2023-09-07 01:33:16
The epicenter was recorded 11 kilometers south-east of Tongoy, some 430 kilometers north of the capital, on the Chilean coast.
An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 shook, at 8:48 p.m. local time this Wednesday, the area of central and northern Chile, with no record of victims or serious material damage at the moment, as reported by the Seismological Center National University of Chile.
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The agency indicated that the epicenter was recorded 11 kilometers south-east of Tongoy, about 430 kilometers north of the capital, on the Chilean coast.
Likewise, its hypocenter occurred at a depth of 45 kilometers.
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The National Disaster Prevention and Response Service (Senapred) indicated that the movement was perceived between the Atacama regions, in the north of the country, and the Metropolitan region, where Santiago, the capital, is located, and described it as a medium-intensity earthquake.
As reported by the Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service of the Navy (SHOA), the telluric movement did not meet the conditions to generate a tsunami on the country’s coasts.
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Since 1570, around one hundred powerful earthquakes have been recorded in Chile, of which almost thirty were of magnitude greater than 8.
According to the Department of Emergency and Disaster Risk Management, on average, an earthquake of magnitude above 8 occurs every 10 years.
The telluric movement did not meet the conditions to generate a tsunami on the country’s coasts.
The last great tremor that shook Chile was the one known as “27F” that occurred on February 27, 2010, the second strongest earthquake in its history.
With a magnitude of 8.8, the telluric movement had as its epicenter the coasts of the Maule region and surprised the population during the early morning.
Less than an hour after the quake, a tsunami hit the country’s coast. Outside of Chile, the tsunami reached Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Costa Rica, without major damage.
As a result of the earthquake, more than 500 people died and there were around fifty people missing.
On the afternoon of May 22, 1960, the strongest earthquake on record occurred, with a magnitude of 9.5. Its epicenter was the city of Traiguén, in the province of Malleco. However, it is known as the “Valdivia earthquake” because it was where the most damage occurred.
The last great tremor that shook Chile was the one known as “27F” that occurred on February 27, 2010, the second strongest earthquake in its history. (Archyde.com)
The seismic activity also caused a tsunami with waves up to 10 meters high that devastated a large part of the south of the country.
The official death toll is not precise, it is only known that there were more than 2 thousand victims.
Chile is one of the countries with the most seismic activity in the world, this is due to its geographical location, since it is within one of the areas with the greatest release of energy, in the permanent convergence of the “Nazca Plate” and the “Nazca Plate”. South American Plate”, in the so-called subdiction zone.
In addition, the country is located in the area known as the Pacific Ring or Ring of Fire, considered the region with the largest number of volcanoes and tremors on the planet.
This area concentrates 75% of the volcanoes that exist in the world and includes more than 450 volcanic structures, not to mention that it is where 90% of the seismic activity occurs worldwide and 81% of the strongest telluric movements on the planet. .
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