• The 1995 Antofagasta earthquake occurred on July 30 at 05:11 UTC (01:11 local time) with a moment magnitude of 8.0 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of...
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    Megathrust earthquakes are large seismic events that take place along convergent plate boundaries, particularly at subduction zones. Examples of subduction...
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    Antofagasta (Spanish pronunciation: [antofaˈɣasta] ) is a port city in northern Chile, about 1,100 kilometres (700 mi) north of Santiago. It is the capital...
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    This list of 20th-century earthquakes is a list of earthquakes of magnitude 6 and above that occurred in the 20th century. Sone smaller events which nevertheless...
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  • of a few earthquakes ever successfully predicted, and is attributed to saving many lives. The 1995 Antofagasta earthquake was an earthquake with a strength...
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    Quillagua and Tocopilla, affecting the Tarapacá and the Antofagasta regions in northern Chile. The earthquake had a moment magnitude of 7.7 and lasted about 3...
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    Earthquakes are caused by movements within the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle. They range from weak events detectable only by seismometers, to sudden...
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  • happened during 1995 in Chile. President of Chile: Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle Hypermarket Líder is founded. 30 July – 1995 Antofagasta earthquake August – White...
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  • list compiles known earthquakes that have caused one or more fatalities since 1900. The list incorporates high-quality earthquake source (i.e., origin...
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  • E. Kausel; A. Cisternas (1997). "The Mw = 8.0 Antofagasta (Northern Chile) Earthquake of 30 July 1995" A Precursor to the End of the Large 1877 Gap"...
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    Cordón del Azufre (category Volcanoes of Antofagasta Region)
    related to the occurrence of several tectonic earthquakes in the 1990s, such as the 1995 Antofagasta earthquake. They could have perturbed the magma chambers...
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  • Lazufre (category Volcanoes of Antofagasta Region)
    caused by repeated sill-like magma intrusions. The 1995 Antofagasta earthquake and other earthquakes in the following two years may have activated the...
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    Lascar (volcano) (category Volcanoes of Antofagasta Region)
    pulses of faster subsidence coinciding with the 1995 Antofagasta earthquake and the 2007 Tocopilla earthquake. The flows were strongly erosive, extracting...
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  • earlier centuries are apparently incomplete. Of the world's 46 known earthquakes with M ≥ 8.5 since the year 1500, one-third occurred in Chile [citation...
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  • major, damaging seismic earthquakes in the shallower crust (e.g., 2001 Nisqually, 1995 Antofagasta). Conversely, major earthquakes trigger "post-seismic...
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    Fire or the Circum-Pacific belt) is a tectonic belt of volcanoes and earthquakes. It is about 40,000 km (25,000 mi) long and up to about 500 km (310 mi)...
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    was in guano and saltpeter. The Compañía de Salitres y Ferrocarril de Antofagasta, a company with Chilean capital, had many prominent political shareholders...
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    Calama, Arica, Alto Hospicio, and Tocopilla. Recently, attendees from Antofagasta began attending and sleeping in tents throughout the city during the...
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    Arica to La Paz in Bolivia, another from Antofagasta to La Paz (currently operated only to Cochabamba), Antofagasta to Salta (Argentina) Valparaíso to Buenos...
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  • 1996 Sulawesi earthquake (M7.9, Jan 1) 1996 Lijiang earthquake (M7.0, Feb 3) 1996 Biak earthquake (M8.1, Feb 17) 1996 Chimbote earthquake (M7.4, Feb 21)...
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    Sudamericana (2008, 2022, 2023) Record league victory: 5–0 vs. Deportes Antofagasta in 1977 Primera División (April 24, 1977) Record league defeat: 1–8 vs...
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    within the geyser plumbing, exchange of functions with nearby hot springs, earthquake influences, and human intervention. Like many other natural phenomena...
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  • his first competitive victory with the club in a league match against Antofagasta with a goal from new signing Ramón Fernández, narrowly losing the next...
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    rehabilitation centers have been built in the cities of Arica, Iquique, Antofagasta, Calama, Copiapó, Coquimbo, Valparaíso, Santiago, Talca, Concepción,...
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    Llullaillaco (category Volcanoes of Antofagasta Region)
    stratovolcano on the border between Argentina (Salta Province) and Chile (Antofagasta Region). It lies in the Puna de Atacama, a region of tall volcanic peaks...
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    Chile. Published 2018-5-5. El 11% de los habitantes de Antofagasta son extranjeros. Soy Antofagasta. Published: 2018-5-5. "1907 census". Memoriachilena.cl...
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  • Magallanes Region, 1918. Inca stone architecture in El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region. During the Pre-Columbian era, the northern part of Chile was...
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    Llanquihue, Chiloé, Aisén, and Magallanes provinces; then for Tarapacá and Antofagasta in 1953; for Aconcagua and Valparaíso in 1961; and once more for Chiloé...
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    Magallanes Region started to be controlled by country in 1843, while the Antofagasta Region, at the time in dispute with Bolivia, began to fill with people...
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    occurring form of sodium nitrate List of Saltpeter works in Tarapacá and Antofagasta Copper production in 2019 by USGS USGS Iodine Production Statistics USGS...
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