A strong earthquake in Chile took place

The tremor also felt in our country; until the moment one did not inquire into victims nor into material damages; the epicenter went in Ovalle, to about 400 km to the north of Santiago

SANTIAGO OF CHILE. - A strong earthquake felt today to 9,30, Chilean hour, and lasted a minute approximately. The earthquake felt like in the North zone and center of Chile, causing alarm in the population that left its homes and offices.

The tremor shook at least four regions of the central zone of Chile, and had repercussion in several zones of Argentina.

The earthquake lasted of a minute and 15 seconds and it extended from the region of Atacama, to 1000 kilometers to the north of Santiago, to the region of the Liberator, to 100 kilometers to the south of the capital, said preliminary information of the National Office of Emergencia (ONEMI).

The ONEMI also informed that in Coquimbo and Ovalle, to about 500 kilometers to the north of the capital, the earthquake had an intensity of 7 degrees in the scale of Richter, whereas in Santiago went of 3 to 4 degrees.

From Chile, the correspondent of the NATION, Federico Quilodrán, informed that until the moment victims have not reported themselves, although explained that material damages in the zone of the epicenter were registered, where was in addition courteous in the electrical and telephone provision.

On the other hand, the holder of the Institute of Seismic Forecast (Impres), Alexander Giuliano, confirmed that the strong earthquake felt with intensity in the zone of Whose of our country and in the province of Cordova and until caused slight movements in the Federal Capital and Santa Fe.

The telluric movement, that in Chile had an intensity of 7 degrees in the scale of Richter, in Mendoza and San Juan it reached the 4 degrees, and in Cordova, of between 2 and 3 degrees of the same scale.

Tens of people of two buildings of microcenter Buenosairean autoevacuaron this morning as a result of movement seismic, which it was registered in the region of Whose and it felt in some high towers of the Federal Capital, informed Logistic the municipal Secretariat into and Emergency.

The neighbors of the buildings located on the 500 Tucumán to and Emerald to the 100 asked attendance to the Buenosairean organism and the personnel of Civil defense in order to organize the tasks of evacuation of the buildings.

In as much, the Guard of Aid needed that "commitments in any edilicia structure of the city of Buenos Aires have not been reported".

Source: ANSA, EFE, AP, DyN and the NATION LINE