Early Saturday morning, February 27, 2010 Chile was struck by a devastating earthquake measuring 8.8 on the Richter scale. A series of sixty aftershocks struck, the highest having a magnitude of 6.1 and Hawaii was given a tsunami warning. This earthquake, as of Sunday, has left more than two million displaced and a death toll of four hundred. Chileans are being pulled out of rubble and debris, dead and alive. Damage is similar to that of what we saw in Hati back in January. Although, Chile is lucky because they are wealthier then Hati and some building had been built to withstand earthquakes. Chile has not called for aid from the United States of America, but the United States has offered and that offer remains.
Link to Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/01/world/americas/01chile.html?ref=world&pagewanted=all
I did the same topic! This was very devastating news.
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