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M 7.1 Earthquake - October 1997, Chile

Submitted by administrator on Sun, 18/02/2007 - 22:38. Earthquakes – Landslide – Rock avalanche

Start date: 15/10/1997

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Chile

Lat/Long: -30.980000/-71.190000

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On 15 October 1997 a magnitude 7.1 earthquake at a depth of 60 km struck the Punitaqui region of central Chile triggering landslides and rockslides near the epicentre close to the town of Illapel¹,².

The earthquake caused some damage at La Serena and at Ovalle and was felt as far away as Peru, Bolivia and Argentina³.

¹ ReliefWeb. 1997. Situation Report Chile Earthquake.
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/OCHA-64DHT7?OpenDocument

² Pardo, M, Comte, D, Monfret, T, Boroschek, R & Astroza, M. 2000. The October 15, 1997 Punitaqui earthquake (Mw=7.1): a destructive event within the subducting Nazca plate in central Chile. Tectonophysics. Vol. 345, pp 199-210

³ USGS Earthquakes Hazard Program. 2007. Significant Earthquakes of the World. 1997
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/eqarchives/significant/sig_1997.php

Event overview table

No. Deaths	8
No. Injured	300
No. Affected
Houses destroyed	5,000
Houses damaged	15,700
Other damage	- electricity supplies
Economic cost

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