Chile earthquakes in 1986
144 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in Chile in 1986. The largest: M6.4 Off the coast of Aisen, Chile, Dec 25, 1986.
From the USGS catalog. Times are local to each quake.
Map
Where every quake of 1986 was located in Chile. Select one for its page.
Every quake of 1986
Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.
- 5.639 km ESE of Antofagasta, Chile · 41 km deep
- 4.773 km N of Calama, Chile · 101 km deep
- 6.4Off the coast of Aisen, Chile · 10 km deep
- 4.9159 km W of Carahue, Chile · 10 km deep
- 4.916 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 50 km deep
- 5.042 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.918 km NNW of Ovalle, Chile · 71 km deep
- 4.884 km SW of Tocopilla, Chile · 50 km deep
- 5.8West Chile Rise · 10 km deep
- 4.7134 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 33 km deep
- 5.299 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 87 km deep
- 5.2Off the coast of Aisen, Chile · 33 km deep
- 5.3223 km W of Puerto Chacabuco, Chile · 33 km deep
- 5.2Off the coast of Aisen, Chile · 10 km deep
- 4.889 km ENE of Tocopilla, Chile · 53 km deep
- 5.169 km ESE of Salamanca, Chile · 106 km deep
- 5.2223 km WSW of Taltal, Chile · 10 km deep
- 4.580 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 152 km deep
- 4.8West Chile Rise · 10 km deep
- 4.9136 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 134 km deep
- 5.075 km SSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 101 km deep
- 4.6West Chile Rise · 10 km deep
- 5.532 km ENE of Taltal, Chile · 51 km deep
- 4.6117 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 168 km deep
- 4.870 km NE of Los Andes, Chile · 115 km deep
- 5.262 km SSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 117 km deep
- 5.058 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 17 km deep
- 5.077 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 33 km deep
- 5.2West Chile Rise · 10 km deep
- 5.190 km SW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 86 km deep
- 4.794 km NE of Calama, Chile · 127 km deep
- 4.661 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 40 km deep
- 4.747 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 46 km deep
- 4.5West Chile Rise · 10 km deep
- 4.6127 km N of Calama, Chile · 187 km deep
- 4.6171 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 48 km deep
- 4.620 km E of Rengo, Chile · 26 km deep
- 5.134 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 53 km deep
- 4.753 km SE of Arica, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.6117 km E of Diego de Almagro, Chile · 93 km deep
- 4.760 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 112 km deep
- 5.246 km S of Tocopilla, Chile · 80 km deep
- 4.770 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 106 km deep
- 4.769 km E of Arica, Chile · 119 km deep
- 5.449 km S of Coihueco, Chile · 93 km deep
- 5.080 km SW of Iquique, Chile · 40 km deep
- 5.78 km SE of Illapel, Chile · 53 km deep
- 4.5112 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 114 km deep
- 4.643 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile · 50 km deep
- 4.6137 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.876 km E of Iquique, Chile · 101 km deep
- 4.7102 km S of Calama, Chile · 143 km deep
- 4.7162 km N of Calama, Chile · 134 km deep
- 5.147 km NW of Cartagena, Chile · 45 km deep
- 5.739 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 41 km deep
- 4.747 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 41 km deep
- 4.6102 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 151 km deep
- 5.140 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile · 46 km deep
- 5.193 km WSW of Lebu, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.8West Chile Rise · 10 km deep
- 5.453 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 60 km deep
- 4.761 km N of Calama, Chile · 175 km deep
- 4.9146 km WNW of Vallenar, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.566 km NE of Los Andes, Chile · 105 km deep
- 4.845 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 44 km deep
- 4.5147 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 33 km deep
- 5.449 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 51 km deep
- 4.562 km S of Vallenar, Chile · 93 km deep
- 5.238 km SW of Calbuco, Chile · 33 km deep
- 5.268 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 97 km deep
- 4.584 km E of Salamanca, Chile · 118 km deep
- 5.0114 km NNW of Calama, Chile · 220 km deep
- 4.765 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 141 km deep
- 5.14 km WSW of Rengo, Chile · 92 km deep
- 4.6West Chile Rise · 10 km deep
- 5.8West Chile Rise · 10 km deep
- 4.881 km S of Calama, Chile · 103 km deep
- 5.2Off the coast of Aisen, Chile · 10 km deep
- 4.883 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 126 km deep
- 4.651 km W of Talcahuano, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.947 km WSW of La Ligua, Chile · 50 km deep
- 4.733 km WNW of Hacienda La Calera, Chile · 49 km deep
- 5.053 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.776 km S of Arica, Chile · 103 km deep
- 5.5West Chile Rise · 10 km deep
- 5.178 km SSE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 131 km deep
- 4.5127 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 28 km deep
- 4.748 km SSW of San Antonio, Chile · 30 km deep
- 4.655 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 69 km deep
- 4.5142 km NW of Antofagasta, Chile · 33 km deep
- 5.143 km NW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 118 km deep
- 4.7149 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 100 km deep
- 4.549 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.699 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 86 km deep
- 4.5116 km W of Lebu, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.756 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.5128 km E of Iquique, Chile · 143 km deep
- 4.980 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 115 km deep
- 5.059 km SW of Arica, Chile · 87 km deep
- 4.633 km ESE of Calama, Chile · 123 km deep
- 4.563 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.6138 km SE of Iquique, Chile · 117 km deep
- 4.661 km NNE of Iquique, Chile · 120 km deep
- 5.560 km SW of San Antonio, Chile · 49 km deep
- 5.147 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 64 km deep
- 5.394 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 62 km deep
- 4.924 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 52 km deep
- 4.6124 km W of Corral, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.765 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.8West Chile Rise · 10 km deep
- 5.279 km N of La Serena, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.748 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.673 km SE of Arica, Chile · 114 km deep
- 4.763 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 77 km deep
- 4.969 km S of Antofagasta, Chile · 65 km deep
- 5.8100 km S of Iquique, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.546 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.8104 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.6145 km NNE of Calama, Chile · 123 km deep
- 4.764 km W of Cartagena, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.513 km NNW of San Carlos, Chile · 33 km deep
- 5.337 km ESE of Longaví, Chile · 86 km deep
- 4.5136 km N of Calama, Chile · 111 km deep
- 4.577 km W of San Antonio, Chile · 18 km deep
- 4.9163 km ESE of Iquique, Chile · 113 km deep
- 5.0West Chile Rise · 10 km deep
- 4.579 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.867 km SSW of Taltal, Chile · 33 km deep
- 5.466 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 31 km deep
- 5.0161 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 10 km deep
- 4.7182 km W of Copiapó, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.6166 km W of Copiapó, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.9185 km WSW of Antofagasta, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.647 km S of Antofagasta, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.863 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.777 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 33 km deep
- 5.1120 km W of Iquique, Chile · 33 km deep
- 5.228 km ESE of Colbún, Chile · 105 km deep
- 4.693 km SW of San Antonio, Chile · 10 km deep
- 4.684 km SW of San Antonio, Chile · 33 km deep
- 5.047 km SSE of Salamanca, Chile · 98 km deep
- 4.584 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile · 33 km deep
- 4.550 km ENE of Villa Presidente Frei, Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile, Chile · 10 km deep
- 4.836 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 33 km deep
The largest
The 25 largest of 1986 in Chile.
- 6.4Off the coast of Aisen, Chile · 10 km deep
- 5.8West Chile Rise · 10 km deep
- 5.8West Chile Rise · 10 km deep
- 5.8100 km S of Iquique, Chile · 33 km deep
- 5.78 km SE of Illapel, Chile · 53 km deep
- 5.739 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 41 km deep
- 5.639 km ESE of Antofagasta, Chile · 41 km deep
- 5.532 km ENE of Taltal, Chile · 51 km deep
- 5.5West Chile Rise · 10 km deep
- 5.560 km SW of San Antonio, Chile · 49 km deep
- 5.449 km S of Coihueco, Chile · 93 km deep
- 5.453 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 60 km deep
- 5.449 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 51 km deep
- 5.466 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 31 km deep
- 5.3223 km W of Puerto Chacabuco, Chile · 33 km deep
- 5.394 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 62 km deep
- 5.337 km ESE of Longaví, Chile · 86 km deep
- 5.2Off the coast of Aisen, Chile · 33 km deep
- 5.299 km SSW of Calama, Chile · 87 km deep
- 5.2Off the coast of Aisen, Chile · 10 km deep
- 5.2223 km WSW of Taltal, Chile · 10 km deep
- 5.262 km SSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · 117 km deep
- 5.2West Chile Rise · 10 km deep
- 5.246 km S of Tocopilla, Chile · 80 km deep
- 5.238 km SW of Calbuco, Chile · 33 km deep
Month by month
Counted by UTC date, which is how the catalog files them.
| Month | Quakes | Largest | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1986 | 20 | 5.4 | 66 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile |
| February 1986 | 11 | 5.8 | 100 km S of Iquique, Chile |
| March 1986 | 12 | 5.5 | 60 km SW of San Antonio, Chile |
| April 1986 | 13 | 5.1 | 43 km NW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile |
| May 1986 | 10 | 5.5 | West Chile Rise |
| June 1986 | 14 | 5.8 | West Chile Rise |
| July 1986 | 12 | 5.7 | 39 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile |
| August 1986 | 7 | 5.7 | 8 km SE of Illapel, Chile |
| September 1986 | 15 | 5.4 | 49 km S of Coihueco, Chile |
| October 1986 | 10 | 5.5 | 32 km ENE of Taltal, Chile |
| November 1986 | 11 | 5.3 | 223 km W of Puerto Chacabuco, Chile |
| December 1986 | 9 | 6.4 | Off the coast of Aisen, 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.
By year
Every year the USGS catalog covers.
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- 1990s1990199119921993199419951996199719981999
- 1980s1980198119821983198419851986198719881989
- 1970s1970197119721973197419751976197719781979
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- 1950s1950195119521953195419551956195719581959
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Sources
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.