2024-08-05 03:04:47
According to reports from the National Seismological Center, nine earthquakes occurred in the early hours of Thursday near Navidad, the coastal town in the O’Higgins Region.
Until nine earthquakes of varying magnitude have been recorded during the early hours of this Thursday in the town of Christmasin the coastal area of the O’Higgins Region, according to the National Seismological Center (CSN).
He Seismic swarm began at 02:18 hourswhen the first earthquake occurred, which had a magnitude of 2.9 and whose epicenter was located 46 kilometers west of Navidad.
In the space of less than an hour, Five other tremors were recorded in the same area, with magnitudes ranging from 2.8 to 3.2.according to the CSN records.
Posteriorly, at 04:06 hoursa new earthquake was recorded in that sector, which had its epicenter 47 kilometers west of Navidad and reached a magnitude of 2.8.
The largest earthquake of the seismic swarm occurred at Christmas
The most intense earthquake in the framework of the seismic swarm occurred at 09:40 hours. It originated at a depth of 35 kilometers, had its epicenter 37 kilometers west of that town in the O’Higgins Region and reached a magnitude of 3.9.
Finally, at the At 09:44 hours an earthquake of magnitude 3.4 was recordedwhich had its epicenter 43 kilometers west of Navidad.
Meanwhile, the largest earthquake among the more than twenty that have been recorded in the country in the early hours of the day occurred at 00:32 hours and Its epicenter was 62 kilometers west of the La Escondida Mine.in the Antofagasta Region. The tremor reached a magnitude of 4.3 and originated at a depth of 69 kilometers.
None of the earthquakes that occurred in the country caused material damage or personal misfortune.