Two quakes hit Chile, South Shetland Islands; no main injury

Two nearly simultaneous earthquakes had been felt Saturday within the South Shetland Islands within the Antarctica and in central Chile, the place buildings shook within the nation’s capital. No casualties or injury had been instantly reported.
The quake within the South Shetland Islands had a magnitude of 6.9 with a depth of 9.6 kilometers, in response to the U.S. Geological Survey, whereas the earthquake in Chile had a magnitude of 5.8.
Chile’s Interior Ministry mentioned on Twitter the South Shetland Islands quake was 216 kilometers northeast of the nation’s O’Higgins scientific base, and referred to as for coastal areas within the Antarctica to be evacuated due to a tsunami threat.

Almost concurrently a 5.8 magnitude quake swayed buildings in central Chile, together with within the capital of Santiago. The quake had a depth of 110 kilometers.
“As of this moment, there are no reports of damages to people or infrastructure or of alterations to basic services because of this earthquake,” mentioned Chile’s nationwide emergency heart Onemi.
Some folks in Chile obtained the evacuation message on their cellphones by mistake, which authorities attributed to a technical error.

The mistake led to confusion and native media confirmed a whole lot of individuals beginning to evacuate within the coastal area of La Serena within the nation’s north. They had been later advised it was a false alarm.
More than 160 folks evacuated the 4 Chilean bases in Antarctica, Onemi reported.