80°W 60°W

Cocos
Plate
1906 M8.5

58 mm/yr

65 mm/yr

10°S

10°S South American

Plate
Peru Basin
2001 M8.4
71 mm/yr

Nazca Plate
Chile Basin

MAP EXPLANATION
73 mm/yr Earthquakes M6.5+ 1900-2014
Magnitude

Pacific Ocean 1922 M8.7 6.5 - 7.0

Peru-Chile Trench

7.0 - 7.5

7.5 +
30°S
Nucleation Points (M 8.3+)

Slab Contours
30°S Depth
0 - 120 (20 km intervals)
160 - 360 (40 km intervals)
2010 M8.8
400 - 560 (40 km intervals)
600 + (40 km intervals)
74 mm/yr 1960 M9.5
Rupture Zones
Aftershock Zones
Subduction
Transform

/y r Divergent
51 mm
Arabian Basin
Others

Antarctica Plate 0 250 500 1,000

Kilom eters

100°W 80°W 60°W 40°W