An earthquake in southern Peru affects northern Chile

After a powerful earthquake, they woke up this morning in the north of the country after the earthquake at 5:56 am, 139 km northeast of Arequipa, Peru. According to the National Center of Seismology, the magnitude of the earthquake was 7 Richter.

After the earthquake, the National Emergency Office (Onemi) set up a preventive evacuation of the coastline of the region of Arica and Parinacota due to the threat of a tsunami. After a few minutes, the Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service of the Navy (SHOA) canceled the alert and determined that there was no tsunami warning on the Chilean coast.

#SHOA indicates that the characteristics of the earthquake do not fulfill the conditions necessary to generate a tsunami on the coasts of Chile. #ONEMI cancels the preventive evacuation of the coastline of the region of Arica and Parinacota.

– onemichile (@onemichile) March 1, 2019

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