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San Juan (Spanish pronunciation: [saŋ ˈxwan]) is a province of Argentina, located in the western part of the country. Neighbouring provinces are, moving clockwise from the north, La Rioja, San Luis and Mendoza. It borders with Chile at the west.

The province has an area of 89,651 km², covering a mountainous region with scarce vegetation, fertile oases and turbulent rivers. Throughout the entire province there are an important number of paleontological sites.

Similar to other regions in Argentina, agriculture is one of the most important economic activities, highlighting wine production and olive oil. Additionally, a variety of fruits and vegetables are produced in the fertile valleys irrigated by artificial channels in the western part, close to the Andes mountain range. This is the second province in volume of wine production at the national level and in South America, and possesses outstanding varietal wines. It is also an important center of mining and oil production.

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Tsunami watches, warnings, and advisories were issued in Ecuador, Peru, New Zealand, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Hawaii, California and Japan.^[15] The first tsunami waves arrived on the Chilean coast within minutes.^[16] A wave 4.5 m (15 ft) high was observed along the coast of Coquimbo and the cities of Coquimbo, Tongoy and Concón reported flooding;^[3]large fishing vessels were swept into the streets of Coquimbo, which reported heavy damage.^[17]

In Tongoy, "large parts of the sea front" were destroyed. Across the region at least 500 buildings were destroyed,^[10] while dozens of beachfront homes in Los Vilos were damaged or destroyed.^[17] A state of emergency was declared in Coquimbo a day after the tsunami, with troops to be deployed to the area.^[10]

Evacuations[edit]

Chilean authorities ordered the immediate evacuation of the coast due to tsunami risk,^[12] with many people in coastal areas receiving automatic notices by cellphone shortly after the quake.^[6] The undersecretary for the ministry of the interior and public security reported that the evacuation affected one million people across the country.^[3]

Although causing damage in the hundreds of millions, the Illapel earthquake's low death toll relative to the 525 casualties of the (significantly more powerful) 2010 Chile earthquake was credited, in part, to its localization in a less-populated region, better coastal preparedness and an improved tsunami warning system, the longstanding enforcement of seismic building codes, and an improved emergency response.^[18]

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Forrest Highway is a 95-kilometre-long (59 mi) highway in Western Australia's Peel and South West regions, extendingPerth's Kwinana Freeway from east of Mandurah down to Bunbury. The highway begins in Ravenswood, continues around the Peel Inlet to Lake Clifton, and heads south to finish at Bunbury's Eelup Roundabout. Old Coast Road was the original Mandurah–Bunbury route, dating back to the 1840s. Since the 1980s the state government has been upgrading the main Perth to Bunbury route by extending Kwinana Freeway south from Perth, and constructing a dual carriageway on Old Coast Road north of Bunbury, including bypasses around Australind, Dawesville, and Mandurah. Construction of the New Perth Bunbury Highway project, which became Forrest Highway and the final Kwinana Freeway extension, began in December 2006, and the new highway was opened on 20 September 2009. Within one year of opening, the number of road accidents in the area had decreased significantly, but tourism and businesses in the towns on bypassed routes were also affected. In June 2014, Forrest Highway was extended south to Bunbury by renaming much of Old Coast Road as well as Australind Bypass as part of the highway. (Full article...)

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