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Moscow (AFP) Feb 27, 2010 Russia is monitoring the risk of a tsunami in its far eastern areas after a major earthquake in Chile on Saturday, but has not yet issued an official alert, a Russian tsunami-monitoring centre said. "We will decide tomorrow at noon Sakhalin time (0200 GMT Sunday) whether to issue an alert, depending on the circumstances and the readings at the nearest measuring stations," a spokeswoman for the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Tsunami Centre told AFP. The centre is in the main city of Russia's Sakhalin Island, located in the Sea of Okhotsk north of Japan. The US government issued a tsunami warning for all Pacific nations following the 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile.
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Deadly 8.8 Chile Quake Triggers Pacific Wide Tsunami WarningSantiago (AFP) Feb 27, 2010 At least six people were killed as a result of an 8.8-magnitude earthquake that shook central Chile early Saturday, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet announced. "I can say about what we know thus far," Bachelet said. "There were five fatalities in the area of Maule and one in the region of Araucania. But with a quake of this magnitude, we cannot rule out other casualties." ... read more |
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