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Version du 3 mai 2010 à 15:19
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Publié le May 3, 2010
A new strong aftershock has hit Chile in the early morning. The aftershock reached a magnitude of 5.9 and the epicenter was located 19 kilometers west of Pichilemu, according to the University of Chile Geological Survey (UCGS).
The UCGS has also reported that the quake reached a depth of 30.1 kilometers and the intensities in the Mercalli scale were: Pichilemu, Navidad and Talca: VI; Rancagua, Santa Cruz, Lolol and San Fernando: V; Casablanca, San Antonio and Santo Domingo: IV; La Calera, La Ligua, Limache, Los Andes, Papudo, Petorca, Quillota, Santiago de Chile, Valparaíso and Viña del Mar: III.
However, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported that it reached a magnitude of 5.8; had a depth of 8,5 kilometers; and that the epicenter was located 65 kilometers at the southwest of San Antonio, Valparaíso; 100 kilometers at the west of Rancagua, O'Higgins 105 kilometers at the northwest of Curicó, Maule and; 135 kilometers at the southwest of Santiago, Metropolitan Region.
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