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The magnitude-8.8 Chilean quake: what one journalist saw in the immediate aftermath in Talca, 65 miles from the epicenter

Posted on February 28, 2010 by Santi Tafarella

According to the AP (February 27, 2010): A journalist emerging into the darkened street scattered with downed power lines saw a man, some of his own bones apparently broken, weeping and caressing the hand of a woman who had died in … Continue reading →

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Did Chile’s February 27, 2010 Magnitude-8.8 Earthquake Make the Top Ten Recorded Quakes of All Time?

Posted on February 27, 2010 by Santi Tafarella

Yep. According to the AP, it tied for seventh: Saturday’s quake matched a 1906 temblor off the Ecuadorean coast as the seventh-strongest ever recorded in the world.

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Raw Footage from Chile in the Aftermath of Its Magnitude 8.8 Earthquake

Posted on February 27, 2010 by Santi Tafarella

Saturday morning, February 27, 2010, Santiago, Chile (200 miles from the quake’s epicenter):

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More news from Chile in the immediate aftermath of this morning’s magnitude 8.8 quake

Posted on February 27, 2010 by Santi Tafarella

This from AP: Candia was visiting his wife’s 92-year-old grandmother in Talca when the quake struck. “Everything was falling — chests of drawers, everything,” he said. “I was sleeping with my 8-year-old son Diego and I managed to cover his … Continue reading →

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News from Chile in the aftermath of its magnitude-8.8 quake

Posted on February 27, 2010 by Santi Tafarella

This morning from the BBC: One journalist speaking to Chilean national television from the city of Temuco, 600km south of Santiago, said many people there had left their homes, determined to spend the rest of the night outside. Some people … Continue reading →

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Two books for thinking about Chile’s devestating magnitude 8.8 earthquake this morning

Posted on February 27, 2010 by Santi Tafarella

See here and here.

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Is Chile’s magnitude-8.8 quake the largest that seismologists have ever recorded?

Posted on February 27, 2010 by Santi Tafarella

No, but the largest earthquake ever recorded hit the exact same area (central Chile) fifty years ago, on May 22, 1960. It was a magnitude 9.5 earthquake, and here’s how that one was reported in the United States:

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Historical perspective on this morning’s magnitude 8.8 quake in central Chile

Posted on February 27, 2010 by Santi Tafarella

In the same area a magnitude 9.5 earthquake struck (May 22, 1960): And in 1939 was another large quake:

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Chile’s earthquake and a simulation from the National Geographic Channel

Posted on February 27, 2010 by Santi Tafarella

Chile had a magnitude-8.8 earthquake early this morning (Saturday, February 27, 2010). Here’s a National Geographic simulation of the damage a major earthquake in Chile is capable of causing:

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An 8.8 quake hit Chile early this morning (February 27, 2010). Will the damage and loss of life be similar to May 22, 1960 when the largest earthquake ever recorded (9.5 magnitude) hit the same area?

Posted on February 27, 2010 by Santi Tafarella

AP early this morning: A massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake capable of tremendous damage struck central Chile early Saturday, shaking the capital for a minute and half and setting off a tsunami. . . . The largest earthquake ever recorded struck the … Continue reading →

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