Jagriti Rai ( intern journalist ), A 7.0 – magnitude earthquake hit on Saturday over the coast of Antarctica, with officials announcing a tsunami warning for Chile’s Eduardo Frei base on the icy region. The quake struck at 8:36 pm ( 2336 GMT ) around 210 km (130 miles ) eastward of the base at a depth of 10 km ( 6 miles ), Chile’s National emergency office ( Onemi ) said, forcing the removal of people from ” the beach area of the Antarctic ” before of a probable tsunami
The Chilean Air force’s , base is the nation’s most extensive in Antarctica, which constitutes a village , hospital , school , bank , post office, and chapel
The maximum population in summer is 150 people and the average population in winter is 80 . An irrelative 5.9 magnitude earthquake hit near Santiago on Saturday night , but Onemi stated no notable harm or impact was recorded
Chile is one of the most seismically volatile countries in the world . An 8.8 magnitude earthquake in the city of Concepción on February 27 , 2010 left more than 500 fatal rates. The country experienced the most powerful earthquake over documented 60 years ago pitching 9.6 magnitude in the city of Valdivia
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