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Chile apologises for erroneous tsunami warning following earthquake
Authorities in Chile say they regret spreading panic with a mistaken tsunami warning calling for people to get out of coastal areas following an earthquake in Antarctica.
Key points:
- Chileans were left confused by warnings to evacuate coastal areas
- A second earthquake hit shortly afterward in the Chile-Argentina border region
- No damage was reported from either earthquake
The nation’s interior ministry said on Twitter a magnitude-7.1 earthquake struck at 8:36pm 216 kilometres north-east of the O’Higgins Chilean scientific base.
It called for coastal regions of Antarctica to be evacuated because of a tsunami risk.
The ministry also sent a message to mobile phones around Chile urging people to abandon coastal areas, though the ministry later said…
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