Skip to content
AudaStories
2015 Illapel earthquake
  • 2015
  • Chile
  • Contemporary era

2015 Illapel earthquake

8.3 magnitude quake in Chile

Coming soon

Photo: United States Geological Survey · Commons · Public domain · Resized

Preview

The 2015 Illapel earthquake occurred 46 km (29 mi) offshore from Illapel on September 16 at 19:54:32 Chile Standard Time (22:54:32 UTC), with a moment magnitude of 8.3–8.4. The initial quake lasted between three and five minutes; it was followed by several aftershocks greater than magnitude six and two that exceeded magnitude seven. The Chilean government reported 15 deaths, 6 missing and thousands of people affected. In Buenos Aires, Argentina, a man died from a stroke while he was evacuating a building.

Read the full article on Wikipedia

Image: United States Geological Survey, Public domain · Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0