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An earthquake was perceived at 01:52 am this Wednesday in the regions of Valparaíso, Metropolitana, O’Higgins, Maule, Ñuble and Biobío, in the central zone of Chile.
The magnitude was 5.5 Richter and its epicenter was located 31 kilometers east of Vichuquén, on the edge of Maule and O’Higgins, according to the report of the National Seismological Center (CSN), dependent on the University of Chile.
The hypocenter, meanwhile, was located at 62.1 kilometers deep.
There are no reports of damage to people, alteration to basic services or infrastructure as a result of this earthquake, according to what was indicated by the National Emergency Office (Onemi).
The Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service of the Navy (SHOA) reported that “The characteristics of the earthquake do not meet the necessary conditions to generate a tsunami off the coast of Chile.”
SHOA indicates that the characteristics of the earthquake do not meet the necessary conditions to generate a tsunami off the coast of Chile. More information at https://t.co/Vo04utwsfH
– onemichile (@onemichile) October 28, 2020
As indicated by Onemi, the intensities on the Mercalli scale were:
Valparaíso region
- Cartagena: II
- Santo Domingo: II
Metropolitan region
- Maria Pinto: IV
- Pain: IV
- Peñaflor: III
- High Bridge: III
- Santiago: III
- Useful: III
O’Higgins Region
- The Goats: IV
- Christmas: IV
- Walls: IV
- Peralillo: V
- Pichilemu: IV
- Rancagua: V
- Rengo: IV
- Requinoa: IV
- San Fernando: V
Maule region
- Cauquenes: III
- Constitution: VI
- Curepto: V
- Curicó: V
- Linares: V
- Maule: V
- Pencahue: V
- Romeral: V
- Holy Family: V
- San Clemente: V
- Saint Xavier: IV
- Talca: V
- Villa Alegre: IV
- Yerbas Buenas: V
Ñuble region
- Chillán: III
- Cobquecura: III
- Trehuaco: III
Bio bio region
- Goatherd: III
- Chiguayante: III
- Conception: III
- Los Angeles: III
- Talcahuano: III
- I took: III
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