- 6.3120 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 33 km deep
- 5.516 km N of Cañete, Chile · 32 km deep
- 4.775 km NE of Vallenar, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.569 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 49 km deep
- 5.287 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 33 km deep
- 5.639 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 60 km deep
- 5.058 km S of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 102 km deep
- 4.8105 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 35 km deep
- 4.685 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 40 km deep
- 4.7West Chile Rise · 33 km deep
- 4.896 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.9105 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 33 km deep
- 5.186 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 33 km deep
- 5.4111 km W of Copiapó, Chile · 15 km deep
- 5.594 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 20 km deep
- 4.767 km WSW of Diego de Almagro, Chile · 35 km deep
- 5.579 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 33 km deep
- 5.491 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 22 km deep
- 4.782 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.599 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 28 km deep
- 5.180 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 25 km deep
- 5.374 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 19 km deep
- 4.8108 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 6 km deep
- 4.888 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 16 km deep
- 4.791 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.997 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 18 km deep
- 5.187 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 16 km deep
- 5.392 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 35 km deep
- 4.594 km W of Copiapó, Chile · 35 km deep
- 5.493 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 28 km deep
- 5.395 km SE of Arica, Chile · 89 km deep
- 5.081 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 32 km deep
- 4.986 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.790 km W of Copiapó, Chile · 23 km deep
- 5.057 km W of Copiapó, Chile · 39 km deep
- 4.759 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 25 km deep
- 5.681 km W of Copiapó, Chile · 34 km deep
- 4.893 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 16 km deep
- 5.183 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 35 km deep
- 4.595 km W of Copiapó, Chile · 35 km deep
- 5.1259 km SW of Quellón, Chile · 33 km deep
- 5.271 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.782 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 14 km deep
- 5.465 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 6 km deep
- 4.7123 km SSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 94 km deep
- 5.3151 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 118 km deep
- 4.824 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 65 km deep
- 4.643 km S of Tocopilla, Chile · 59 km deep
- 4.7Off the coast of Aisen, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.680 km SW of Taltal, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.841 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 111 km deep
- 4.5West Chile Rise · 33 km deep
- 4.544 km SE of Tocopilla, Chile · 78 km deep
- 4.593 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 112 km deep
- 4.628 km NNW of La Ligua, Chile · 77 km deep
- 5.226 km SSE of Taltal, Chile · 44 km deep
- 4.768 km NNW of Vallenar, Chile · 29 km deep
- 4.632 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 59 km deep
- 4.735 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 33 km deep
- 5.2Near the coast of Aisen, Chile · 33 km deep
- 5.217 km NE of Graneros, Chile · 85 km deep
- 4.53 km SSE of Lampa, Chile · 50 km deep
- 4.9193 km SSE of Hanga Roa, Chile · 33 km deep
- 5.187 km SSE of Puerto Natales, Chile · 11 km deep
- 4.5160 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 125 km deep
- 5.6112 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 95 km deep
- 4.8130 km W of Purranque, Chile · 33 km deep
- 5.0106 km WNW of Corral, Chile · 44 km deep
- 4.6124 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 122 km deep
- 4.784 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 32 km deep
- 5.1West Chile Rise · 33 km deep
- 5.1West Chile Rise · 33 km deep
- 4.649 km SSE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 121 km deep
- 4.740 km SSE of Cañete, Chile · 27 km deep
- 4.831 km ENE of Calama, Chile · 121 km deep
- 4.6151 km ENE of Iquique, Chile · 115 km deep
- 4.534 km WNW of Arauco, Chile · 33 km deep
- 5.134 km NNW of Calama, Chile · 67 km deep
- 4.8144 km E of Iquique, Chile · 110 km deep
- 4.6Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 12 km deep
- 4.559 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 61 km deep
- 5.4Off the coast of Aisen, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.617 km SSW of Taltal, Chile · 23 km deep
- 4.6116 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 122 km deep
- 5.3299 km W of Puerto Chacabuco, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.780 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 40 km deep
- 4.636 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 68 km deep
- 4.8127 km W of Copiapó, Chile · 10 km deep
- 4.924 km S of Cañete, Chile · 40 km deep
- 4.941 km WNW of Calama, Chile · 83 km deep
The largest
The 25 largest of 1973 in Chile.
- 6.724 km WSW of La Ligua, Chile · 33 km deep
- 6.527 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 14 km deep
- 6.383 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 14 km deep
- 6.3120 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 33 km deep
- 6.184 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 25 km deep
- 5.9176 km NW of Talcahuano, Chile · 35 km deep
- 5.989 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 34 km deep
- 5.715 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 58 km deep
- 5.782 km WSW of Diego de Almagro, Chile · 29 km deep
- 5.789 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 16 km deep
- 5.625 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 24 km deep
- 5.639 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 60 km deep
- 5.681 km W of Copiapó, Chile · 34 km deep
- 5.6112 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 95 km deep
- 5.537 km SSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 124 km deep
- 5.579 km S of Tocopilla, Chile · 43 km deep
- 5.516 km N of Cañete, Chile · 32 km deep
- 5.594 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 20 km deep
- 5.579 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 33 km deep
- 5.492 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 67 km deep
- 5.4111 km W of Copiapó, Chile · 15 km deep
- 5.491 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 22 km deep
- 5.493 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 28 km deep
- 5.465 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 6 km deep
- 5.4Off the coast of Aisen, Chile · 33 km deep
Month by month
Counted by UTC date, which is how the catalog files them.
| Month | Quakes | Largest | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1973 | 6 | 5.3 | 299 km W of Puerto Chacabuco, Chile |
| February 1973 | 7 | 5.4 | Off the coast of Aisen, Chile |
| March 1973 | 7 | 5.1 | West Chile Rise |
| April 1973 | 10 | 5.6 | 112 km ESE of Iquique, Chile |
| May 1973 | 11 | 5.2 | 26 km SSE of Taltal, Chile |
| June 1973 | 5 | 5.3 | 151 km ESE of Iquique, Chile |
| July 1973 | 51 | 6.3 | 120 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile |
| August 1973 | 28 | 6.3 | 83 km NW of Copiapó, Chile |
| September 1973 | 8 | 5.2 | 73 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile |
| October 1973 | 32 | 6.7 | 24 km WSW of La Ligua, Chile |
| November 1973 | 10 | 5.7 | 15 km NW of Vallenar, Chile |
| December 1973 | 4 | 5.9 | 176 km NW of Talcahuano, Chile |
What this means
The catalog is only as complete as the instruments of the time. Worldwide coverage of magnitude 5 and up dates from the 1960s, and of 4.5 from the 1990s; earlier years hold the large quakes and the ones near a station, so a low count in an early year means fewer instruments, not a quiet earth.
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Earthquakes, magnitudes, depths, shaking estimates and felt reports from the U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program, read from its live feeds and its catalog back to 1900. Tsunami messages from NOAA’s tsunami warning centers.