Feb272010Chile Earthquake: 78 dead in Chile’s Quake, Tsunami alert for people in the coast
In the last 15 hours there has been twoEarthquake, Japan’s Okinawa region had it yesterday and Chile had it this morning and the latter is bigger than the former one.
A massive Earthquake has hit Chile in the magnitude of 8.8. The monstrous Quake stunned Concepcion, the second-largest city of Chile around 3:34 A.M.
CNN reports that the Earthquake that struck the city in the early hours of Saturday morning has already claimed 78 lives and the authorities fears the death toll to rise.
The aftershocks forced the authorities to declare a Tsunami alert. Talking to CNN, Randy Baldwin of US Geological Survey stated: “This is a major event. This happened near some very populated areas. With an 8.8, you expect damage to the population in the area.”
A Tsunami warning has been issued by the “The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center” and the coast of Chile and Peru is under heavy scanner. Other South American countries like Ecuador, Colombia, Antarctica, Panama, Costa Rica and Hawaii has also been warned and is kept under Tsunami advisory and people living in the above mentioned coast are advised to evacuate those place and move to a safer ground.
The National Weather Service said in its statement: “An earthquake of this size has the potential to generate a destructive tsunami that can strike coastlines near the epicenter within minutes and more distant coastlines within hours.”
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