October 26, 201114 yr Red Alert declared at Mount Hudson in southern Chile 2011-10-27 03:52:07 GMT+7 (ICT) SANTIAGO (BNO NEWS) -- The Chilean government on late Wednesday afternoon declared a Red Alert for the country's Aysén region after a significant increase in seismic activity at Mount Hudson. The National Office of Emergency of Chile's Interior Ministry (ONEMI) initially declared a Yellow Alert for the area, but later raised it to Red after seismic activity continued to increase. It ordered about 100 people in a radius of 40 kilometers (24.8 miles) to evacuate. Mount Hudson last erupted in 1991. -- © BNO News All rights reserved 2011-10-27
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