Chilean authorities issued an evacuation warning for the entire coastal part of the Magellan Faculty, in the extreme south of the country.
Tsunami education has been issued for coastal areas within 185 miles from the epicenter, with the American Literary Council Warning Center in the USA from which it was possible that the possibility of dangerous waves was.
“We invite the evacuation of the coast throughout the Magallanes region,” Chile President Gabriel Borić published on social media after an emergency service warnwhich also ordered evacuations in nearby Antarctic areas.
Boric said that “all resources are available” to answer. “Right now, our duty needs to prepare and visit the authorities,” he wrote.
Social network videos showed people calmly evacuating as sirens in the background, reuters reported.
The USGS said that the Earthquake Epenter was 219 kilometers (173 miles) south of the Argentine town of Ushuaia, in the passage of Drake between the RTA Roga and Antarctica.
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In Ushuaia, they consider the southernmost city in the world, local authorities suspended all kinds of water activities and navigation at the Beagle canal at least three hours. No harm is reported.
“The earthquake felt primarily in the town of Ushuaia and, to a lesser extent, in cities throughout the province,” local government reported. “In the face of these types of events, it is important to remain calm.”
In Punta Arenam, located in Chilean Patagonia and the Grand Magellan, which connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, quickly fulfilled the residents requested by shelters, is stated on local television.
The evacuation continued calm and without panic. “We have received a warning and we had to evacuate at work, but people are calm and well prepared,” said Roberto Ramírez 24-hour channel.
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