A earthquake size 6.2 Rocked central and northern Chile at 20:48 local time Wednesday on the Richter scale, no evidence losses or serious property damageThe National Center for Seismology of the University of Chile reported. The agency said the epicenter was recorded 11 kilometers southeast of Tongoy on the Chilean coast, about 430 kilometers north of the capital. Likewise, the epicenter was formed at a depth of 45 kilometers.
The National Disaster Prevention and Response Service (Senapred) described the movement as medium intensity, indicating that the movement was perceived between the Atacama regions in the north of the country and the Metropolitan region, where the capital city Santiago is located. earthquake.
As reported by the Naval Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service (SHOA), the terrestrial movement did not meet the conditions for a tsunami on the country’s coasts.