Date: Mon, 31 Jul 95 21:21:58 EDT
From: incident@vita.org (Disaster Information Administrator)
To: event@vita.org
Subject: Chile: Earthquake DHA-01
CHILE - EARTHQUAKE IN NORTHERN REGION
30 JULY 1995
12H00 UTC
INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
1. AN EARTHQUAKE MEASURING 7.8 ON THE RICHTER SCALE OCCURRED NEAR THE
NORTHERN CHILE CITY OF ANTOFAGASTA (POPULATION APPROXIMATELY 228,000) AT
01.11 LOCAL TIME (05.11 UTC).
2. THE CHILEAN NATIONAL EMERGENCY OFFICE (ONEMI) REPORT THAT
THE EPICENTRE WAS AT 23.34S, 70.36W - SOME 20KM INTO THE SEA
BETWEEN ANTOFAGASTA AND MEJILLONES AT A DEPTH OF 33KM. THE INITIAL
SHOCK LASTED FOR 90 SECONDS.
3. UP TO 10 AFTERSHOCKS HAVE BEEN RECORDED WITH A MAXIMUM
MAGNITUDE OF 6.1.
4. INITIAL ESTIMATES FROM THE CHILEAN NATIONAL EMERGENCY OFFICE
INDICATE THAT 2 PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND 7 INJURED. SEVERAL BUILDINGS
IN ANTOFAGASTA WERE DAMAGED. THE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY IN THE CITY WAS
CUT ALTHOUGH THE AUTHORITIES REPORT THAT SUPPLIES ARE BEING
RE-ESTABLISHED. THERE ARE REPORTS OF SIMILAR IMPACTS IN OTHER AREAS
IN THE REGION. DAMAGE ASSESSMENT SURVEYS ARE CONTINUING.
5. SWISS DISASTER RELIEF HAS OFFERED ASSISTANCE, ALTHOUGH THERE
IS NO REPORT OF INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE BEING REQUIRED AT THIS
TIME.
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DESK OFFICER: MR.GERARD LE CLAIRE , DIRECT TEL: +41-22- 917 11 73
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