Chile: Iquique city again shakes because of a strong earthquake

The US Geological Survey (USGS) said on April 11, a magnitude 6 earthquake shook the city of Iquique in Chile.

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According to USGS, this earthquake occurred at 0: 1 minute (GMT), 84km from Iquique city to the southwest.

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The center of the earthquake lies at a depth of 17.48km, originally determined at the coordinates of 20,7477 South latitudes and 70,7242 degrees of West.

Earlier, a series of earthquakes opened with an earthquake of 6.7 Richter magnitude occurred on March 16, causing more than 100,000 Chileans to evacuate urgently from the lowlands.

Within a week, Chile's northernmost region was constantly shaken by more than 300 earthquakes, but the scientific world has not yet been able to determine whether this is an abnormal sign of an upcoming disaster. happens or not.

Chile, on the Earth's fire belt, should be one of the world's most earthquake-prone countries. In 2010, in the Central Region, an earthquake of 8.8 Richter magnitude caused more than 500 deaths, 220,000 houses and many infrastructures were destroyed.

Chile is also the place where the strongest earthquake in the world seismic history occurs with a magnitude of 9.5 Richter. It was an earthquake in 1960, killing more than 5,000 people.