Chivomezi champhamvu cha 7.1 chachitika pakati pa Chile, pafupifupi makilomita 35 kumadzulo kwa mzinda wa Valparaiso womwe uli m'mphepete mwa nyanja, USGS malipoti.
Chivomezichi chinachitika mozama makilomita 10.0, malinga ndi bungwe la US Geological Survey, lomwe poyamba linayeza chivomezicho kufika pa 6.7 magnitude.
Pambuyo pa chivomezi chomwe chinachitika nthawi ya 6:38 pm nthawi ya komweko, ofesi ya National Emergency Office (Onemi) idasiya kulamula kuti anthu asamuke m'mphepete mwa nyanja ku Valparaiso ndi O'Higgins, ponena kuti chivomezicho "sikukwaniritsa zofunikira kuti zitheke. tsunami m’mphepete mwa nyanja ku Chile.”
Malinga ndi kuchuluka kwamphamvu kwa Mercalli komwe kumagwiritsidwa ntchito kuyeza mphamvu ya chivomezi, kugwedezeka kwakukulu kudamveka pakati pa zigawo za Coquimbo ndi Biobio, Onemi adalengeza. Madera ena adalembetsa potency ya VII point kutanthauza kuti mphamvu zomwe zidatulutsidwa ndi chivomezicho zitha kuwononga nyumbazo.
Chivomezi champhamvucho chinagwedeza nyumba za mumzinda wa Santiago, malinga ndi mboni, zomwe sizinanene kuti anthu avulala kapena kuwonongeka.
ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:
- 38 pm local time, the National Emergency Office (Onemi) stopped short of ordering a precautionary evacuation along the coastal regions of Valparaiso and O’Higgins, saying the quake does not “meet the conditions necessary to generate a tsunami on the coast of Chile.
- Some of the regions registered a potency of VII points meaning that the power released by the quake could result in damage to the buildings.
- According to the Mercalli intensity scale used for measuring the strength of an earthquake, greater jolts was felt between the regions of Coquimbo and Biobio, Onemi announced.
