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1939 Chillán earthquake
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1939 Chillán earthquake
The 1939 Chillán earthquake occurred in south-central Chile on 24 January and had a surface wave magnitude of 8.3. With a death toll of around 28,000, compared to the 2,231 – 6,000 (official estimates vary greatly) of the Great Chilean earthquake of 1960, it is the single deadliest earthquake in Chile.
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