2024-09-05 17:13:23
Senapred reported that this morning’s earthquake “does not meet the conditions necessary to generate a tsunami on the coast of Chile.”
The magnitude of the earthquake that shook La Serena this morning reached 5.2in the Coquimbo Region, according to the report delivered by the National Seismological Center (CSN), which specified that the tremor occurred at 09:04 hours.
The telluric movement Its epicenter was 43 kilometers west of La Serena. and originated at a depth of 32 kilometers.
According to the National System for Disaster Prevention and Response (Senapred), “the characteristics of the earthquake They do not meet the necessary conditions to generate a tsunami on the coasts of Chile“.
The same organization detailed that the earthquake registered an intensity of V on the Mercalli scale in La Serena and Coquimboand IV in Paihuano, Vicuña, Tongoy and Río Hurtado.
The other earthquake in La Serena this morning
The CSN daily report also mentions this morning an aftershock after the first tremor which had its epicenter 43 kilometers west of La Serena.
This last earthquake It occurred at 09:28 hours and reached a magnitude of 2.9with its epicenter 35 kilometers west of La Serena. It originated at a depth of 34 kilometers
According to the CSN, the second largest earthquake of the day occurred at 00:26, with its epicenter 18 kilometers south of Caldera and a magnitude of 4.2.