US EditionEvacuation in Rapa Nui: Presidential Delegate Highlights that Process “Has Worked Relatively Well”
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The presidential delegate of Rapa Nui, Sergio Tepano, addressed this morning the beginning of the evacuation that is taking place on the island and how they have prepared for the tsunami alert after the earthquake of magnitude 8.8 that struck Russia yesterday afternoon. As he detailed in conversation with T13, the evacuation process began at 08:25 (continental time), however the work began yesterday, when they began to take certain local measure…
The cameras have captured the moment when the timid tsunami caused by the powerful earthquake in Kamchatka (Russia) reaches a small pier on Easter Island (Chile). The National Service for Disaster Prevention and Response (Senapred) has reported that the waves, which have not been slow to withdraw, reached a maximum height of 70 centimeters, while in the rest of Chile there were waves that ranged between 30 and 60 centimeters. However, the recomm…
The National Disaster Prevention and Response Service (Senapred) noted that, following the 8.8 earthquake recorded in Russia, the SHOA updated the level of tsunami threat for San Félix Island and Rapa Nui, in the Valparaiso Region, from warning to caution. The state of caution does not imply a massive evacuation, but it does force to move away from the coastal edge, avoid beaches and suspend maritime activities. The Provincial Delegation of East…
Senapred and the government updated the state of emergency due to the tsunami threat. "The operation is giving the results we expected: an evacuation without any incidents," said Interior. The alert remains in force between the regions of Arica and Los Lagos, there is a state of caution in Easter Island and San Felix, Aysén and Magellan, and the warning for the Antarctic territory was cancelled. Five prisons located in flood zones had to be evac…
This Wednesday, Easter Island activated its evacuation protocols following the tsunami warning triggered by the 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Russia. According to the Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service of the Navy (SHOA), the wave train arrived at 9:25 a.m. local time (11:25 a.m. continental time). The recorded tidal variation was between 15 and 20 centimeters, considered marginal and without destructive risk to the coastline. This was confirm…
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