Repeated earthquakes in central Chile

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Repeated earthquakes in central Chile

Santiago de Chile, Mar 17 (Prensa Latina) Nearly a dozen earthquakes with magnitudes up to 5.7 degrees on the Richter scale shook the last few hours the center of Chile, including this capital.

The last of the shock occurred at 8:14 (local time) on Thursday and had a record five degrees, with its epicenter 37 kilometers north of the city of Valparaiso and about 150 miles northwest of Santiago.

The same point over Chile, near the city of La Ligua, Valpara?so, has been identified as the vortex of a string of earthquakes of moderate intensity during Wednesday night and early hours of this day.

The strongest earthquakes in the area was recorded yesterday at 19:36 (local time), with a magnitude of 5.7 degrees on the Richter scale, reported the Seismological Service of the University of Chile.

The seismic sequence was seen in the areas of Valparaiso, Coquimbo, O'Higgins and Metropolitan, hit all the 8.8 magnitude earthquake that hit the country in February 2010.

Since then, over a thousand aftershocks have remained in permanent shock to the people of south central Chile, considered the most seismic country in the world.

 

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4 Richter quake was felt this morning in Valparaiso and O'Higgins
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According to the report of the Seismological Service of the University of Chile, the epicenter of the quake which occurred at 8:32 am today was 18 kilometers north of the capital's Fifth Region.

Friday March 18, 2011 | Updated 9:05 | Country

A new earthquake struck this morning at 8:32 , the region of Valparaiso and O'Higgins , said the Seismological Service of the University of Chile.

The earthquake reached magnitude 4 on the Richter scale and had its epicenter 18 kilometers north of Valparaiso and 32.4 km deep.

The National Emergency Office ( Onemi ) reported on the strengths , according to the Mercalli scale . In the Region of Valpara?so : The Ligua, Cabildo, Petorca Papudo and Zapallar, IV degrees, Valparaiso and Puchuncav?, III degrees, Algarrobo, II degrees. In the Region of O'Higgins , Rancagua, Mostazal and Christmas, II degrees.

He stated that no damage to this product quake.

EARTHQUAKE IN NORTHERN

Hours earlier, at 4:18 , another earthquake occurred in the north of the country . The Seismological Service said the quake reached 3.9 on the Richter scale and the epicenter was 57 km northwest of Quillagua , Antofagasta Region, and 53.5 km deep.

The earthquake measured intensity level II in the towns of Huara and Pozo Almonte , both from the Region of Tarapaca

 

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New quake struck in the center of the country
The first movement took place after three in the morning with a magnitude of 5.7 on the Richter scale and the second at 3:39 with an epicenter in Pichilemu.
by La Tercera - 28/03/2011 - 03:31

A new earthquake was recorded at 03:11 hours in the O'Higgins Region, with a magnitude of 5.7 degrees on the Richter scale, according to the Seismological Service of the University of Chile.

The epicenter was 48 kilometers southwest of Santa Cruz and there were no reported injuries to people, disruption to basic services or infrastructure products from this earthquake, according to Onemi.

For its part, the SHOA reported that the quake did not generate tsunami hazard along the coast of Chile .

Subsequently, a second movement of III degrees on the Mercalli scale occurred at 3:39 pm in the town of Pichilemu, a product which no major disturbances were reported.

 

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Earthquake 4.7 Richter Scale Shakes Northern Nation's Largest
29/Marzo/2011 - 09:30

An earthquake measuring 4.7 degrees on the Richter scale struck at 08:49 am to Parinacota regions of Arica, Tarapaca and Antofagasta, according to the Seismological Service of the University of Chile.

The epicenter of the quake was located 25 kilometers northeast of Iquique and 60.8 km deep.

While the National Emergency Office (Onemi) reported that the intensities in the Mercalli scale are:

- Arica and Whose: II

- Iquique and Alto Hospice: IV

- Quillagua: III Grades

Likewise, the civil protection agency said unreported damage to people, disruption to basic services or infrastructure products from this earthquake

In the morning, at about 6:40 hours a lower intensity earthquake was felt in the region of Valpara?so.

The intensity reported in the Mercalli scale were the following two degrees at La Ligua and Papudo.

The magnitude in the Richter scale was 3.6 degrees with epicenter at 38 kilometers south of Salamanca.

This adds to quake occurred at 02:08 hours and reached a magnitude of 5.2 degrees in the areas of Valparaiso, Santiago, O'Higgins and Maule.

The epicenter was located 35 kilometers southwest of Santa Cruz and about 200 southwest of Santiago, at a depth of 48.1 kilometers, according to the Seismological Institute of the University of Chile.

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