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Chile Issues Tsunami Warning, Orders Evacuation of Antarctic Base After 7-Magnitude Quake
Sputnik International
https://sputniknews.com/latam/202101241081861137-chile-issues-tsunami-warning-orders-evacuation-of-antarctic-base-after-7-magnitude-quake/
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A 7-magnitude earthquake has occurred near the South Shetland Islands, prompting Chile to issue a tsunami warning and order the evacuation of the country s Antarctic military base.
The quake occurred at 23:36 GMT on Saturday, at a depth of 7.8 kilometres (4.8 miles), near the Antarctic South Shetland Islands, according to United States Geological Survey (USGS) data.
The Chilean Navy Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service (Shoa) put the earthquake s magnitude at 7.1, saying that it occurred 216 kilometres northeast of Bernardo O Higgins Base (research station) in the Chilean Antarctica.
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Santiago, Providencia / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / 10-15 s :
No fue un temblor normal, el movimiento no fue de vaivén, más bien vertical, como una fractura importante en la zona de Farellones. Fueron dos movimientos consecutivos. | 8 users found this interesting.
Creo que esto se debe en gran medida a las mineras ubicadas en la zona.
AngloAmerican, está construyendo un túnel bajo tierra para uno de sus mayores proyectos de extracción de cobre.