EARTHQUAKE

Chilean authorities are working to restore services in the country’s northern area affected on Tuesday, April 1, by a 8.2-degree quake that killed six people, and a 7.6-degree aftershock that occurred last night.»

President Michelle Bachelet traveled to northern Chile this Tuesday to assess the damage from an earthquake last night that registered 8.2 on the Richter scale, causing at least six deaths and still uncalculated damage.»

The Coordinator of the Council on Communication and Citizenry, Rosario Murillo, highlighted the preparation and organization of institutions and citizens of Nicaragua to face the occurrence of earthquakes.»

The earthquake that shook the Pakistani province of Baluchistan on Monday was so intense that it created a small island off the country’s coast in the Indian Ocean.»

A quake of 3.7 degrees in the open scale of Richter occurred in Haiti Sunday, reported the coordinator of the Technical Unit of Seismology of the local Mines and Energy Office, Claude Prepetit.»