2024-07-16 21:41:38
The earthquake that occurred in the southern region was one of seven that were recorded in the early hours of this Friday.
The first earthquake recorded this Friday, July 12, in the southern part of the country was precisely the largest of the seven that have occurred so far today.
The tremor occurred at 01:08 hours and Its epicenter was 51 kilometers west of Quellónin the Lakes Region.
The magnitude of the earthquake reached 4.4according to the report from the National Seismological Center (CSN), which stated that the origin occurred at a depth of 32 kilometers.
In addition to the earthquake in the southern zone: the other tremors this Friday
According to the information provided by the CSN, in addition to the earthquake in the southern zone, the next largest earthquake It occurred at 06:49 hours in the Coquimbo Region.
This earthquake It had its epicenter 46 kilometers southwest of Pichidangui and reached a magnitude of 4.0with an origin at a depth of 21 kilometers.
Just four minutes later, another earthquake of magnitude 2.7 It shook the same area, with its epicenter 24 kilometers southwest of Pichidangui.
Besides, Two other tremors occurred less than an hour apart in another location in the same Coquimbo Region.
The first one was at 05:17 hours and its epicenter was 50 kilometers southwest of the Collahuasi Mine and had a magnitude of 3.4while at 05:50 hours another earthquake of magnitude 2.8 had its epicenter 49 kilometers southwest of the same Collahuasi Mine.