Moderate Earthquakes Shake
Concepcion, Chile
CONCEPCION, Chile - Two moderate earthquakes
shook on Thursday morning the Chilean city
of Concepcion, causing panic among the
inhabitants.
The first earthquake was registered at 3:56
a.m. local time, measuring 5.1 on Richter
scale, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
said.
The epicenter of this earthquake was located
50 kilometers in the sea, west to Concepcion
with a depth of 35 km.
The second earthquake occurred at 9:41 a.m.
local time and according to the Seismology
Institute of the University of Chile, it
measured 5.2 on Richter scale.
According to the Chilean National Emergency
Office (Onemi), there were no reports of
victims, disturbance to the basic services
or damages to the infrastructure, however,
there were partial blackout in some towns of
the province.
At 4:04 a.m. local time, another earthquake
of lower intensity affected the regions of
Maule and Libertador General Bernardo O'
Higgins. |
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