Quake in Chile
There has been a Magnetude 7.9 earthquake in Chile 70 miles ENE of Iquique, Chile (pop 206,000)
Link here:
Magnitude 7.9 - TARAPACA, CHILE
Bloomberg News has
a preliminary report.
Northern Chile Is Hit by Magnitude 7.9 Earthquake (Update2)
A magnitude 7.9 earthquake shook northern Chile, at 18:44 p.m. local time, according to the U.S. Geological Survey's Web site. The government said at least one person died in the quake.
The quake was located in the mountains 115 kilometers (71.5 miles) east northeast of the city of Iquique in north Chile, the USGS said. The epicenter of the earthquake, which struck 1,515 kilometers north of Santiago, was 111 kilometers below ground.
Dionisio Perez, 80, died when his home fell on him, Jorge Correa, undersecretary of the interior, said. The quake caused houses to collapse and caused power and telephone outages. Electricity is being restored in some areas, Correa said. As many as 6 more may have died.
Aftershocks from the quake may last for a month, Chilevision said. Chile, the world's largest copper producer, is one of the world's most seismically active nations. In 1960, 5,000 people died in the country when it was hit by a 9.5 earthquake, the largest recorded in the world, according to the Web site of the U.S. Geological Survey.
Posted by DaveH at June 13, 2005 7:22 PM