8.8 Earthquake Strikes Chile

An 8.8 magnitude earthquake has struck Chile today resulting in at least 82 deaths and counting.  Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has declared parts of Chile including the capital Santiago as in a "state of catastrophe".

In addition to the destruction that the earthquake has ravaged in Chile it is also the cause of a massive tsunami that has warranted warning is Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand, Central America, and Pacific island nations.

To put the strength of this earthquake in perspective we need to know that the earthquake that devastated Haiti a little over a month ago was only a category 7.0.  This one is nearly a category 9.0.

For more info on the earthquake visit the BBC.

Update on Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 5:24PM by Barrett Holmes Pitner

The death toll has risen to above 200.

Comments

[Jim]

There is definitely happening with the earth, so many earthquakes, not just this one but all over the world, we are close to a major change in our life and in the world, I think the sun have most of the fault.
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