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- There was a strong earthquake in front of the southern tip of South America.
- The US earthquake station USGS stated a strength of 7.4 on the judge scale.
- The tsunami warning has now been lifted.
The National Seismology Center Chiles meanwhile indicated the earthquake strength with 7.5. Accordingly, aftersholder were registered. According to the US-earthquake, USGS, it was easy or moderate in the Magellan region and the Chilean Antarctic.
“There are no critical infrastructures or people,” said the deputy director of the National Service for Disaster Prevention Senapred, Miguel Ortiz. Even if the authorities no longer count on large, harmful waves, they called people to continue to stay away from the coast as a precaution.
-Immediately after the quake, President Gabriel Boric had asked the population in the region to get to safety. The all -clear came around two hours later.
According to the USGS, the center of the quake was 219 kilometers south of Ushuaia-the southernmost city of Argentina in Tierra del Fuego-at a depth of ten kilometers.
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