1949 Tierra del Fuego earthquakes
The 1949 Tierra del Fuego earthquakes occurred slightly more than eight hours apart on 17 December. Their epicenters were located in the east of the Chilean Tierra del Fuego Province , close to the Argentine border on the island of Tierra del Fuego .
The two shocks measured 7.7 and 7.6 on the moment magnitude scale and were the most powerful ever recorded in the south of Argentina and one of the most powerful in austral Chile . They were felt with intensities as high as VIII (Severe ) on the Mercalli intensity scale , and affected the settlements of Punta Arenas and Río Gallegos .
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References
^ Costa, C.H.; Smalley Jr., R.; Schwartz, D.P.; Stenner, H.D.; Ellis, M.; Ahumada, E.A.; Velasco, M.S. (2006), "Paleoseismic observations of an onshore transform boundary: the Magallanes-Fagnano fault, Tierra del Fuego Argentina" , Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina , 61 (4)
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Earthquakes in the 1940s
1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1946
Valais (6.1, January 25)
Aleutian Islands (8.6, April 1) †
Varto–Hınıs (5.9, May 31) †
Vancouver Island (7.3, June 23)
Dominican Republic (8.1, Aug 4) ‡†
Sagaing (8.0, 7.8, Sep 12)
Kyrgyzstan (7.6, Nov 2)
Peru (6.8, Nov 10) †
Hsinhua (6.1, Dec 5) †
Nankai (8.1, Dec 21) †
1947 1948 1949 † indicates earthquake resulting in at least 30 deaths ‡ indicates the deadliest earthquake of the year
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