Snow-capped Andes mountain peaks surrounding Santiago, Chile
Photo:Claudio Schwarz

Santiago

The San Ramon thrust runs along the city's eastern edge at the Andean front, while the Nazca interface 100 km to the west produces the megathrust events - Maule Mw 8.8 in 2010 - that dominate the shaking record.

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Tectonic Profile

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Associated Faults2

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Regional PopulationLandScan

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Living within 200 km of the city centre

Building VulnerabilityModerate

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Mixed construction stock with regional engineering standards

Tectonic Setting

Subduction Zone

Critical Hazard

Major plate boundary with high strain accumulation

Seismically Stable Period

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Regional Volcanism & Monitored Vents

Active vents and Holocene volcanic structures within the monitored boundary (Santiago) · 9

2025
Planchon-Peteroa
Stratovolcano
4.0 km
1987
Tupungatito
Stratovolcano
5.7 km
1960
San Jose
Stratovolcano
6.1 km
1917
Tinguiririca
Stratovolcano
4.3 km
1912
Maipo
Caldera
5.3 km
6890 BCE
Infiernillo
Volcanic field
3.0 km
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Palomo
Stratovolcano
4.9 km
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Atuel, Caldera del
Caldera
5.2 km
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Risco Plateado
Stratovolcano
5.0 km
Catalogue: Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program.Volcanoes of the World
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The event table on this page lists every earthquake recorded inside the felt radius of Santiago, newest first, with its distance from the city centre and its magnitude. The top row is therefore the most recent event, and the list updates as soon as a reporting agency publishes a solution.