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Brazil & Southern Cone - October 2015 (ISSN 1741-4431)
Hit by another earthquake
On 16 September an earthquake measuring 8.4 on the Richter scale struck Chile’s central Coquimbo region, to the north of Santiago. While weaker than the ‘quake of February 2010, which happened in the final weeks of President Michelle Bachelet’s first term in office (2006-2010), the latest was the second biggest seismic event to hit Chile in a decade and the third biggest in the last 55 years. It was also the strongest anywhere in the world to date this year. The 2010 earthquake, which killed over 500 people, raised major questions about the authorities' emergency planning, but the latest tremor left a considerably lower death toll (of 15 people on the final count) and praise for the government’s response provided a minor boost to President Bachelet’s otherwise dismal approval ratings.
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