Tag: earthquake

• Monday, November 9th 2015 - 08:30 UTC

  North of Chile rattles with a series of tremors which were felt in Argentina

  

  North of Chile has been rocked by a series of tremors during early Saturday and most of Sunday, but no injuries or damage has been reported, the University of Chile's Seismology Institute said. The earthquake shook an estimated 20 cities, Arica, Cuya, Pocon Chile, Camina, Mamiña and Pisagua, the national emergency management office said.

• Friday, September 18th 2015 - 08:25 UTC

  Quake in Chile leaves twelve dead; a million evacuated to escape high scale tsunami

  

  Coastal cities in north-central Chile suffered extensive damage from the powerful earthquake that struck the region on Wednesday night, according to aerial images released on Thursday by the police.

• Wednesday, August 13th 2014 - 01:15 UTC

  Chile's massive 2010 earthquake caused Antarctica glaciers to calve and 'icequakes'

  

  A massive earthquake that struck Chile in 2010 caused glaciers thousands of miles away in Antarctica to calve, a study published Sunday in the journal Nature Geoscience found. Seismic surface waves radiating away from the earthquake’s epicenter traveled some 4,700 kilometers before passing through Antarctica’s ice sheets and causing small tremors, or “icequakes.”

• Friday, April 4th 2014 - 05:01 UTC

  Chile assesses extent of earthquake damage; police and military ensure order

  

  Coastal residents of Chile’s far north spent a second sleepless night outside their homes as major aftershocks continued Thursday following a magnitude-8.2 earthquake that damaged several thousand homes and caused six deaths. But no new major damage or casualties were reported, and a heavy police and military presence kept order.

• Thursday, April 3rd 2014 - 06:58 UTC

  Powerful 7.8 magnitude aftershock hits Chile's far north and south Peru

  

  A powerful 7.8-magnitude aftershock hit Chile's far-northern coast on Wednwsday, shaking the same area where a magnitude-8.2 earthquake hit just a day before causing some damage and six deaths.

• Wednesday, April 2nd 2014 - 07:20 UTC

  Earthquake in Chile kills five; north of the country with no power or water

  

  A strong 8.2-magnitude earthquake has struck off the northwestern coast of Chile, killing at least five people and setting off a small tsunami that prompted evacuations along the country's Pacific coast. Chilean Interior minister Rodrigo Peñalillo confirmed that five people had died, “four are men and a woman in Iquique and Alto Hospicio, caused by heart attack and crushing”.

• Wednesday, July 17th 2013 - 07:07 UTC

  Argentine Orcadas base reports 7.3 magnitude earthquake close to Antarctica Peninsula

  

  A powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of Antarctica, generating large waves but causing no injuries, seismic experts at Argentina's Orcadas base in Antarctica reported on Monday.

• Thursday, November 8th 2012 - 07:02 UTC

  Powerful 7.4-magnitude quake hits Guatemala kills dozens; tremors reach Mexico City

  

  A powerful earthquake off the Pacific coast of Guatemala on Wednesday sent debris crashing down onto cars, collapsed roads and killed dozens in the Central American nation, officials said.

• Tuesday, July 17th 2012 - 19:49 UTC

  Chilean village heartfelt thanks for Falklands support

  

  The Chilean village of Lolol in the Colchagua region has sent its heartfelt thanks, in the form of a plaque, to the people of the Falklands and the Chilean Community in the Islands for their very generous support following the devastation of buildings in the area as a result of the earthquake in 2010.

• Wednesday, August 24th 2011 - 22:56 UTC

  Major earthquake rocks Amazon region of Peru, next to Brazil, felt in Lima

  

  A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck a remote Amazon region of Peru on Wednesday, shaking office buildings far away in the capital and in neighbouring Brazil although no injuries or damage were reported immediately.