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At least 11 dead after magnitude 8.3 ground quake that ruined buildings and knocked out power from worst hit regions - View Complete Gallery - Powerful aftershocks rippled through Chile on Thursday following a magnitude 8.3 ground quake killed at least 11 people and slammed strong waves into coast towns, prompting a tsunami warning and forcing almost 1 million people from their houses, Interior Minister Jorge Burgos said Thursday. The quake knocked out power in that the worst hit regions of Chile and damaged buildings and shook buildings about 175 miles to the south in the capital city of Santiago.
The ensuing waves caused flooding in dozens of coast towns. A lot of aftershocks, including 4 over 6 and a tremor, shook the region. The U.S. Geological Survey initially reported the earth quake as magnitude 7.9, but rapidly revised the reading upward to 8.3. Chilean police put the magnitude at 8.4. Wednesday once more we must confront a blow President Michelle Bachelet said in an address. Bachelet said she intended to travel to the areas worst impacted. U.S. Officials said the quake struck just overseas from the Pacific at 7: 54 p.m. Local time and has been centered about 141 miles.
When authorities were slow to warn the authorities ordered evacuations to avert a replica of a quake disaster in 2010. As the danger subsided, the authorities raised its tsunami warning Thursday morning, some 12 hours following it was first issued. Bachelet urged individuals who'd been evacuated from coast regions to stay on high ground until police could fully assess the situation early Thursday. The tremor was so strong that individuals in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on that the other side of that the continent, reported feeling it. Individuals from Peru and Brazil also reported feeling that the shakes. No injuries were reported outside Chile.
Earthquake impact is a bit like real estate: what matters is location, location, location, stated Susan Hough, a geophysicist with that the U.S. Geological Survey. But it's true that preparedness and risk reduction from Chile is ahead of that from much of that the world, and that makes a difference. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center originally issued a tsunami watch for Hawaii, but later downgraded its advisory and stated that a tsunami was expected. Tsunami advisories were issued for portions of South America, Southern California and French Polynesia, although waves are usually expected to be small. As far away as New Zealand, police urged residents in eastern coast areas to stay out from the water and off beaches between the unusually strong currents and unforeseen water flows near the shore. Officials ordered individuals to evacuate low lying regions along the 2, 400 Miles of Chile's Pacific coast, from Puerto Aysen in the south east to Arica in the north.
At least 11 dead after magnitude 8.3 ground quake that ruined buildings and knocked out power from worst hit regions - View Complete Gallery - Powerful aftershocks rippled through Chile on Thursday following a magnitude 8.3 ground quake killed at least 11 people and slammed strong waves into coast towns, prompting a tsunami warning and forcing almost 1 million people from their houses, Interior Minister Jorge Burgos said Thursday. The quake knocked out power in that the worst hit regions of Chile and damaged buildings and shook buildings about 175 miles to the south in the capital city of Santiago.
The ensuing waves caused flooding in dozens of coast towns. A lot of aftershocks, including 4 over 6 and a tremor, shook the region. The U.S. Geological Survey initially reported the earth quake as magnitude 7.9, but rapidly revised the reading upward to 8.3. Chilean police put the magnitude at 8.4. Wednesday once more we must confront a blow President Michelle Bachelet said in an address. Bachelet said she intended to travel to the areas worst impacted. U.S. Officials said the quake struck just overseas from the Pacific at 7: 54 p.m. Local time and has been centered about 141 miles.
When authorities were slow to warn the authorities ordered evacuations to avert a replica of a quake disaster in 2010. As the danger subsided, the authorities raised its tsunami warning Thursday morning, some 12 hours following it was first issued. Bachelet urged individuals who'd been evacuated from coast regions to stay on high ground until police could fully assess the situation early Thursday. The tremor was so strong that individuals in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on that the other side of that the continent, reported feeling it. Individuals from Peru and Brazil also reported feeling that the shakes. No injuries were reported outside Chile.
Earthquake impact is a bit like real estate: what matters is location, location, location, stated Susan Hough, a geophysicist with that the U.S. Geological Survey. But it's true that preparedness and risk reduction from Chile is ahead of that from much of that the world, and that makes a difference. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center originally issued a tsunami watch for Hawaii, but later downgraded its advisory and stated that a tsunami was expected. Tsunami advisories were issued for portions of South America, Southern California and French Polynesia, although waves are usually expected to be small. As far away as New Zealand, police urged residents in eastern coast areas to stay out from the water and off beaches between the unusually strong currents and unforeseen water flows near the shore. Officials ordered individuals to evacuate low lying regions along the 2, 400 Miles of Chile's Pacific coast, from Puerto Aysen in the south east to Arica in the north.
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