The Chilean News

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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