This morning, two earthquakes were felt in the Arica and Parinacota region, prompting monitoring by the Navy Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service (SHOA), who ruled out a tsunami alert for the Chilean coast.
According to the National Emergency Office (Onemi), the first telluric movement was of a magnitude of 5.0, with an epicenter 116 km northeast of Arica.
#SHOA indicates that the characteristics of the #earthquake of magnitude 5.0, located 116 km NE of Arica, do NOT meet the necessary conditions to generate a #tsunami on the coasts of Chile.
More info in https://t.co/r4IfR3Mevf pic.twitter.com/KSIX5MkS5X– onemichile (@onemichile) December 3, 2022
Meanwhile, the second was registered in the vicinity of the border between Chile, Peru and Bolivia. Onemi indicated that the earthquake had a magnitude of 4.8 with an epicenter 20 km southwest of Visviri.
Valparaiso
On the morning of this Saturday, a less intense earthquake was also registered between the regions of Valparaíso and Metropolitana.
The National Seismological Center of the University of Chile specified that the telluric movement had a magnitude of 4.7 with an epicenter 31.73 km northwest of Valparaíso.
PRELIMINARY Local Time: 2022/12/03 07:39:07, mag: 4.7, Lat: -32.83, Lon: -71.84, Depth: 27.0, Loc: 31.73 km NW of Valparaíso
— Seismology UdeChile (@Sismos_CSN) December 3, 2022
