In the morning of May 2, a strong telluric movement was reported in Argentina with a magnitude on the 7.4 Richter scale, which reached to feel in some areas of Chile.
The emergency, which occurred at 7:58 am Colombian time, generated strong alerts of natural events such as tsunami. Therefore, in Chile, the National Disaster Prevention and Response Service (Senapred) informed Chileans to take preventive measures due to the possibility of an increase in sea currents.
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The National Disaster Prevention and Response Service (Senapred) requested that the evacuation of risk areas be carried out: “By threat of Tsunami, requests evacuating beach zone of the Antarctic territory, Magallanes region. To reinforce the evacuation in the field by the technical organisms, #Senapred activated messaging #sae ”, published in their X account.
This threat managed to alert Colombians, taking into account that, in case of an event of this magnitude, the Pacific coast could be impacted. So the National Risk Management Unit (UNGRD) reported that, for the moment, an alert for Colombia is not presented:
“According to the General Maritime Directorate (Dimar), there is no threat of Tsunami for the Pacific Coast of Colombia for the earthquake that was presented at the reference point known as Step Drake, With a magnitude of 7.5 MW at 07:59 am, Colombian time, ”you can read in the document.
In addition, he confirmed the existence of organizations such as the National System of Detection and Alert of Tsunamis (SNDAT), made up of the National Alert Center against Tsunamis (CNAT) of the DIMAR, and the Colombian Geological Service (SGC), which have the necessary powers for a timely reaction in case it is an imminent risk.
Gabriel Boric, president of Chile, published in his official accounts the ratification of the Evacuation request of the Magallanes Region, including Punta Arenas, which is part of the Pacific coast that was described as a risk areawhere he is from: “We call to evacuate the coastal edge throughout the Magallanes region. At the moment, our duty is to prevent and pay attention to the authorities.”
He also explained that all the necessary resources began to be prepared to be prepared in case of a natural emergency.
Through the account of the Russian news agency Sputnik Mundo, several Chileans were seen walking through the streets of the coast, with a good coat, moving away from the place of danger, in the midst of a seemingly cold climate.
A Chilean journalist, who was sailing through the Magallanes Strait, lived the moment of the emergency aboard a boat. The woman’s testimony was recorded in the morning program Hello, everyone: “Indeed, we are browsing the Strait of Magellan. We were talking to the captain, who were at the end of the world, which we were arriving at the last lighthouse that exists, we were talking and alarms begin to sound, the alarms of the cell phones, the emergency alarms begin to sound, to evacuate. And there I begin to ask the captain ‘What happened?’
However, the man in charge told them that, due to the exact location, it is unlikely that a tsunami will cross all the archipelagos and reach their location.
It is expected that in the next few hours reports of risk and that, if possible, the authorities begin to give a little tranquility to those affected.
