earthquake in Chile
arthquake in Chile : There is a huge 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit Chile, and the collapse of buildings and caused by the tsunami.
President Michelle Bachelet said a huge wave came to a populated area in the Robinson Crusoe Islands, 660 miles off the coast of Chile.
Pictures of where the earthquake and aftershocks hit: courtesy of Google Earth and the U.S. Geological Survey
Tsunami warnings were issued over a wide area, including South America, Hawaii and Australia and New Zealand, Japan, Philippines, Russia and many of the Pacific Islands.
Chilean President-elect Pinera says more than 120 people were killed in Saturday’s quake, but this number is rising rapidly.
Dozens of after shocks followed the main shock, and the state of “catastrophe” has been announced.
The epicenter was 325 kilometers southwest of Santiago, at a depth of 35 kilometers.
The epicenter was 115 kilometers from Concepción, a city of 200,000 people – but there was nothing about what is happening there. (Associated Press, blb)
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