a strong tremor It was felt at 23:22:07 in Santiago and much of the central zone. According to initial reports, the earthquake had a magnitude of 4.5 and its exact location was at Latitude 33.2, Longitude -71.03, with a depth of 64.98 meters.
The epicenter was located at 3.32 km west of the district of Colina.
The first reports of some people on social networks realized that shortly before the shaking, a strong underground noise was felt.
According to the first reports of the Onemi, The earthquake was classified as medium intensity and was felt at 11:23 p.m. in the regions of Coquimbo, Valparaíso, Metropolitana and O’Higgins. The intensities on the Mercalli scale are:
Region: Coquimbo
Salamanca:
III
Region: Valparaiso
Carob tree:
III
Casablanca:
V
Olmue:
IV
Quillota:
V
San Felipe:
III
Santa Maria:
III
German Village:
V
Region: Santiago Metropolitan
The forest:
III
The mountain:
III
Florida:
IV
The Counts:
III
Cool:
III
Maipu:
IV
Melipilla:
III
Paine:
III
Pedro Aguirre Cerda:
IV
Pudahuel:
IV
High Bridge:
III
Quilicura:
III
Fifth Normal:
III
San Jose de Maipo:
III
Region: Libertador Bernardo O’Higgins
Donihue:
III
Mustard:
III
Rancagua:
III
According to Onemi, “through the National Disaster Prevention and Response System, possible damage to people, alteration to basic services or infrastructure resulting from this earthquake are evaluated.”
The tremor is added to another of similar characteristics, registered last August 17when other earthquake It was perceived at 10:10 p.m. in Santiago, Valparaíso and much of the central zone.
According to the first information, the tremor was perceived as far as the Maule Regionaccording to the report of National Seismological Center of the University of Chile it had a magnitude of 5.3.
