Earthquake in Chile

I would like to thank all the people that have expressed their concern about the earthquake that has recently affected the northern part of Chile an hour ago, where most of the mining activity is developed.

The earthquake was 7.7 on the Richter scale and was located 780 miles north of Santiago. There is no electricity in the area at the moment and there are 45 people injured and recovering at the hospitals so far. Major cities affected are Antofagasta, Iquique, Calama and Tocopilla.

In Santiago everything continue to be normal as usual, but obviously we are all concerned about the injured people and the damage that the earthquake has caused. There is no risk of a tsunami and the government is carefully managing the situation.

Posted at 19:05 14 November 2007 by Maria Pia Gazzella  |  Comments[1]