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1928 Talca earthquake

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Origin time
  
04:06 UTC

Magnitude
  
7.6Mw, 8.3 MS, 7.9 ML

Areas affected
  
Chile, Curepto

Duration
  
105 seconds

Depth
  
20 km (centroid)

1928 Talca earthquake

Date
  
1 December 1928 (1928-12)

The 1928 Talca earthquake occurred on 1 December at 00:06 local time near Curepto, Maule Region, Chile, with an estimated magnitude of 7.6 MW, 8.3 MS and 7.9 ML. In Talca, it lasted 1 minute 45 seconds.

There was damage between Valparaíso and Concepción, and severe damage on the coast from Cauquenes to Pichilemu, and in the following cities in the Chilean Central Valley: Talca, Curicó and San Fernando.

In Talca there were 108 dead, 67 in Constitución, and 50 in the surrounding villages. Soon after the earthquake, the Barahona dam, in the valley of Cachapoal River, that contained copper tailings, collapsed, killing 54 miners.

In total, there were 279 dead, 1,083 wounded and 127,043 homeless.

References

1928 Talca earthquake Wikipedia