| A massive earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8 has hit central Chile, killing at least 78 people, ministers say. The quake struck at 0634 GMT about 115km (70 miles) north-east of the city of Concepcion and 325km south-west of the capital, Santiago. President Michelle Bachelet declared a "state of catastrophe" in affected areas and appealed for calm. Tsunami warnings have been issued for Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand and Pacific island nations. Alerts were also earlier issued for Antarctica and Central America. Santiago airport has been closed and all flights cancelled until further notice, airline officials say. Flights are being diverted to Mendoza in Argentina. Aftershocks The earthquake is the biggest to hit Chile in 50 years. Giving details of the latest casualties, Interior Minister Edmundo Perez Yoma said 34 of the deaths were in Maule, 13 in the Santiago municipality and four in Valparaiso.  "The death toll will continue rising," he said. President Bachelet said: "People should remain calm. We're doing everything we can with all the forces we have. Any information [we have] we will share immediately." She said a "wave of large proportion" had affected the Juan Fernandez island group, reaching halfway into one inhabited area. She said if there were more aftershocks, people in coastal areas should go to higher ground. Ms Bachelet warned people not to travel on roads in affected areas as a number of bridges were down. Chilean officials said the worst affected town appeared to be Parral, close to the epicentre. Chilean television said there had been a fire involving chemicals in the town of Colina, 20km north of Santiago, but that it was now under control. Several hospitals have had to be evacuated in a number of areas, including Santiago, because of structural damage. 'Everyone fears aftershocks' One resident of Chillan, 100km from the epicentre, told Chilean television the shaking there lasted about two minutes. Other residents of Chillan and Curico said communications were down but running water was still available. Many of Chile's news websites and radio stations are still not accessible. Buildings in Santiago were reported to have shaken for between 10 and 30 seconds, with the loss of electricity and communications. The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the earthquake struck at a depth of about 35km. It also recorded eight aftershocks, the largest of 6.9 magnitude at 0801 GMT. The USGS said tsunami effects had been observed at Valparaiso, west of Santiago, with a wave height of 1.69m above normal sea level. One journalist speaking to Chilean national television from the city of Temuco, 600km south of Santiago, said many people there had left their homes, determined to spend the rest of the night outside. Some people on the streets were in tears. A university professor in Santiago, Cristian Bonacic, said that this was a massive quake but that the cities seemed to have resisted well. Internet communications were working but not mobile phones. Chile is highly vulnerable to earthquakes as it is situated on the Pacific "Rim of Fire", on the edge of the Pacific and South American plates. Chile suffered the biggest earthquake of the 20th century when a 9.5 magnitude quake struck the city of Valdivia in 1960, killing 1,655 people. I've read on a site that there was over 20 aftershocks and still going... The last one: 2010-02-27 >> 11:45:02.8 >> 36.33 S >> 73.26 W >> Mag. 5.5 >> OFFSHORE BIO-BIO, CHILE Mod edit: Merged double post. |
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| thats terrible. but why is this in spam? |
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| well you know them fucking mods like to move serious and news related topics to spam and have their crap idiot discussion topics there. why not why not. so let's assume that's what happened secretly, like they always do. |
tefol said: well you know them fucking mods like to move serious and news related topics to spam and have their crap idiot discussion topics there. why not why not. so let's assume that's what happened secretly, like they always do. i think the mods are pretty reasonable tbh |
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triseke said: tefol said: well you know them fucking mods like to move serious and news related topics to spam and have their crap idiot discussion topics there. why not why not. so let's assume that's what happened secretly, like they always do. i think the mods are pretty reasonable tbh yeah maybe. |
| sorry...i posted it here by mistake...if some mod can move it to General Discussion that would be great... |
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| Pretty terrible event. Relief is stretched enough as it is with Haiti. Not really sure what this topics supposed to be about. This is on every news network. It's a tragic event, what more is there to say. |
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LoneTrooper said: Pretty terrible event. Relief is stretched enough as it is with Haiti. Not really sure what this topics supposed to be about. This is on every news network. It's a tragic event, what more is there to say. i heard it on the radio this morning. Poor chile. |
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triseke said: LoneTrooper said: Pretty terrible event. Relief is stretched enough as it is with Haiti. Not really sure what this topics supposed to be about. This is on every news network. It's a tragic event, what more is there to say. i heard it on the radio this morning. Poor chile. For a second, when I heard the news, the way the picture was presented I thought the entire continental shelf of chilli had cracked off because of the earthquake and chilli had fallen into the ocean. Like lex luthor tried to do in superman to California, and that a massive tidal wave was heading toward the opposite continents. That, would have been a Global disaster. It's still pretty bad news though. |
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| Moved to GD and deleted the crap spam. |
| Another earthquake... This was stronger than the Haiti one. At now there are 78 people that are death. Tsunamis? |
| read that there were waves of 1.96 meter long measured somewhere at chili, second town from the epicenter or something. not sure though can't find the link anymore my best friend's in new zealand right now, wonder if they will get a tsunami. hope not, she pretty much lives right at the coast |
| At least this wasn't a part 2 to the Valdivia earthquake that Chile had in 1960 where 1,000+ people died and Tsunamis from the earthquake affected people in Japan, Philippines, Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia, and even parts of Alaska. |
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| Ah!! Crap!! That sounds bad !!! First time I'm hearing about it...( I don't listen to the news ...:P) I hope and pray that those people will recover from this disaster.. any other news?? |
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| Nature is being fun lately. I bet it's PMS. Just a couple of days ago a storm hit our island and almost 50 people died. I guess it's not that important. |
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| This news is a personal thing for me. I have family in Chile (my grandfather, aunts, uncles, cousins). and I think everyone is alright, but now they have no electricity, water system is f**ked up, etc. I pray for my family and the people living in there who are affected by this. |
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| Man there sure is happening a lot lately with mother nature. :/ I hope there won't be anymore deaths than these 78, though I'm suprised that the number is so low, not that I want it higher, but I mean this earthquake was stronger than the one in Haiti. I also hope there won't be such a big tsunami, so the destruction won't increase further, but man that sure was one big earthquake. D: |
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| actually more that 140 died.. tho its not officially yet.. what's next? |
Luppi said: I hope there won't be anymore deaths than these 78, though I'm suprised that the number is so low, not that I want it higher, but I mean this earthquake was stronger than the one in Haiti. While I'm not that knowledgable about Chile, I think it's safe to say that it isn't as impoverished as Haiti is. So Chile would have better resources for its buildings, thus the buildings themselves would have better structure. You might as well say Chile made it's house out of bricks, while Haiti had no choice but to make it's house out of straw or sticks. |
| This is horrible.... I hope aid can reach Chile to help people and evacuation cautions to other places in alert. My prayers to the people in lost from the past devastating events. |
| global warming man. Earthquakes and other natural disasters happening lately. |
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ladyxzeus said: Nature is being fun lately. I bet it's PMS. (Or that we didn't keep good records in the past) Also I hear Chile is a really great country, and is definitely not impoverished and was prepared. Still, I hope that things don't get too bad there. I live on a fault line too~ |
| The quake was strong enough to even send tsunami waves all the way over to Japan. |
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ladyxzeus said: Nature is being fun lately. I bet it's PMS. Just a couple of days ago a storm hit our island and almost 50 people died. I guess it's not that important. 2012 coming very soon :| |
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| 2012 isn't the end of the world. It marks a new era. That's my opinion, though, think however you want. But I have to say nature must be feeling pretty badass right now having done so much damage in the last ten years.. |
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| Even now aftershoks are still taking place... |
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| Considering the frequency and the rate at which these earth quakes (and other natural disasters) are occurring, I would say that our little world is screwed. Big time. |
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| It's interesting that despite this earthquake being roughly 100 times more powerful on the Richter scale than the one in Haiti, it has killed 1,000 times fewer people. (250 compared to 200,000) That's the difference between an impoverished, third-world nation and a reasonably modern, prosperous one. |
| Wow, oddly enough, I think the destruction looks beautiful. Though, it is still sad.. They blocked the second two CNN videos in US >:[ |
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Artixte said: Wow, oddly enough, I think the destruction looks beautiful. Though, it is still sad.. They blocked the second two CNN videos in US >:[ they blocked the last CNN video in India :( |
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| Irk. Saw there's looting in the towns by the coast. What's with all these major earthquakes all of a sudden? In any case, hope the best for the Chileans in the coming days, and good thing the tsunami heading to Hawaii wasn't as bad as it could've been. |
| I don't know why but I find it extremely hard to sympathize with people I don't know....... |
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| It's terrible. |
| Is the tsunami in Japan caused by this? or seperate event? The tsunami warning appeared on TV last night, affecting the whole east coast of Japan. It probably also killed someones too. Haiti is still under rescue. Infection spreading. Dirty street, bad air as People need to burn lots of garbage to prevent infection. |
| It is very sad. I sent a carton of medicines as a donation. |
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bottle said: Is the tsunami in Japan caused by this? or seperate event? The tsunami warning appeared on TV last night, affecting the whole east coast of Japan. It probably also killed someones too. Haiti is still under rescue. Infection spreading. Dirty street, bad air as People need to burn lots of garbage to prevent infection. I don't think the tsunami a few centimeters high killed anyone. |
| Wow, that's sad. Guess I'll be giving my prays and thoughts to Chile. |
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| me and my friend were talking about it were thinking that no one going to care to much about hatti after this but im not sure. what do you guys think of this cause hawaii got a tsunami and also touch japan which i didnt think was possible. |
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| its Chilean F11 time. |
| well, it's only a couple hundreds of casualties desipite it being a 8.8 magnitude... |
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The_Beard said: You seem to be very uneducated about tsunamis.But anyways...the 'tsunami' wasn't big. 3 foot-high waves if I'm not mistaken. Which isn't that bad. |
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