Tag: Hanga Roa

• Thursday, December 20th 2018 - 08:11 UTC

  Earthquake rocks Chile's Easter Island, but no tsunami

  

  An earthquake measuring 6.2 degrees on the Richter scale struck Chile's Easter Islands in the South Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, US and Chilean seismic centres reported, while an ensuing tsunami was ruled out.

• Thursday, February 10th 2011 - 23:20 UTC

  Easter Island Rapa Niu peoples’ land claims’ turns international

  

  The Inter-American Commission for Human Rights (IACHR), a body within the Organization of American States, has issued Precautionary Measures to protect the Rapa Nui people on Easter Island.

• Tuesday, January 18th 2011 - 07:49 UTC

  U.N. Urges Chile to Halt Evictions of Indigenous Protesters

  

  Following months of protests and sit-ins surrounding ancestral land claims on Chile’s Easter Island, the United Nations has officially called on the Chilean government to help diffuse tensions.