Date: Thu, 3 Aug 95 12:27:06 EDT
From: incident@vita.org (Disaster Information Administrator)
To: event@vita.org
Subject: Chile: Earthquake DHA-03
CHILE - EARTHQUAKE IN NORTHERN REGION
3 AUGUST 1995
INFORMATION REPORT NO. 3
1. AS A RESULT OF ENFORCEMENT OF ANTI-QUAKE BUILDING CODES CASUALTIES
OF EARTHQUAKE OF 7.8 MAGNITUDE IN RICHTER SCALE REMAIN LOW: 3 DEATHS, 58
INJURED. ONLY OLD AND LOW-INCOME SELF-BUILT DWELLINGS WERE DAMAGED,
AFFECTING SOME 1,200 PEOPLE. ELECTRICITY AND WATER SUPPLY RESTORED FULLY
(30 PERCENT OF WATER BEING DISTRIBUTED BY TRUCK IN ANTOFAGASTA).
2. AREA IN WHICH EARTHQUAKE WAS FELT COVERS REGIONS I TO IV FOR
A TOTAL OF MORE THAN 300,000 SQUARE KM AND 1.5 MILLION INHABITANTS.
3. TECHNICAL EVALUATION OF DAMAGE TO ANTOFAGASTA PORT UNDERWAY.
IT IS ASSUMED THAT CAPACITY LEVEL ALMOST EQUIVALENT TO THAT OF LAST
FEW MONTHS CAN BE REACHED BY NEXT WEEK. THEREFORE, IT DOES NOT
SEEM NECESSARY AT THIS STAGE TO DIVERT COPPER EXPORTS TO OTHER
PORTS. REQUIREMENTS FOR PORT REHABILITATION ARE TENTATIVELY
ESTIMATED AT USDLRS 2 TO FIVE MILLION.
4. CHILEAN GOVT ALLOCATED USDLRS 1.66 MILLION FOR
RECONSTRUCTION.
5. JAPANESE CO-OPERATION ENGINEERING TEAM ASSISTED IN
ASSESSMENT OF STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO HOUSING AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
6. SITUATION IN REGIONS II (MOST AFFECTED) AND III, ACCORDING
TO DETAILED REPORT AVAILABLE WITH DHA GENEVA:
II REGION
ANTOFAGASTA: 115 HOUSES DESTROYED, 630 PEOPLE HOMELESS, 45 OF WHOM
SHELTERED IN SCHOOLS. SOME ROADS HIT BY LANDSLIDES AND FISSURES
BUT STILL TRANSITABLE. CLASSES RESUMED, EXCEPT IN FIVE DAMAGED
SCHOOLS.
SEVERAL HOUSES DAMAGED IN SETTLEMENTS OF MEJILLONES (100 PEOPLE
AFFECTED), TALTAL, CALAMA, SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA AND TOCOPILLA (TWO
SCHOOLS).
250 EMERGENCY SHELTERS BEING DISPATCHED FROM SANTIAGO BY ONEMI
(NATIONAL EMERGENCY OFFICE).
III REGION (ATACAMA)
MINES AND FIRMS WORKING NORMALLY, EXCEPT HYDROELECTRIC PLANT AT
DIVISION SALVADOR. MINOR DAMAGES BEING EVALUATED AND REPAIRED.
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IN CASE OF EMERGENCY ONLY: TEL NO. +41-22- 917 20 10
DESK OFFICER: MR. FABRIZIO GENTILONI , DIRECT TEL: +41-22- 917 3512
PRESS TO CONTACT: MRS. MOULIN-ACEVEDO, DIRECT TEL:+41-22-917-
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TELEX: 414242 DHA CH
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