The one in Atlántida is not the only one, these are the tremors of the last 30 years

Officials of the National Emergency System (Sinae) They work together with the Canelones government to try to figure out what happened today at 5:43 in the morning, 17 kilometers from Gold Coast and within the sea, where the epicenter of the earthquake took place according to the records.

Social networks were filled with comments about the unusual tremor. However, although it is rare, this type of movement is not unprecedented. According to official data, in the last 20 years, at least 5 tremors or earthquakes have been reported in Uruguay.

Background to the 4.2 earthquake in Canelones

The last record of the National Emergency System dates from November 24, 2016, when an earthquake was reported whose epicenter occurred near the city of Willow, also in the department of Canelones. The phenomenon impacted the population and aroused the consultations of hundreds of people.

That same year, on March 23 at 11:26 p.m. in the area between Punta de Lobos and Punta del Tigre, on the west coast of Montevideoa very localized event was recorded that was felt from the Hill, to the East and to Santa Catalina.

On January 12, 2015 at 5:22 p.m. an earthquake was reported and also a small tsunami. The testimonies speak of the fact that many people who were on the beach of Paso Carrasco noticed that the waters receded and then a larger mass of water arrived than usual, although it did not cause any kind of damage.

While on October 4, 2014 at 7:08 p.m., the seismograph recorded a movement in the department of lavallejamany people perceived it and consulted the police.

Before that event, the previous Sinae record dates from January 10, 1990, when at 10:30 p.m. there was an earthquake with an intensity of III on the modified Mercalli scale that affected the town of La Paloma, in the department of of Peach.