Hace minutos y al mismo tiempo, hubieron un #Terremoto en la Antártida de 7.1, un #Sismo en Farellones (entre Mendoza y Santiago) de 5.8, otro de 5.1 en Neiva (Colombia), otro 4,4 en Indonesia, uno de 5,6 en Islas Fiji y hasta cayó un #Meteorito en Antofagasta (Chile).
6.9-magnitude earthquake struck the Southern Ocean near Antarctica on Saturday, prompting a tsunami alert for areas which are virtually uninhabited, officials say. Small tsunami waves were reported but serious damage or injuries are not expected.
The earthquake happened at 8:37 p.m. Chilean time on Saturday and struck about 55 kilometers (34 miles) south of Elephant, a mountainous and ice-covered island in the outer reaches of the South Shetland Islands.
A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Saturday off the coast of Antarctica, with authorities issuing a tsunami warning for Chile's Eduardo Frei base on the frigid continent, emergency officials said.
The quake struck at 8:36 p.m. local time (2336 GMT) about 210 kilometers east of the base at a depth of 10 kilometers, Chile's National Emergency Office (Onemi) said, urging evacuation from "the beach area of the Antarctic" ahead of a possible tsunami.
The Chilean air force's base is the country's largest in Antarctica and includes a village, hospital, school, bank, post office and chapel.
The maximum population in summer is 150 people, and the average population in winter is 80.
An unrelated 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck near Santiago on Saturday night, but Onemi said no significant damage or impact was reported.
Chile is one of the most seismically active countries in the world. An 8.8 magnitude temblor in Concepcion on February 27, 2010, left more than 500 dead.
The country suffered the most powerful earthquake ever recorded 60 years ago — measuring 9.6 magnitude — in Valdivia.
Un fuerte terremoto de siete grados de magnitud se produjo la noche de este sábado cerca de la base chilena Eduardo Frei en la Antártida, informó preliminarmente la Oficina Nacional de Emergencia (Onemi). La delegación del sur de Chile, de 161 personas, fue puesta en alerta de evacuación por peligro de tsunami.
El sismo se registró a las 20.36 (hora local), en medio del mar, a unos 210 kilómetros al este de la base Eduardo Frei de donde fueron evacuadas 80 personas. En la base de O’Higgins fueron desalojadas 40, desde Fildes otras 10 y desde la base Prat unas 31 personas. Además, según
