Chilean+Earthquake

Chile has not requested for assistance but; This is a Seismic Harzard This is a Seismic Hazard Map of the area affected by the earthquake. The star indicates the epicentre and the purple line shows the location of the subduction zone. This map shows the approximate destructive power of the earthquake at a given time (6:34am).
 * Date || 27th of February 2010, 3:34am local time ||
 * Magnitude || 8.8 (Richter Scale) - strongest since 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, Boxing Day Tsunami - 7th strongest earthquake on record ||
 * Duration || 30s - 1 min ||
 * Plate boundry || Convergent (destructive), subduction margin between the Nazca and South American plates ||
 * Epicentre || Offshore, 4-5 miles west of Curanipe, Chile ||
 * Focus || 35km below seabed ||
 * Damage || * 500,000 houses completely damaged
 * Buildings collapsed in capital of Santiago
 * Power and water outages in parts of city
 * House engulfed in flames
 * Damaged infrastructure ||
 * Casualties || March 4: Chile's government sharply revised down the death toll from the earthquake and ensuing tsunamis to 279 people from a previously reported 802 but gave no explanation. (Reuters) ||
 * Human Response || President of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, declared a "state of Catastrophe"
 * EU pledge 3 million Euros in immediate assistance
 * UK donates £50,000 to help victims of earthquake
 * UK-based organisations such as Oxfam and Save the Children have started collecting donations as emergency teams prepare to fly to Chile
 * Oxfam also to send water engineers and logisticians from Colombia and senior Humanitarian staff from centre in Mexico
 * Switzerland send experts in South America to Chile
 * Argentina pledge to do "all that is possible" to help Chile
 * **Alberto Ramos** of Goldman Sachs told **Reuters**: "The Chileans fortunately have the best managed economy in the hemisphere and will be able to deal with this terrible adversity." ||
 * Tsunami || * Tsunami warnings issued to 53 countries
 * Tsunami warning initially declared for Chile and Peru
 * Tsunami watch in Ecuador, Colombia, Antarctica, Panama, Hawaii and Costa Rica
 * Warning later extended to a Pacific Ocean-wide warning, excluding North of Mexico
 * Reported Tsunami amplitude of 2.6m recorded at Valparaiso and 2.34m at Talcahuano ||
 * Aftershocks || Reported aftershocks of magnitudes; (Richter Scale)
 * 6.2, 20 minutes after original quake; followed by two more (5.4, 5.6)
 * USGS said that "a large vigorous aftershock sequence can be expected from this earthquake"
 * By 00:00 UTC on March 1, more than 100 aftershocks had been registered, including 8 above 6.0 ||





This is a map to show the estimation made by the NOAA ( National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) of the direction and times of the Tsunami.




 * __Comparisons between Chilean and Haitian Earthquakes__**
 * **Chile** || **Haiti** ||
 * Magnitude: 8.8 || Magnitude: 7.0 ||
 * Death toll: 795 || Death toll: 230,000 ||
 * Convergent (destructive) plate boundry || Conservative (transform) plate boundry ||
 * MEDC - best managed economy in hemisphere || LEDC - poorest country in Western hemisphere ||
 * Strict building regulations - prevented collapse of buildings and loss of life || No building regulations - Many buildings "pancaked" cause huge loss of life, buildings made from concrete with insufficient internal steel support ||
 * Aid: March 1: Chile formally requested international aid for relief efforts || Aid: One of the largest humanitarian efforts ever seen, largest since 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami ||
 * Tsunami: 53 countries around Pacific Ocean given Tsunami warning || Tsunami: Small localised Tsunami but no casualties ||