Six Earthquakes Rock Chile Early Saturday
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Pastor Dale Morgan
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Six Earthquakes Rock Chile Early Saturday
SANTIAGO - A chain of six tremors has rocked central and southern Chile early Saturday morning in the same areas hit in February by the massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake.
The strongest quake, of 5.7-magnitude, was recorded at 2:58 a.m. and had its epicenter in the sea, 25 kilometers from the city of Lebu, in Bío Bío, according to the University of Chile Seismology Service.
The other quakes were felt at 00:45 a.m., 2:45 a.m., 4:48 a.m., and 05:06 a.m., all perceptible in Maule, Bío Bío and Araucanía.
The last tremor was recorded at 7:58 a.m. and was also felt in the central region of O'Higgins.
Diana Comte, an expert from the university's Mathematics and Geophysics Department, said the six tremors were aftershocks of the massive February 27 quake.
Potential massive events cannot be ruled out, such as a seaquake, Comte said.
Chile is located in the circum-Pacific Ring of Fire, or seismic belt, and among countries with Pacific coasts, it has the most volcanic eruptions and numerous sea and earthquakes, resulting from the rupture of geological faults and the movement and collision of tectonic plates.
Therefore, the Ring of Fire region endures 80 percent of the world's most devastating earthquakes.
Six Earthquakes Rock Chile Early Saturday
SANTIAGO - A chain of six tremors has rocked central and southern Chile early Saturday morning in the same areas hit in February by the massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake.
The strongest quake, of 5.7-magnitude, was recorded at 2:58 a.m. and had its epicenter in the sea, 25 kilometers from the city of Lebu, in Bío Bío, according to the University of Chile Seismology Service.
The other quakes were felt at 00:45 a.m., 2:45 a.m., 4:48 a.m., and 05:06 a.m., all perceptible in Maule, Bío Bío and Araucanía.
The last tremor was recorded at 7:58 a.m. and was also felt in the central region of O'Higgins.
Diana Comte, an expert from the university's Mathematics and Geophysics Department, said the six tremors were aftershocks of the massive February 27 quake.
Potential massive events cannot be ruled out, such as a seaquake, Comte said.
Chile is located in the circum-Pacific Ring of Fire, or seismic belt, and among countries with Pacific coasts, it has the most volcanic eruptions and numerous sea and earthquakes, resulting from the rupture of geological faults and the movement and collision of tectonic plates.
Therefore, the Ring of Fire region endures 80 percent of the world's most devastating earthquakes.
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