China News Service, February 2nd. According to the South American Overseas Chinese News Network, the latest research report released by the National Earthquake Center of the University of Chile stated that in 2020, a total of 7,826 earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 to 7.0 were reported across Chile, compared with 7,733 in 2019 and 2018 7079 times in the year have increased.
According to statistics, there were 667 earthquakes with magnitude greater than or equal to 4 in Chile in 2020, an average of nearly 2 earthquakes per day.
In this year, there were 73 earthquakes with magnitude greater than or equal to 5 in Chile; 12 earthquakes with magnitude greater than or equal to 6 occurred in Chile.
According to reports, the largest earthquake in Chile in 2020 occurred on September 1, 55 kilometers north of the port of Vasco in the Atacama region, with a magnitude of 7 and a focal depth of 31 kilometers.
Some analysts pointed out that most of the earthquakes that occurred in Chile in September were aftershocks of this major earthquake, and September became the month with the most frequent earthquakes in Chile in 2020.
In 2020, the second largest earthquake in Chile occurred on June 3, 49 kilometers southwest of the town of San Pedro de Atacama, Antofagasta Region, with a magnitude of 6.9; the third largest earthquake occurred On December 27, 151 kilometers from the coast of Torten, the magnitude was 6.7.