After tremor, house is condemned in Montes Claros, MG.
Civil Defense inspected 38 properties in the Minas Gerais city, which experienced tremors on Saturday morning; this is the fifth time the earth has shaken in the municipality since 2005.
Agency Brazil – After inspecting 38 properties in Montes Claros (MG), the Fire Department closed one house because it presented a risk to its four residents. Following the earthquakes that shook the city in Minas Gerais and frightened the population late in the morning of Saturday the 19th, firefighters received almost 400 calls.
The tremors, which began to be felt at 10:30 am, ranged from 4,2 to 3 on the Richter scale, according to the Seismology Observatory of the University of Brasília (UnB).
According to Lieutenant Dílson Veloso of the Minas Gerais Fire Department, the condemned house had cracks that could compromise the structure of the property. Civil Defense offered shelter to the displaced family. In addition to this house, two others were also partially condemned due to cracks in their walls. The Unimontes - State University of Montes Claros - also suffered cracks.
Since March 2005, this was the fifth time the earth had trembled in the city, located in northeastern Minas Gerais, 418 kilometers from Belo Horizonte.