Chile Earthquake 8.3 on the Richter Scale
This day a powerful 8.3 magnitude earthquake struck parts of Chile in South America. An earthquake measuring 8.3 on the Richter scale which occurred at 3:34 am local time.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake centered at latitude 35.826 and 72.669 west longitude, or 317 km west of the capital of Chile, Santiago. This earthquake at a depth of 59.4 kilometers off the coast of Maule, Chile.
The US Pacific Tsunami warning centre issued a tsunami warning for Chile and Peru, and a tsunami watch for Ecuador.
[...] Chile earthquake was centered precisely at 90 km Northeast Concepcion, Chile with a depth of 55 km. Scale 8.3 [...]