Un potente terremoto superficiale di magnitudo M 8.2 ha colpito il NO di Iquique, in Cile il 01 aprile 2014
alle ore 23:46:46 UTC. L’epicentro è stato localizzato alle coordinate 19,642° S 70,817° W – 95 km
(59 miglia) NO di Iquique, Cile, 139 km (86 miglia) SSW di Arica, Cile, 190 km (118 miglia) SSW di
Tacna, Perù, 228 km (142 miglia) SSE di Ilo, Perù e 447 km (278 miglia) a SO di La Paz, Bolivia.
L’epicentro è stato ad una profondità di 20 chilometri (12,5 miglia).
USGS ha emesso una notifica di allarme Giallo PAGER per relativi morti e perdite economiche.
Un allarme tsunami e orologio sono in vigore per Cile e Perù.
TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 005
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 0235Z 02 APR 2014
... A TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH ARE IN EFFECT ... A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CHILE / PERUSEA LEVEL READINGS INDICATE A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. IT MAY HAVE BEEN DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS NEAR THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER AND COULD ALSO BE A THREAT TO MORE DISTANT COASTS. AUTHORITIES SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS POSSIBILITY. THIS CENTER WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR SEA LEVEL DATA TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT AND SEVERITY OF THE THREAT. FOR ALL AREAS - WHEN NO MAJOR WAVES ARE OBSERVED FOR TWO HOURS AFTER THE ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL OR DAMAGING WAVES HAVE NOT OCCURRED FOR AT LEAST TWO HOURS THEN LOCAL AUTHORITIES CAN ASSUME THE THREAT IS PASSED. DANGER TO BOATS AND COASTAL STRUCTURES CAN CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS DUE TO RAPID CURRENTS. AS LOCAL CONDITIONS CAN CAUSE A WIDE VARIATION IN TSUNAMI WAVE ACTION THE ALL CLEAR DETERMINATION MUST BE MADE BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES.
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