Strong earthquake near Valparaiso, Chile – also awakes Santiago de Chile

September 14, 2011 By Armand Vervaeck and James Daniell

Last update: September 14, 2011 at 10:05 am by By Armand Vervaeck and James Daniell

Earthquake overview : At 4:04 AM Chile local time, a strong moderate earthquake occurred close to Valparaiso, Chile. Strong MMI VI shaking has been experienced near the epicenter.
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To read the full story as it happened, we advise our readers to start at the lower part of the page (earthquake data).

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Update 10:02 UTC : after screening our many various sources, we are happy to report that this earthquake made NO damage or did NOT injure people (published 3 hours after the earthquake struck).

Update 08:04 UTC : Our Chile readers are fading away from our screens, which means that most of them went back to their beds after looking into the details of this earthquake. It is 05:04 AM in the Chile night.

Update 08:03 UTC : Some people report 2 weak aftershocks.

Update 07:59 UTC : ONEMI Chile (which is extremely well organized to cope with disaster situations and has a great network to cope with it) has NOT found any damage or injuries yet.
Based on the revised parameters, Earthquake-Report.com expect NO change in this situation.

Update 07:55 UTC : ONEMI Chile has released a new bulletin with corresponding MMI values :
Región: Coquimbo 
Coquimbo:  IV
Illapel:  III
La Serena:  IV
Los Vilos:  II
Salamanca:  IV
Región: Valparaíso 
Quillota:  IV
San Felipe:  IV
Valparaí­so:  VI
Viña del Mar:  VI
Región: Metropolitana de Santiago 
Melipilla:  V
Puente Alto:  IV
San Bernardo:  IV
Santiago:  IV
Talagante:  IV
Tiltil:  IV
Región: Libertador Bernardo O`Higgins
La Estrella:  III
Las Cabras:  III
Navidad:  III
Región: Maule
Constitución:  III
Parral:  II
Talca:  II

More information: http://earthquake-report.com/2011/09/14/strong-earthquake-near-valparaiso-chile/

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