{"id":279580,"date":"2016-12-25T14:55:02","date_gmt":"2016-12-25T14:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=279580"},"modified":"2016-12-25T14:55:02","modified_gmt":"2016-12-25T14:55:02","slug":"7-7-magnitude-earthquake-hits-chile-prompts-tsunami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/12\/7-7-magnitude-earthquake-hits-chile-prompts-tsunami\/","title":{"rendered":"7.7 magnitude earthquake hits Chile, prompts tsunami"},"content":{"rendered":"
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.7 off the coast of Chile has prompted a tsunami warning.<\/p>\n
The quake struck 225km (140 miles) south-west of Puerto Montt in southern Chile at 14:22 GMT, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said.<\/p>\n
Its depth was about 15km (10 miles). There are no details yet of damage.<\/p>\n
Chile’s national emergency office has issued an alert and ordered the evacuation of coastal areas of Los Lagos region.<\/p>\n
“As a measure of precaution, we order the evacuation of coastal areas of Biobio, Araucania, Los Rios, Aysen,” the alert said.<\/p>\n
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said hazardous waves were possible on coasts located up to 1,000km from the quake’s epicentre.<\/p>\n
Residents of Quellon, a town shaken by the quake, were among those heading to safe areas, according to local media.<\/p>\n
“I’ve lived for 10 years in the south and never felt something like that,” a resident who was leaving his house said.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.7 off the coast of Chile has prompted a tsunami warning. The quake struck 225km (140 miles) south-west of Puerto Montt in southern Chile at 14:22 GMT, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. Its depth was about 15km (10 miles). There are no details yet of damage. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":242545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[107],"tags":[14528,14529],"yoast_head":"\n