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A magnitude 9.5 megathrust rupture off southern Chile shook for ten minutes — the strongest earthquake ever instrumentally recorded. Its tsunami crossed the Pacific and struck Hilo, Hawaii, with waves 10.7 m high.

Santiago's 300-metre Gran Torre Costanera, nicknamed "the Mordor of Santiago" by critics, topped out in February 2012 and was finished as the tallest building on the continent - a completion its architect dates to 2014 and Wikipedia to 2013.

Google reports its Quilicura data center became operational in 2015.

816 MW generating capacity; About USD 900 million published project cost. Operational.

On 4 May 2026 Antofagasta's environmental evaluation commission unanimously approved CRAMSA's Aguas Maritimas project, a roughly US$5 billion seawater desalination plant at Caleta Bolfin that would reach 700,000 cubic metres a day and supply Antofagasta, Sierra Gorda and Calama.

On 15 May 2026 Chile's Second Environmental Court annulled the 2021 environmental approval of Collahuasi's C20+ expansion, ordering a new review of marine and human-environment impacts, just as the 1,050 litre a second Puerto Patache seawater desalination plant built by Acciona was due to start in 2026.

Aguas Horizonte's 840 litre a second seawater desalination plant near Tocopilla began delivering desalinated water to Codelco's Chuquicamata division in July 2026 and then Radomiro Tomic, with performance tests still to finish before full operation.

A Science Bulletin study of EP250704a, seen on 4 July 2025, finds the longest prompt X-ray flash ever recorded from a neutron star merger, nearly ten minutes long, as strong evidence that such mergers can leave a magnetar behind.

The Moon's shadow touches down at 15:59:35 UT on 2027-02-06, and the annular phase lasts up to 7 minutes 51 seconds along a path 281.5 km wide crossing Chile, Argentina and the Atlantic. A partial eclipse is visible from South America, Antarctica and western and southern Africa.

Rubin's Data Release 1, built from the first year of the Legacy Survey of Space and Time, is expected about two years after the survey began on 29 June 2026.

A 39-metre segmented mirror in Chile's Atacama, collecting more light than all existing 8-10 metre telescopes combined. Estimated date.

The European Southern Observatory's Extremely Large Telescope, being built atop a Chilean mountain by 16 partner nations, is now targeting first light in March 2029 after repeated delays.

ESO's 39-metre Extremely Large Telescope takes its first test observations from Cerro Armazones in March 2029, with scientific first light following in December 2030.

South America's longest suspension bridge, finally connecting Chiloé Island to mainland Chile. Estimated date.

The Moon's shadow touches down at 15:33:55 UT on 2048-12-05, and the total phase lasts up to 3 minutes 28 seconds along a path 160.3 km wide crossing Chile, Argentina, Namibia and Botswana. A partial eclipse is visible from southern South America and southwestern Africa.