Chileans Asked To Remain
Calm After Quakes
Santiago - The Chilean
government has called on
citizens to remain calm
in the wake of a series
of earthquakes that has
hit central regions of
the country since
Thursday evening.
"The series of seismic
movements that we have
felt during the last
hours are normal
events," said Carmen
Fernandez, director of
the National Emergencies
Office.
There have been no
reports of casualties or
damages so far, she
said, while ruling out
the possibility of
bigger earthquakes to
follow.
An earthquake measuring
5.9 magnitude on the
Richter scale rocked
Chile Thursday, followed
by two aftershocks felt
in the capital city of
Santiago.
According to the
Seismological Institute
of the University of
Chile, the epicenter of
the quake was 75 km
north of Valparaiso, a
port city on the Pacific
coast.
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