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Magnitude 7.5 earthquake hits off coast of Chile
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.[Regnum] A strong earthquake measuring 7.5 has occurred off the coast of Chile. This was reported on May 2 by the country's seismological service and emergency prevention service.  The tremors were recorded at 08:58 (15:58 Moscow time), their epicenter was located in the Pacific Ocean at a distance of 218 km from the city of Puerto Williams on the island of Navarino (Tierra del Fuego archipelago), where 1.6 thousand people live. The earthquake's epicenter was located at a depth of 10 km. A tsunami warning was also issued due to the tremors, with the country's National Disaster Prevention and Response Service reporting that the coastal area of the Magallanes region in the south of the country would be evacuated because of the tremors. As reported by the Regnum news agency, on April 27, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 was recorded in the south Pacific Ocean near Macquarie Island, which is part of Australia. The epicenter of the tremors was located at a distance of about 1.5 thousand km from the large island of Tasmania. The threat of a tsunami was not declared at that time. Later that day, a magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck southeastern Turkey, with its epicenter 44 km from Elazig province, home to about 300,000 people. Posted by: badanov 2025-05-03 |
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