New Aftershock in Concepción

by Lorete

This morning at around 6:20 am there was an aftershock of about 6 points on the Riechter scale. People were sacried that there would be a Tsumani. Then their was one at around 7:31am with 4.9 points on the Riechter scale. The epicenter was 40 kms from Concepción. And now at 8:47am (while I was wrtitting this report) we felt a big shaking that lasted around 15 secounds that was felt from Santiago to Osorno. This last quake was rated at 6.8 points on the Reichter scale.The epicenter was 30 kms southwest to Concepción and their was secoundary damage to the shaking, parts of already damaged buildings fell.

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