Monday, March 26, 2012
Fourteen injured, thousands evacuated after Chile’s massive earthquake
People gather at the streets of Talca city, 250 km. south to Santiago, after the earthquake struck central Chile.
Fourteen people were injured and thousands evacuated between Valparaiso and the Biobio region after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit Chile last night, the Chilean Interior Ministry informed today.
An unconfirmed death was reported at Horacio Villablanca locality. According to the village's mayor Israel Urrutia, a seventy-four-year old woman died of heart attack after the quake hit the city.
National emergencies Services denied however the death was “directly related to the earthquake.”
The quake struck 16 miles north- northwest of the town of Talca at a depth of 22 miles at 7:37 pm local time.
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