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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.

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.

The 31st Catad'Or World Wine Awards, Latin America's largest wine competition by its own billing, holds blind tastings on 24-26 November and its ceremony on 1 December.

The Frankfurt Book Fair runs October6–10,2027 with Chile as Guest of Honour. Its Earthly Stars programme connects Chilean literature, translation and international publishing rights.

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.

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.