13 of 5.0 Mw to 5.9 and 1 of 6.0 Mw, over 1000 in total.
Casualties
None
The Valparaíso earthquake of April 2017 was a strong earthquake that shook the cities of Valparaíso and Santiago on Monday, April 24, 2017, at 18:38 local time (21:38 UTC). Its epicenter was located off the coast of the Valparaíso Region and had a magnitude of 6.9 Mw.[1][2][3] On the scale of Mercalli, the earthquake reached an intensity of VII (Very Strong).[4]
Before this seismic event there was an unusual increase in seismic activity (seismic swarm) that began on Saturday, April 22 and before the event of magnitude 6.9 more than 180 foreshocks had been recorded, the strongest being that of magnitude 6.0 that occurred in the dawn of the April 22, 2017.
Subsequent to this event, more than 1000 aftershocks have been recorded, including several earthquakes of magnitude greater than 5.0 and two earthquakes of magnitude 5.8 and 6.0 on Moment magnitude scale that occurred on Friday, April 28, 2017, at 12:30 and 13:05 local time respectively.
^ abc"M 6.9 - 40km W of Valparaiso, Chile". USGS. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
^ abCite error: The named reference CSNPowerfulquake was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ abCite error: The named reference EMSCquakeCL was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ab"Sismo de mayor intensidad entre las regiones de Coquimbo y Biobío". ONEMI. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
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