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1939 Chillán earthquake
1939 CE · South America · Disaster
The 1939 Chillán earthquake occurred in south-central Chile on 24 January with a surface-wave magnitude of 8. 3 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). With a death toll of around 28,000, compared to the 2,231–6,000 of the Great Chilean earthquake of 1960, it is the single deadliest earthquake in Chile.
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