The National Seismological Center of the University of Chile reported that there was a shaking of magnitude 6.2, located 5.03 km northeast of dustin the region of bio bioat 11.24 pm this Saturday, November 12.
The hypocenter was demarcated just 20 kilometers deep. The telluric movement was also perceived in the regions of Maule, Ñuble, La Araucanía and Los Ríos.
Chile is located in the southeastern part of the Pacific ring of fire, the most seismic zone in the world, and suffers hundreds of small telluric movements due to the subduction of the Nazca plate under the South American plate.
Video: earthquake in Lebu today
“Through the National Disaster Prevention and Response System, possible damage to people, alteration to basic services or infrastructure as a result of this earthquake is evaluated,” said the National Emergency Office of the Ministry of the Interior and Public Security (Onemi).
Local media reported that, as a result of the strong telluric movement that was perceived in bio bio, the service centers are collapsed in the commune of Lebu. So far, no casualties or injuries have been reported.
“In Lebu, people began a preventive self-evacuation to the upper areas following the earthquake. There was another followingshock recently,” said Cristofer Espinoza, a journalist for Cooperativa. “Some sectors without light,” he added.
There is no tsunami alert in Chile following the earthquake in Lebu
Meanwhile, the Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service of the Navy (SHOA) indicated that the characteristics of the earthquake do not meet the necessary conditions to generate a tsunami on the coasts of Chile.
Three earthquakes shake Chile without fatalities
The three telluric movements occurred at 11:24 p.m. local time, a few seconds apart, and marked 6,2following, 5,2 and almost a minute later 6,2 according to measurements of the seismological center of the University of Chile. The source also indicated that the tsunami alert has not been triggered in the province of Bio Bio, located more than 500 kilometers south of Santiago de Chile.
On November 8, a magnitude 5.3 earthquake shook the north-central area of Chile this morning, without causing casualties or serious damage to infrastructure and homes. According to the national seismological center (Onemi), the telluric movement occurred at 5:51 local time (9:51 GMT), marked a magnitude of 5.3 on the Richter open scale and its epicenter was located 27 kilometers to the east. southwest of the metropolitan region of Santiago.
What was the largest earthquake in Chile?
Chile is located in the southeastern part of the Pacific ring of fire, the most seismic zone in the world, and suffers hundreds of small telluric movements due to the subduction of the Nazca plate under the South American plate.
In 1960, the southern Chilean region of Valdivia suffered the most powerful earthquake recorded in modern times, measuring 9.6 on the open Richter scale, which killed 1,655 people.
With information from EFE.
