He is assisting his family

A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 Recorded this Thursday night near San Pedro de Atacama, resulting in Power outages and material drops On the route.

and 59-year-old man died Helping his family during the earthquake in the city of Calama.

Strong earthquake The magnitude 7.3 earthquake was recorded at 9:50 pm on Thursday. According to the analysis office of the National Seismological Center (CSN) of the University of Chile, The epicenter was 20 km south of San Pedro de Atacamalocated in the Antofagasta region, at a depth of 166 kilometers.

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The National Disaster Prevention and Response Service (Senapred) reported that The movement took place between the regions of Arica and Coquimbo As of 1:49 a.m. Friday, one death has been reported. Power outages and material drops on northern routes.

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On the other hand, the Service of Hydrography and Oceanography (SHOA) of the Navy ruled out this possibility. This earthquake has the necessary characteristics to generate a tsunami On the coast of Chile.

he President Gabriel Borik announces creation of the Disaster Risk Management Commission (Cogrid) to assess the situation.

Miguel Ballesteros, the presidential deputy for the Antofagasta region, reported in a report by the authorities A 59-year-old man died in the earthquake.

The incident took place in Calama and according to preliminary information obtained from the Carabineros report, “The man is instructing his family to prepare for an earthquakeand during this time the person died,” authorities said.

so, “It has been ruled out that the deaths were caused by building falls or damage to infrastructure.”and it will Medical reasons This leads to death,” Ballesteros concluded.