Overview
- After a major slope displacement early January 18, more than 90 families left homes in Sismográfica and El Marquesado, with no deaths or serious injuries reported.
- The city enacted a 90-day geologic and urban emergency and sealed the affected perimeter for at least 48 hours to enable continuous monitoring and safety checks.
- Authorities moved to extend evacuations to the Médanos neighborhood following new fractures and evidence of ongoing ground movement.
- Technical teams estimate about 1,600 meters of slope and roughly 200 dwellings are inside the risk area, with house-by-house assessments underway.
- Homes and streets suffered severe structural failures and utility breaks, shelters opened at Club Talleres, Club Ameghino and the Hotel Deportivo, and experts warn only a fraction of the unstable zone has shifted so far.