Earthquake of magnitude 5.7 strikes northern Chile, GFZ says

Earthquake of magnitude 5.7 hits northern Chile

The quake was at a depth of 178 km (110.6 miles), GFZ said.

Earthquake Of Magnitude 5.7 Strikes Chile

An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 struck northern Chile on Thursday, German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said.

Earthquake of magnitude 5.7 strikes northern Chile, GFZ says

(Reuters) -An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 struck northern Chile on Thursday, German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 178 km (110.6 miles), GFZ said. (Reporting by Mrinmay Dey in Bengaluru; Editing by Sandra Maler)

This afternoon, a tremor was recorded in the Antofagasta Region, with a magnitude of 5.7.According to the report of the National Seismological Center, the movement occurred at 20.10 hours 36 kilometers west of Socaire, in the municipality of San Pedro de Atacama, at a depth of 139 kilometers.From the National Service for Disaster Prevention and Response (Senapred) they described the tremor as “minor intensity” and pointed out that the movement d…

During the afternoon of this Friday, a telluric movement affected the southern part of Chile, where the epicenter occurred in the Biobío region, discarding some threat of tsunami and being monitored by the authorities. According to the information provided by Senapred, the earthquake occurred at about 12:50 a.m., and had a magnitude of 5.1, located 65 kilometers west of Tirúa, which produced a lot of underground noise. Where fortunately no damag…

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Santiago: A powerful earthquake measuring 5.7 magnitude on the Richter Scale struck northern Chile. According to the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ), the earthquake  was at a depth of 178 km. The earthquake’s epicenter is believed to be situated Andes region. Andes is a  tectonically active region. Seismic activity is frequent in this region  due to the subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath the South American Plate. Also Read: UAE a…