Re: Magnitude 7.1 - MAULE, CHILE
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Figure rising to 14 injured in earthquake in Chile
By: Agency | Source: Reuters | 26/03/2012 12:07
SANTIAGO DE CHILE, Chile, sea. 26, 2012. - The MHIS or 6.8 degrees Richte r rocked this Sunday more than 1,300 kilometers of territory chilen o and left several injured and hundreds of evacuees, as well as some damage, it was a r?plic to "late" Earthquake 8.8 magnitude that struck several parts of the country on February 27, 2010.
This was explained on Monday the experts, based on the quake from 19.38 local time Sunday (2238 GMT) was located in the same geological fault that the earthquake two years ago under the seabed, some 360 kilometers southwest of Santiago, in the region of Maule. The Seismological Institute of the University of Chile located the epicenter 24 kilometers northeast of Constitution and the hypocenter at a depth of 40.7 kilometers. Although President Sebasti?n Pi?era, told from Korea, where he attended the Second Nuclear Security Summit, saw the earthquake, "an earthquake" in Santiago ruled that name experts. Miguel Ortiz, head of Early Warning of the National Emergency Office (Onemi), told journalists that this was "an earthquake of greater intensity" rather than an earthquake "because it had a direct impact on people or infrastructure. He also recalled that since the February 2010 disaster, which left 524 dead, 800,000 homeless and damages for 30,000 million dollars in six regions of Chile, experts have warned that aftershocks could extend up to five years. In any case, yesterday's quake was followed during the night of Sunday and early Monday morning for more than a dozen aftershocks, including several magnitudes higher than 4 on the Richter scale. Ortiz also confirmed that the quake left fourteen injured, eleven of them in the Maule region, two in Santiago and one in the Bio Bio. The official considered Onemi as well as tangential to quake death in the region of Maule, Joseph Robert Rebolledo, whom he suffered a heart attack at the time of the earthquake. In this region, 289 people were still Monday in places of safety, after being evacuated from their homes in the coastal towns of Constitution Duao, Ilocos, La Pesca and La Panim?vida. According to Ortiz, after the earthquake were evacuated a total of 24,283 people, 14,320 of them in the Bio Bio region, 9,360 in Metro Manila and 400 in O'Higgins Region. This Monday also suspended classes in the city of Constituci?n, where the quake was felt with an intensity of 8 degrees of the Mercalli scale international, in order to check the status of the establishments educational. Constitution, at the mouth of the river Maule, was one of the towns worst hit by the 2010 earthquake and its inhabitants also suffered the ravages of the tsunami that was downloaded on its shores after the quake. wave seismic tremor on Sunday expanded from the region of Coquimbo, 500 miles north of Santiago, to Los Lagos, 1,000 kilometers south of the capital of Chile, according to latest data from the Onemi, and their intensities ranged from 8 to 2 degrees Mercalli. In Santiago, the intensity was 6 degrees, according to official data. Shortly after the quake, the National Emergency Office ordered a preventive evacuation of 500 km stretch between the towns of Concon, in the region of Valparaiso, and Lebu, in the region of Bio Bio. Shortly thereafter, based on technical data provided by the Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service of the Navy (SHOA) Onemi reversed in the evacuation, except Maule, where authorities maintained regional measure to some 7,000 residents of coastal towns. The authorities justified this decision today, which was based on visual observation of the inhabitants of coastal areas, who gave notice of an abnormal situation on the beaches of Constitution, where the sea had collected about 40 meters. "Today the population is considered a valid source, together with technical agencies appreciated a gathering of 30 to 40 meters into the sea," said Ortiz. From Seoul, President Pi?era expressed their solidarity and commitment aid to those affected by the quake, noted the lack of casualties and significant damage and stressed that the situation is "under control". He said that the Government was preparing "a contingency plan to assist the sectors that have suffered consequences of the earthquake. " In Santiago, the Minister of the Presidency, Cristian Larroulet he said, speaking to Radio ADN, progress "in terms of preventing and protecting people," adding that compared with February 2010, " can be much more confident. "
