Between Wednesday and today, images of an alleged impact on the sea went viral on social networks, in Aricawhich caused curiosity among those who witnessed what happened.
Mini sequence where something is observed falling into the sea, on the coast of #Arica
Even in doubt of knowing what it really was @Sepulinares @cristobalreus @RedMeteoA @meteoredcl @Reppli_ca pic.twitter.com/eBmpzwOhUP— Bold 😉😉😉 (@JeannetteQuim) November 29, 2023
As the hours passed, the doubts grew and it was the geophysicist and seismologist from the Universidad del Desarrollo Luis Donoso who explained what happened.
With the photographs, Donoso explained that «a possible cause of what was observed in Arica this afternoon: a RAM (deep sea tug) testing their fire water cannon systems» and attached an image to show the effect of these cannons.
A possible cause of what was observed in #Arica this afternoon: a RAM (offshore tugboat) testing its firefighting water cannon systems. Example 👇 https://t.co/CVBYpPyxkb pic.twitter.com/sUOpzEB09y
— Luis Donoso (@Geo_Risk) November 30, 2023
Later, and with a video captured in Arica, the expert stated that these images «clarify a little more what happened, since allows the interpretation to be inferred that it is a tugboatdue to the geometry and the height reached».
This afternoon something very strange can be seen in the sea, off the coast of #arica Gather water and non-perishable food #AricaEmergencias@24HorasTVN @biobio @adnradiochile @T13 @meganoticiascl @CHVNoticias #AricaYParinacota pic.twitter.com/n5Y33Zx0eL
— #AricaEmergencias CHILE 🇨🇱OFFICIAL ACCOUNT🇨🇱 (@AricaEmergenCH) November 30, 2023