Have you noticed? He shook in Chile and felt in Mendoza – ElSol.com.ar – Diario de Mendoza, Argentina

An earthquake with an epicenter in Chile, near La Serena, was felt in Mendoza. It was at 1:06, it had a magnitude of 5.6 degrees and a depth of 40 kilometers.

The epicenter was located 387 kilometers northwest of San Juan and 72 kilometers northwest of Coquimbo (Chile). And according to the Inpres report, was perceived "slightly by some people at rest or in buildings" in the city of Mendoza and did not cause any damage.

The quake caused concern among trans-Andean bodies until the Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service of the Navy (SHOA) confirmed that "the characteristics of the earthquake do not fulfill the conditions necessary to generate a tsunami on the coast. from Chile ".

SHOA indicates that the earthquake characteristics do not fulfill the conditions necessary to generate a tsunami off the coast of Chile.

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San Juan moves

San Juan was the epicenter of last year's 57% of nationwide tremors, and this Thursday the neighboring province has ratified its title of "National Capital of Earthquakes".

Only until noon, the National Institute of Seismic Prevention (Inpres) he had recorded seven telluric movements with the epicenter in San Juan.

The first earthquake of this holy Thursday was recorded at 2.46 and had a magnitude of 2.7 on the Richter scale. The last one at 11:59 was 2.6 degrees.

Six of these telluric movements had in common low magnitude (less than 3 degrees) and depth greater than 90 kilometers. None of them was felt by the population.

The only exception is the earthquake recorded at 7:01 am, whose magnitude (3.5 degrees) has caused the awakening of some residents of the city of Barreal. It had a depth of 115 kilometers and the epicenter was located 102 kilometers west of the city of San Juan and 165 kilometers northwest of the capital Mendoza.