Saturday, September 19, 2015

Chile Earthquake Death Toll Up to 13, Several Missing

The death toll from the powerful earthquake that struck Chile earlier this week has gone up to 13, while the number of missing people stands at six, Chilean Deputy Interior Secretary Mahmud Aleuy said.

The number of missing people stands at six, Aleuy told reporters on Friday.

Earlier figures put the death toll at 12.

An 8.3-magnitude earthquake hit Chile’s central Coquimbo Region, located about 500 kilometers (310 miles) from the capital Santiago, on Wednesday evening.

Chile’s National Office of Emergency of the Interior Ministry (ONEMI) put the quake’s magnitude at 8.4, issuing a nation-wide red alert and requesting an evacuation of Chile’s entire national coastline.

The earthquake triggered Pacific-wide tsunami waves and about one million people were evacuated from Pacific coastal areas.

The highest tsunami observed in Chile were in Coquimbo, where three waves were recorded to be at least 4 meters (13 feet). Hundreds of homes in Chile were declared uninhabitable or destroyed following the earthquake and the tsunami.

The highest tsunami observed outside Chile were in French Polynesia.

  (Sputnik)
19/9/15 
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  1. Chilean President Michelle Bachelet promised financial help Monday to victims of last week's 8.3 magnitude earthquake and the tsunami that followed, which battered the country's coastline near the port of Coquimbo and destroyed hundreds of homes...

    The government would give one-time payments to affected families of $1,500 to rebuild homes and another $700 to replace lost goods, said Bachelet. The government would also use emergency funds to help the worst-hit fishing and port industries, she added.

    The quake Wednesday night was the strongest recorded in the world this year.

    The latest toll was 13 people reported as killed and 14 injured, the emergency service Onemi said Sunday night. Nearly 2,000 homes had been destroyed or badly damaged, it said.

    "We know that any measure does not compensate for losses suffered during this new natural catastrophe, but we want people to know that the government is not going to abandon them," said Bachelet...............Reuter
    21/9/15

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  2. M 6.5 - COQUIMBO, CHILE - 2015-09-21 17:39:57 UTC......local time: 14:39....

    Magnitude Mw 6.5
    Region COQUIMBO, CHILE
    Date time 2015-09-21 17:39:57.2 UTC
    Location 31.71 S ; 71.47 W
    Depth 12 km
    Distances
    209 km N of Santiago, Chile / pop: 4,837,295 / local time: 14:39:57.2 2015-09-21
    148 km N of Valparaíso, Chile / pop: 282,448 / local time: 14:39:57.2 2015-09-21
    30 km W of Illapel, Chile / pop: 22,816 / local time: 14:39:57.2 2015-09-21
    http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=460695
    21/9/15

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  3. Ισχυρή σεισμική δόνηση μεγέθους 6,5 βαθμών σημειώθηκε απόψε στη Χιλή και το επίκεντρό της εντοπίστηκε σε απόσταση 143 χιλιομέτρων βόρεια-βορειοδυτικά του Βαλπαραΐσο, ανακοίνωσε η αμερικανική γεωολογική υπηρεσία USGS.

    Μάρτυρες τους οποίους επικαλείται το πρακτορείο Ρόιτερς είπαν ότι ο σεισμός έγινε ιδιαίτερα αισθητός στην πρωτεύουσα Σαντιάγο.

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