He ōlaʻi ikaika ʻo 7.1 ka nui i hahau mai ke kikowaena o Chile, ma kahi o 35 mau kilomita ma ke komohana o ke kūlanakauhale kahakai ʻo Valparaiso, hōʻike ʻo USGS.
Ua hahau ka ōlaʻi ma kahi hohonu o 10.0 km, e like me ka US Geological Survey, nāna i ana mua i ka haʻalulu ma 6.7 ka nui.
Ma hope o ke ōlaʻi i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma ka hola 6:38 pm manawa kūloko, ua kāpae ka National Emergency Office (Onemi) i ke kauoha ʻana i kahi hoʻokuʻu makaʻala ma nā ʻāpana kahakai o Valparaiso a me O'Higgins, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana ʻaʻole i "kūpono ka ʻōlaʻi i nā kūlana e pono ai e hana. he kai eʻe ma kahakai o Chile.
Wahi a ka Mercalli intensity scale i hoʻohana ʻia no ke ana ʻana i ka ikaika o kahi ōlaʻi, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā jolts ma waena o nā wahi o Coquimbo a me Biobio, ua hoʻolaha ʻo Onemi. Ua hoʻopaʻa inoa kekahi o nā wahi i ka mana o nā helu VII, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻo ka mana i hoʻokuʻu ʻia e ke ōlaʻi hiki ke hopena i ka pōʻino o nā hale.
Ua hoʻoluliluli ka ōlaʻi ikaika i nā hale ma ke kapikala ʻo Santiago, e like me nā mea hōʻike, akā naʻe, ʻaʻole i hōʻike koke ʻia nā poino a i ʻole nā poino.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- 38 pm local time, the National Emergency Office (Onemi) stopped short of ordering a precautionary evacuation along the coastal regions of Valparaiso and O’Higgins, saying the quake does not “meet the conditions necessary to generate a tsunami on the coast of Chile.
- Some of the regions registered a potency of VII points meaning that the power released by the quake could result in damage to the buildings.
- According to the Mercalli intensity scale used for measuring the strength of an earthquake, greater jolts was felt between the regions of Coquimbo and Biobio, Onemi announced.
