Northern Chile was banged on Thursday by two new earthquakes,
the first a 6.2 Richter-scale quake and the second a stronger 6.8
Richter-scale quake, Chile's University Seismic Institute reported
on Thursday.
Northern Chile was
banged on Thursday by two new earthquakes, the first a 6.2
Richter-scale quake and the second a stronger 6.8 Richter-scale
quake, Chile's University Seismic Institute reported on
Thursday.
The aftershocks came one day after the country was struck by a
7.7 magnitude temblor that killed two people and left thousands
homeless.
The Institute said that the first occurred at 12:03 local time
(15:03 GMT) and the second 10 minutes later.
On Thursday, President Michelle Bachelet's life was endangered
while she was at the site of Wednesday's 7.7 Richter-scale
quake.
The strong replicas surprised the Chilean President in northern
Chilean city of Tocopilla on Thursday when she was visiting the
affected regions, Chile's Emergency National Office (Onemi)
reported on Thursday, although it has not reported damages nor
victims for Thursday's two quakes.
The people around Bachelet reacted with panic, but Bachelet
asked them to calm down, while her jittery bodyguards moved
Bachelet away to safety from a dangerous public light post.
Bachelet was meeting local Tocopilla residents in a neighborhood
affected by Wednesday strong quake.
Chile and even Peru suffered intense seismic activity throughout
Thursday morning, where Peru was hit by a 4.2 Richter-scale quake
in Nazca city, without causing victims nor material damages.
Bachelet is touring the regions affected by Wednesday's strong
quake, that according to Onemi officials left two fatal victims,
157 injured and 15,000 victims.
(Xinhua News Agency November 16, 2007)
