The 2010 Chile earthquake occurred on February 27th with a magnitude of 8.8 near Cobquecura, Chile. It had a duration of 4 minutes and affected over 13 million people across Valparaiso, Santiago, O'Higgins, Maule, Bio Bio and La Araucania. The earthquake caused over 525 deaths, nearly 500,000 homes were severely damaged, and an estimated 2 million people were left homeless. In the aftermath, there were over 100 aftershocks, failures in basic services like electricity and telecommunications, looting and robberies until a curfew was imposed, and solidarity campaigns organized humanitarian aid for the devastated areas.
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The 2010 Chile earthquake occurred on February 27th with a magnitude of 8.8 near Cobquecura, Chile. It had a duration of 4 minutes and affected over 13 million people across Valparaiso, Santiago, O'Higgins, Maule, Bio Bio and La Araucania. The earthquake caused over 525 deaths, nearly 500,000 homes were severely damaged, and an estimated 2 million people were left homeless. In the aftermath, there were over 100 aftershocks, failures in basic services like electricity and telecommunications, looting and robberies until a curfew was imposed, and solidarity campaigns organized humanitarian aid for the devastated areas.
The 2010 Chile earthquake occurred on February 27th with a magnitude of 8.8 near Cobquecura, Chile. It had a duration of 4 minutes and affected over 13 million people across Valparaiso, Santiago, O'Higgins, Maule, Bio Bio and La Araucania. The earthquake caused over 525 deaths, nearly 500,000 homes were severely damaged, and an estimated 2 million people were left homeless. In the aftermath, there were over 100 aftershocks, failures in basic services like electricity and telecommunications, looting and robberies until a curfew was imposed, and solidarity campaigns organized humanitarian aid for the devastated areas.
F:Good afternoon and welcome to '' Chilean News ''.We started
with the information making a reminder the history of the earthquake of 2010 and its most important facts. F: An earthquake is the sudden movement of the Earth, caused by the release of energy accumulated in tectonics plates . Chile is located in the "ring of fire", which borders the countries bordering the Pacific, one of the most seismically active areas in the world, where 80% of earthquakes in the world occur. M: A tsunami is a wave or series of waves that occur in a body of water to be pushed violently. Earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides and coastal or even underground explosions of great magnitude can generate this phenomenon. The height of the waves, however, can be increased to over 30 meters Its size will depend on the magnitude of the earthquake. Not all earthquakes generate tsunamis. F: 2010 Chile earthquake was occurred on Saturday 27 February which had a magnitude of 8.8 Richter. The epicenter was located in the Chilean sea near Cobquecura. The earthquake had a maximum duration of 4 minutes with varying intensities M: The affected areas were Valparaiso, Santiago, O'Higgins, Maule, Bio Bio and La Araucania, accumulating more than 13 million people.Fatalities totaled 525 dead, nearly 500 thousand homes with severe damage and estimated a total of 2 million homeless F: The aftershocks were occurred almost immediately after the earthquake, began to occur with different intensities into 24 hours, and there were more than a hundred of these aftershocks. M: Effects of the earthquake: Due to its high magnitude, was devastating Within the affected structures, it highlights the collapse of the Alto Rio apartment building that became a symbol of the catastrophe .In Los Angeles, the Chapel, located inside the hospital declared a National Monument was completely destroyed. Some modern neighborhoods suffered the effects of the
earthquake as Villa Galilea, Paillihue, Villa todos los santos among
others. F: Security: In various cities affected were produced robberies and looting shops because buildings and homes was damaged, fallen walls, the absence of police presence.A "'Curfew' 'was imposed until the situation was calmed. M: In almost all basic services was presented fails. due to falling poles, cutting cables and other incidents that led to problems in services dependent on electricity Large queues of vehicles trying to get fuel were recorded after the quake, even though there were no distribution problems. F: Telecommunications: Telephony services suffered serious problems during the first few hours of the earthquake, especially due to congestion of calls. The Internet worked pretty smoothly during the early hours of the earthquake, however, in later hours, problems were reported in some servers. M: Solidarity campaigns and humanitarian aid: In the days following the earthquake, various solidarity campaigns organized ,volunteering, however, was one of the main sources of humanitarian aid to the devastated areas. F: Culture and Sports: The saturday 27, the last night of Via del Mar International Song Festival, which was suspended by the earthquake and its aftershocks would be held constant.The Chilean delegation at the Winter Paralympics walking at the opening ceremony parade with a black ribbon in mourning signal. M: System errors Alert: A seismologist of Pacific Tsunami Warning Center was the one who called to give warning of the Tsunami. The person who answered the phone did not dominate the English and said who had received the alert, without understanding and after which reported that there would be no risk of tsunami. President Michelle Bachelet ruled out the possibility of a tsunami occurred and He made a call to the people to keep calm. Two days after the disaster, it was noted that the tsunami caused more fatalities than the same earthquake.
F: Now we leave you with a video of that tragic day.
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