Chileans survive strong Christmas Day earthquake

Monday, December 26th 2016 - 05:50 UTC

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A 7.6/7.7 degrees earthquake affected five regions in southern Chile on Sunday but left no fatal casualties. “There is no loss of human life,” National Emergency Management Office (ONEMI) Director Ricardo Toro said. Read full article

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ElaineB
I was in contact with friends from Chile exchanging Christmas greetings and none felt the earthquake.
Dec 26th, 2016 - 01:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Marti Llazo
@ElaineB

Same here. Friends in X Región, less than 200 km from the epicenter, said “what earthquake?”
Dec 26th, 2016 - 02:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Frank
It was felt in Bolivia ... oooops... that was the Christmas day Atacama quake. :) http://earthquaketrack.com/p/chile/recent ... and they call Unzud the Shaky Isles.

People around Montt and Ancud, etc are still a bit gunshy when it come to quakes and tsunamis but it must have been a quiet news day considering the coverage this one got.
Dec 26th, 2016 - 10:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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