Chile has been rocked by multiple earthquakes over the last two days. Six people died in the quake. Almost a million people have been displaced, with evacuation procedures in neighboring states as well.
05 April 2014
A 4.6 magnitude earthquake hit 15 km southwest of the port city of Iquique, northern Chile, according to USGS. The quake occurred at 07:01:28 GMT at a depth of 36.0km.
04 April 2014
A 5.2 magnitude earthquake has struck 85 kilometers northwest of the port city of Iquique, Chile, the USGS reports. The tremor struck at approximately 09:38:55 GMT at a depth of 10.7 km.
03 April 2014
A 4.9 magnitude earthquake has struck 90 kilometers (54 mi) west-southwest of the port city of Iquique, Chile, the US geological survey reports. The tremor struck at approximately 15:08:08 GMT at a depth of 8.9km (5.5mi) No injuries or property damage has been reported thus far as a result of the event.
Around 20 aftershocks followed the 7.8-magnitude quake. The magnitude of the aftershocks varied between 4.5 and 6.2.
An aftershock measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale has rocked the area situated 33km from the port town of Iquique in Chile.
The depth of the tremor was 26km.
URGENT: Another 6.2 aftershock hits #Chile, near coast of Tarapaca at depth of 24 km http://t.co/rF6wNaMDgY
— RT (@RT_com) April 3, 2014
The aftershocks have caused no official reports of damage or injury in Chile or Peru, according to Reuters. Despite this, the government has ordered preventive evacuations in case of further, larger tremors.
7.8 aftershock tonight in Chile is sending S waves reverberating through the Leonard, OK seismogram #ChileEarthquakepic.twitter.com/LcqiqJR0wJ
— James Aydelott (@jamesaydelott) April 3, 2014
An aftershock as strong as 7.6 has hit the same area as the initial quake in the north of Chile. The earlier quake, which caused a tsunami, killed six people and forced almost one million others to evacuate.
The Wednesday quake occurred just before 02:43 GMT off the northern coast of Chile, 19 km (14 miles) south of Iquique, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). The epicenter of the latest quake was located at a shallow depth of 40 km (24.9 miles).
02 April 2014
Waves as high as 2 meters striking Chile's northern coast, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center reports.
The US territory of Hawaii gets its own tsunami warning, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.
A prison break reportedly takes place, as 300 inmates break out of an Iquique female prison, of which at least 16 were recaptured, authorities reported, TVNZ reported.
Ecuador, Colombia and Panama get tsunami warnings as well, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.
Two people are now confirmed dead, as another three are injured in Chile's south, authorities confirm.
One of the dead is a volunteer firefighter, Chilean TV reports.
According to the US Geological Survey reports the earthquake was caused by low-depth "thrust faulting" just off the coast of Chile.
Power and water to Iquique houses is cut after at least eight magnitude 5.0 aftershocks pummel the country's coast.
Authorities are reporting landslides blocking roads, as The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says the tsunami's destruction could affect roads around the epicenter, but also the further removed coastline.
The depth of the initial quake has been set to 20km.
Peruvian authorities start evacuating the southern coastal communities in the region of Ica.
01 April 2014
An 8.2 magnitude quake hit 95 km (59 miles) around Iquique, in northern Chile. It caused six deaths and triggered a tsunami that assaulted the shoreline with two-meter waves.
After Tuesday’s quake, tsunami warnings spurred the evacuation of 900,000 people and 11 hospitals along the coastline, government officials said.