A strong earthquake was felt this Tuesday afternoon in the north of our country and the trans-Andean country.
According to information issued by the National Seismological Center, the magnitude of the telluric movement reached 6.8. It was recorded at 7:06 p.m., with a depth of 248 kilometers.
The epicenter was located 70 kilometers To the East from Lee.
The governor of the Antofagasta region, Ricardo Díaz, told Radio Bío Bío that “it was a fairly strong tremor (…) It was felt up to here in Antofagasta.”
SHOA reported that “the characteristics of the earthquake do not meet the necessary conditions to generate a tsunami on the coast of Chile.
In turn, the establishment added that there were no “damages to people, alteration to basic services or infrastructure as a result of this earthquake.”
Mercalli scale earthquake
Arica and Parinacota Region
Arica: I
code: II
Whose: III
Poconchile II
San Miguel de Azapa: II
Tarapaca Region
High Hospice: IV
The Loa: IV
Iquique: IV
Pike: IV
Almonte Well: III
Antofagasta Region
Antofagasta: F
Squid: V
Maria Elena: IV
Mussels: V
Quillagua: V
San Pedro de Atacama: V
Sierra Gorda: VI
Socaire: VI
Total: IV
Tocopilla: V
Atacama Region
Boiler: III
Chanaral: IV
Copiapo: IV
Diego de Almagro: IV
El Salvador: IV
The Parrots: IV
Yellow Earth: IV
Vallenar: II
