Large Earthquake May Strike Offshore Chile: FIRE-EARTH
FEWW Moderators believe a large earthquake measuring about 8.2Mw could strike offshore Chile close to the location of the ongoing seismic activity. [Probability ≈ 0.6]
An intense wave of activity which struck offshore Bio-Bio region, Chile on February 12 has so far produced at least a half dozen significant shocks including the following two events which occurred today, according to USGS/EHP.
- Magnitude 6.0 on February 13 at 10:35:06 UTC
- Magnitude 5.8 on February 13 at 08:51:33 UTC