Friday, March 5

Chile Keeps Shaking

. On the very same day that government declared national mourning by a massive earthquake that left over 800 dead, Chile experienced a new tremor of 6.3 magnitude on Richter sacle.
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The earthquake occurred at 6:19 (local time), lasted about a minute, and frightened the residentes of Concepcion, the hardest hit city by powerful eartquake last saturday.
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The epicenter was at the sea, 48 km off the coast.
The Chilean Navy minuts later dismissed the possibility of tsunami or tidal waves .
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Minutes before the quake, at 6:08 a.m., there was another of 4.7 degrees with an epicenter just south of Santiago.
During the night there were other earthquakes, the first at 0:34 a.m. of 5.7 degrees.
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Source: UOL News - 05/Mar/2010.

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