Sunday, September 27, 2009

5.2-magnitude earthquake shakes center of Chile. 10/27/09

An earthquake measuring 5.2 magnitude on the Richter scale shook on Friday the central zone of Chile without reports of victims and material damages so far.

The Seismologic Services from the University of Chile reported that the earthquake was registered at 11:47 a.m. (1547 GMT) on Friday and its epicenter was located in the sea, 87 km north to Valparaiso and 25.8 km deep.

Meanwhile, the National Office of Emergency said the earthquake had an intensity of 2 degrees in Mercalli Scale, which has a maximum of 5.

The earthquake affected regions of Coquimbo in the north, Valparaiso in the center, Metropolitana de Santiago and O'Higgins in the south.

Be updated with People's Daily Online.

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