Chile regrets panic triggered by mistaken tsunami warning after Antarctica earthquake
Chile regrets panic triggered by mistaken tsunami warning after Antarctica earthquake Reuters/Santiago (Reuters file) No damage was reported from either quake. Authorities in Chile said on Saturday they regretted spreading panic with a mistaken tsunami warning calling for people to get out of coastal areas following an earthquake in Antarctica. The interior ministry said on Twitter that a tremor of magnitude 7.1 struck at 8.36pm 216 km northeast of the O'Higgins Chilean scientific base and called for the coastal regions of Antarctica to be evacuated because of a tsunami risk. The ministry als...
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