What type of earthquake was the chile one in 1960?

Question

There are 3 types of earthquakes. Witch one was the one that happend in 1960.
This is all the types,

http://library.thinkquest.org/03oct/01424/types_of_earthquakes.htm


Ty for your help :D ♥

I mean the one that happened in chile 1960

Answer 1

Well, since Chile is located along a subduction zone, I would say the earthquake in Chile is due to the plate movements at the subduction zone - the collision or convergence between Nazca plate and South American plate.

You can read more here (scroll down to middle where it says "oceanic-continental convergence"):
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/understanding.html

All the best to you.

Answer 2

That area of the planet is a subduction zone.

Those are not types of earthquakes. They are types of plate boundaries. Earthquakes happen as a result of movement along these boundaries.

Answer 3

the vadivia earthquake