As a date has not been specified in the question, the answer has to be general in nature:
The Nazca and South American plates typically cause earthquakes in Chile.
The Chile earthquake in 1960 was caused by the subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath the South American Plate along the Peru-Chile Trench. This subduction zone is known for generating large and powerful earthquakes due to the interaction between these two tectonic plates.
Chile is located at a boundary between two tectonic plates.
Chile is located next to Argentina to the east and the Pacific Plate to the west. This geologic setting makes Chile a seismically active region due to the boundary between the South American Plate and the Nazca Plate to the west.
The Valdivia earthquake, also known as the Great Chilean Earthquake, occurred on May 22, 1960, in southern Chile. It was a result of the Nazca plate subducting beneath the South American plate along the Peru-Chile Trench. The movement of these tectonic plates caused a massive release of energy, resulting in the strongest recorded earthquake in history.
The 2010 Chile earthquake had a magnitude of 8.8. It was one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded and caused widespread damage and casualties in Chile.
the tectonic plates
Nazca and the South American. there isn't a third
The Chile earthquake in 1960 was caused by the subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath the South American Plate along the Peru-Chile Trench. This subduction zone is known for generating large and powerful earthquakes due to the interaction between these two tectonic plates.
By plate Tectonics
Chile is located at a boundary between two tectonic plates.
Chile is located next to Argentina to the east and the Pacific Plate to the west. This geologic setting makes Chile a seismically active region due to the boundary between the South American Plate and the Nazca Plate to the west.
tetonic plates
The Valdivia earthquake, also known as the Great Chilean Earthquake, occurred on May 22, 1960, in southern Chile. It was a result of the Nazca plate subducting beneath the South American plate along the Peru-Chile Trench. The movement of these tectonic plates caused a massive release of energy, resulting in the strongest recorded earthquake in history.
The 2010 Chile earthquake had a magnitude of 8.8. It was one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded and caused widespread damage and casualties in Chile.
The Chile earthquake, powerful as it was, was not nearly powerful enough to tilt the earth. If you imagine a large bell in a cathedral and you hit that bell with a spoon, that is about the effect that an earthquake has on the earth as a whole. It caused some MAJOR destruction and caused Chile to pay millions for the damage, and many people were killed or injured.
The Chile Earthquake in February was the biggest earthquake reported in 2010.
The collapse of the mine was supposedly caused by an earthquake.