Earthquakes in Chile Today
The Nazca plate drives eastward beneath South America at about 7 cm a year, one of the fastest convergence rates on the planet and the reason Chile hosts the largest earthquake ever instrumentally recorded, the Mw 9.5 Valdivia event of 1960. The same interface produced the Mw 8.8 Maule earthquake in 2010.
Danger Level (72h)
72-hour composite hazard forecast
Recent Quakes (30d)
Recorded in the last 30 days
Max Magnitude (30d)
Largest earthquake in the last 30 days
Recent earthquakes
Counts cover the seismic belts this platform monitors in Chile, not its administrative borders. A monitored belt can reach across a border, and events there are listed with the country of their epicentre.
Volcanoes of Chile
90 Holocene volcanoes under seismic monitoring
Tectonic setting
The Nazca plate drives eastward beneath South America at about 7 cm a year, one of the fastest convergence rates on the planet and the reason Chile hosts the largest earthquake ever instrumentally recorded, the Mw 9.5 Valdivia event of 1960. The same interface produced the Mw 8.8 Maule earthquake in 2010.
Frequently asked questions
What is the emergency number in Chile?
The emergency number in Chile is 133, answered by SENAPRED / Carabineros. After strong shaking, keep the line free for those trapped or injured and check official channels for aftershock and tsunami advisories.
Who monitors earthquakes in Chile?
The national seismic authority is Centro Sismológico Nacional, Universidad de Chile (CSN). EarthquakeLive cross-checks its bulletins against 18 international networks, so an event may appear here with a slightly different magnitude until the agencies converge on a final solution.