Residents of several neighborhoods in the city of São Paulo felt an earthquake on Monday night (26), an effect of the magnitude 6.9 quake that struck northern Chile earlier that day.
São Paulo’s Civil Defense agency said it received about 50 calls at its operations center from people frightened by the tremors. The calls came from neighborhoods such as Ermelino Matarazzo, Lapa, Mooca and Santana. Residents of other parts of the city also reported feeling the shaking.
According to the University of São Paulo’s Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, the tremors felt by São Paulo residents had a magnitude of 2.3.
According to authorities, most of the calls came from people living in apartment buildings, where the shaking was stronger, particularly on higher floors. Civil Defense inspected some buildings after the event but found no problems.
Chile
The earthquake, whose effects reached São Paulo, struck northern Chile at around 6:50 p.m. on Monday, east of the city of Calama. Despite its magnitude of 6.9, Reuters reported no deaths or injuries and no damage to buildings.
Source: Agência Brasil
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