Earthquakes in Chile

Latest earthquakes in Chile: 30 in the last 24 hours, 961 in the last 30 days. Updated Nov 10, 2026 00:18 UTC.

Chile runs along the Nazca plate's subduction beneath South America, a boundary more than 4,000 km long that has produced some of the largest earthquakes ever recorded. The USGS catalog lists the magnitude 9.5 Valdivia earthquake of May 22, 1960 as the biggest earthquake in recorded history. It ruptured around 1,000 km of the fault in southern Chile and caused a tsunami that crossed the Pacific. More recently, the magnitude 8.8 Maule earthquake of February 27, 2010 hit central Chile, and the magnitude 8.3 Illapel earthquake of September 16, 2015 struck farther north. Earthquakes occur at every depth in Chile, from shallow events along the coast to intermediate-depth ones beneath the Andes. The country's experience with such frequent large events led to strict building codes, regular drills and a strong culture of tsunami evacuation. The list below shows earthquakes recorded in and around Chile over the past 30 days.