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Six
Earthquakes
Rock
Chile
Early
Saturday
SANTIAGO
- A
chain of
six
tremors
has
rocked
central
and
southern
Chile
early
Saturday
morning
in the
same
areas
hit in
February
by the
massive
8.8-magnitude
earthquake.
The
strongest
quake,
of
5.7-magnitude,
was
recorded
at 2:58
a.m. and
had its
epicenter
in the
sea, 25
kilometers
from the
city of
Lebu, in
Bío Bío,
according
to the
University
of Chile
Seismology
Service.
The
other
quakes
were
felt at
00:45
a.m.,
2:45
a.m.,
4:48
a.m.,
and
05:06
a.m.,
all
perceptible
in
Maule,
Bío Bío
and
Araucanía.
The last
tremor
was
recorded
at 7:58
a.m. and
was also
felt in
the
central
region
of
O'Higgins.
Diana
Comte,
an
expert
from the
university's
Mathematics
and
Geophysics
Department,
said the
six
tremors
were
aftershocks
of the
massive
February
27
quake.
Potential
massive
events
cannot
be ruled
out,
such as
a
seaquake,
Comte
said.
Chile is
located
in the
circum-Pacific
Ring of
Fire, or
seismic
belt,
and
among
countries
with
Pacific
coasts,
it has
the most
volcanic
eruptions
and
numerous
sea and
earthquakes,
resulting
from the
rupture
of
geological
faults
and the
movement
and
collision
of
tectonic
plates.
Therefore,
the Ring
of Fire
region
endures
80
percent
of the
world's
most
devastating
earthquakes.
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