Two earthquakes hit Chile and the South Shetland Islands; No significant damage

Posted Saturday 23 January 2021 | 7:15 p.m.

Updated Saturday 23 January 2021 | 7:15 p.m.

SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) – The southern Shetland Islands of Antarctica and central Chile felt two nearly simultaneous earthquakes on Saturday as buildings shook in the nation’s capital. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

The intensity of the earthquake that struck South Shetland was 6.9 magnitude at a depth of 9.6 kilometers, according to the US Geological Survey, while the earthquake that struck Chile was 5.8 magnitude.

The Chilean Interior Ministry said on Twitter that the South Shetland Islands earthquake was 216 km northeast of the nation’s O’Higgins scientific base, and called for the evacuation of coastal areas in Antarctica due to the risk of a tsunami.

Almost simultaneously, a 5.8 magnitude earthquake shook buildings in central Chile, including the capital, Santiago. The earthquake had a depth of 110 kilometers.

“At this point, there are no reports of damage to people, infrastructure, or changes to basic services due to this earthquake,” said Chile’s Onemi National Emergency Center.

Some people in Chile received the eviction message on their cell phones by mistake, which authorities attributed to a technical error. The error led to confusion and local media showed that hundreds of people had begun to flee in the coastal region of La Sirena in the north of the country. They were later told it was a false alarm.

Onemi reports that more than 160 people evacuated the four Chilean bases in Antarctica.

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