Alert:..NEW CHILE EARTHQUAKE....
Even the President was evacuated.
A new 7.8-magnitude earthquake strikes Northern Chile following an 8.2-magnitude jolt in the same region..... the day after a deadly 8.2 jolt in the same region, authorities said.
....people in the north who had just endured the latest quake were again ordered to evacuate inland from coastal areas, according to authorities.
The new temblor struck at 2343 (0143 GMT Thursday; 9:43 am, Philippine time), 20 km (14 miles) south of the city of Iquique, the navy’s alert service said.
“Based on its strength a tsunami warning has been issued,” the Chilean national oceanographic agency, known as SHOA, added.
Waves have started lashing the coast, said Ricardo Toro of the national disaster relief agency ONEMI.
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, who was assessing damage in the northern city of Arica far north of the capital Santiago, was among those evacuated to higher ground, said state run TVN.
http://www.rappler.com/world/regions/latin-america/54572-new-earthquake-rocks-northern-chile
Concerns about the "Ring Of Fire"
“The biggest risk is aftershocks for the 8.2 in the same area where the 8.2 occurred. They’ll become less frequent with time, but the risk still exists for days and weeks,” Hutton said. Scientists still don’t have a way to predict when and where earthquakes will hit, so it is impossible to say whether other quakes will strike along rim areas, she said.
The most susceptible areas on the Ring of Fire include such populated cities as Santiago, Chile; Los Angeles and San Francisco, California; Seattle, Washington; Tokyo, Japan; and Lima, Peru.
Concerns about the "Ring Of Fire"
“The biggest risk is aftershocks for the 8.2 in the same area where the 8.2 occurred. They’ll become less frequent with time, but the risk still exists for days and weeks,” Hutton said. Scientists still don’t have a way to predict when and where earthquakes will hit, so it is impossible to say whether other quakes will strike along rim areas, she said.
The most susceptible areas on the Ring of Fire include such populated cities as Santiago, Chile; Los Angeles and San Francisco, California; Seattle, Washington; Tokyo, Japan; and Lima, Peru.