Tsunami and Seismic Damage Caused by the Earthquake Off Iquique, Chile, in April, 2014

Abstract

On Tuesday, April 1, 2014, at 8:46 p.m. local time in Chile, a subduction earthquake of Mw 8.2 occurred about 100km northwest of the city of Iquique, where the Nazca plate subducts beneath the South American plate. This earthquake triggered a tsunami, whi