Earth Changes
M7.0 earthquake recorded near Chilean Antarctic base, nationwide tsunami alert 'accidentally' issued

Chile's Bernardo O'Higgins army base is seen at Antarctica in this undated handout photo provided by the Chilean Army on December 22, 2020
The strongest of over half a dozen jolts struck South Shetland Islands 216 kilometers northeast of Chile's O'Higgins scientific base at 8:36pm, while another 5.8 quake shook the Chile-Argentina border region close to the capital, Santiago around 30 minutes later.
While the warning was only meant for the coastal regions of Antarctica, people all across Chile received messages urging them to abandon coastal areas due to a tsunami threat, triggering much confusion.
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In the video shared on on social media, rocks tumble down a slope along Highway 96, four miles west of Happy Camp, and then trees begin to slide down. There's a loud rumbling, and a worker is heard yelling, "It's all coming!" The post calls the slide, which completely covered the section of roadway, "jaw dropping."
This landslide happened near one that happened in the past couple of weeks.
The front has left strong gusts of wind of more than 190 km / h, hail and snow in the mountains
It has crossed a good part of the NE peninsula and the Balearic Islands.
The high winds and bad weather also caused traffic havoc across the island and disrupted the demonstration over bar and restaurant closures.
In central Palma palm trees in the Paseo Marítimo and Plaza de la Reina were damaged by the high winds.
Head of the Manado City Disaster Management Agency Donald Sambuaga said that the eight subdistricts are Malalayang, Wanea, Sario, Paal Dua, Pikkala, Wenang, Tuminting, and Singkil.
"Rains with high intensity since Friday have caused the Sawangan and Tondano rivers, which run through Manado City, to overflow," Sambuaga said.

Landslide in Cimanggung District, Sumedang Regency, West Java Province, Indonesia, 09 January 2021, where 24 people died.
According to the National Disaster Management Agency, BNPB, hydrometeorological disasters dominate the list, with 127 flood events and 30 landslides recorded in several regions of the country during the period 01 to 21 January 2021.
At least 166 people have died in the disasters, including 91 in earthquakes, 41 in landslides and 34 as a result of floods.
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