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The biministro of Mines and Energy, Laurence Golborne, reported that it increased the alert level 5 to 6, with large volcanic eruption. For his part, Interior Minister, Rodrigo Hinzpeter, announced that the evacuation zone extended to 11 new municipalities in the Lake District, which includes a total of 3,500 people.
Ash and gases are moving towards the Andean foothills and are even coming to Argentine territory.
String of earthquakes
In recent days have seen an increase in seismic activity in the area. This morning, an earthquake of grade IV on the Mercalli scale was felt at 11:03 pm in the City of Puyehue, while in Rio Bueno posted a V in the Mercalli scale. At 12:28 hours, recorded a second quake of magnitude V in Puyehue. In the region of Rivers also recorded a string of earthquakes.
According to the Seismological Service of the University of Chile until 13:00 am this Saturday have been 21 earthquakes in the area with an intensity 3.2 and 4.8 degrees on Richter scale in the region of Los Lagos and Los rivers.
600 evacuate as Puyehue volcano erupts in Chile
The governor of Chile's Los Rios region says fire can be seen in the volcano's crater and smoke is billowing into the sky.
LAGO RANCO, CHILE (BNO NEWS) -- Authorities on Saturday ordered the emergency evacuation of more than 3,000 people after a volcano erupted in southeastern Chile, officials said.
Interior Minister Rodrigo Hinzpeter said during a news conference that about 3,500 people would be evacuated after the Puyehue volcano in Ranco Province started to erupt. Initially, Chilean authorities ordered the evacuation of around 700 people.
June 4, 2011 – SANTIAGO (Reuters) – A volcano dormant for decades erupted in south-central Chile Saturday, belching ash over 6 miles into the sky and prompting the government to evacuate several thousand residents, authorities said. Winds fanned the ash toward neighboring Argentina, darkening the sky in the ski resort city of San Carlos de Bariloche, a government official there said, adding the city’s airport had been closed. The eruption in the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcanic chain, about 575 miles south of the capital, Santiago, also prompted Chilean authorities to shut a heavily traveled border crossing into Argentina.
Originally posted by Screwed
Good thing all of these volcanos erupting and earthquakes are normal and natural according to
our fellow debunkers and sceptics.
If it weren't for them I would be #ting my pants right about now.
Originally posted by Screwed
Good thing all of these volcanos erupting and earthquakes are normal and natural according to
our fellow debunkers and sceptics.
If it weren't for them I would be #ting my pants right about now.
Originally posted by Screwed
Good thing all of these volcanos erupting and earthquakes are normal and natural according to
our fellow debunkers and sceptics.
If it weren't for them I would be #ting my pants right about now.
Originally posted by jaydeePNW
Did this go off without notice or did it show symptoms before hand?