A magnitude 8.2 earthquake struck Chile on April 1, 2014, centered 59 miles (95 kilometers) northwest and offshore of Iquique, about 12.5 miles (20.1 kilometers) beneath the Pacific Ocean.
Sources
- What Caused the Chilean Earthquake? Faults Explained (nationalgeographic.com)
- https://reliefweb.int/report/chile/m82-iquique-chile-earthquake-and-tsunami-preliminary-reconnaissance-observations (reliefweb.int)
- https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/chile-earthquake/chile-earthquake-deadly-magnitude-8-2-temblor-rocks-coast-n69266 (nbcnews.com)
- https://reliefweb.int/disaster/eq-2014-000044-chl (reliefweb.int)
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