2024-07-11 17:30:41
According to the National Seismological Center, nine of the 12 tremors that occurred in the country in the early hours of Sunday, July 7, reached magnitudes equal to or greater than 3.0.
Three earthquakes of varying magnitude shook the towns near El Tabo in the Valparaíso Region in less than 20 minutes on Sunday, according to the National Seismological Center (CSN).
The first tremor occurred at 00:10 hours, its epicenter was 15 kilometers northeast of El Tabo and reached a magnitude of 2.5.
Just 16 minutes later Another earthquake shook the area with a magnitude of 3.9and whose epicenter was located 16 kilometers northeast of El Tabo.
Three minutes later A third tremor shook the same area, with its epicenter located 13 kilometers northeast of El Tabo. It reached a magnitude of 4.3 yy was the one that originated at the shallowest depth, since it was only 28 kilometers.
Other earthquakes of the day
According to the CSN report, Nine of the 12 earthquakes that occurred in the country in the first hours As of this Sunday, July 7, they reached a magnitude equal to or greater than 3.0.
In two of them the magnitude was 3.6. The first occurred at 02:52 hours and had its Epicenter 23 kilometers west of Navidad, in the O’Higgins RegionIts origin was located at a depth of 39 kilometers.
The other earthquake of magnitude 3.6 occurred at 06:21 hours, with its epicenter 55 kilometers southeast of Socairein the Antofagasta Region.