Earthquake of medium intensity shook the central Chilean zone

Santiago de Chile, Aug 17 (Prensa Latina) An earth tremor of medium intensity shook the central zone of Chile and was felt in the regions of Valparaiso, Metropolitan and O'Higgins, without any report so far of human or material damage.

August 17, 2023
07:32

On Wednesday, according to the National Seismological Center of the University of Chile, the earthquake had a magnitude of 4.8 and its epicenter was located 15.6 kilometers northwest of the metropolitan commune of Farellones, at a depth of 108 kilometers.

In some parts of the capital, the alarms installed in case of earthquakes of a certain power were triggered.

A report from the National Service for Disaster Forecasting and Response described the earthquake as medium intensity.

In Quillota, Valparaíso and San José del Maipo (Metropolitan Region) five degrees on the international Mercalli scale was reported and in the city of Santiago it was four.

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