M6.2 earthquake near Colina, Santiago Metropolitan

What happened

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck 53 km ESE of Los Andes, Chile on 15 Dec 1983, 04:22 UTC at a depth of 100 km.

Earthquakes of this size are classed as Strong. Can cause damage in populated areas up to tens of kilometres away. This was an intermediate-depth earthquake, so shaking is spread over a wider, gentler area.

The nearest town in our records is Colina, about 53 km away in Santiago Metropolitan, Chile.