US EditionGeological Emergency in Comodoro Rivadavia: Evacuate Another Neighborhood Due to Risk of More Landslides
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The most affected areas are El Marquesado and Seismographical, and now the authorities are looking to prevent damage in Médanos.In 2002 a report had already warned about the risk of building houses in these lands.
The collapse of the land forced dozens of families to evacuate and kept a perimeter closed due to the risk of new landslides.
A 2002 SEGEMAR report warned of soil instability and discouraged new constructions in the Comodoro Rivadavia Seismographic neighborhood. The recent landslide exposed a long-announced geological risk.
A 2002 report by the Argentine Mining Geological Service (SEGEMAR) had already alerted about the geological danger in the Seismographic Quarter in Comodoro Rivadavia due to the urban expansion on Mount Hermitte, which collapsed partially this last weekend and caused massive and extensive operational evacuations.
The measures were taken by the authorities after the landslide of Mount Hermitte by which more than 90 families had to leave the area. Read more
A technical study detailed the magnitude of an ancient massive landslide that transformed the physiognomy of the northern zone and posed new challenges for urban planning with the displacement of Cerro Hermitte. Recent geological research in Chubut province has shed revealing data on the historical instability of the terrain in the San Jorge Gulf basin. According to technical reports, the displacement of Cerro Hermitte reached a distance of 1,50…
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