Overview
- The ground shift began around 00:15, triggering a blackout as movement on Cerro Hermitte accelerated in the city’s north.
- Sismográfica and El Marquesado saw homes split by deep cracks, partial collapses and sinking foundations, leaving several uninhabitable.
- Authorities report no fatalities or serious injuries, with evacuations led by firefighters, Civil Defense and police under Mayor Othar Macharashvili.
- Evacuees were moved first to Club Talleres then to the municipal Hotel Deportivo, with returns barred pending house-by-house checks by Segemar, the local university and utilities.
- Gas and water were cut after pipe ruptures, while specialists warn historically unstable marine soils over a fault of more than 1,300 meters could keep sliding for weeks.