Up to 1.5 million homes are thought to have been damaged; of the buildings that have fully collapsed, many are of older design and include numerous historic structures.
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The Chilean earthquake was massive and there have been over major aftershocks yet in comparison to the Haiti disaster the damage and death toll is light. The reasons for this is that Chile is used to earthquakes and is well prepared and the buildings in Chile are built to a better standard. It’s buildings that cause the death toll, falling masonry and people trapped under tonnes of rubble. Clearly Chile has learnt some lessons from the past and this has resulted in less of a disaster than Haiti. Más de 300 víctimas mortales. Un terremoto de 8,5 grados en la escala de Ritcher afectó a la zona centro-sur del país. Según la Onemi, el epicentro se registró en la Región del Bío Bío, a unos 90 kilómetros de Concepción. A massive magnitude-8.5 earthquake struck south-central Chile early on Saturday, killing at least 82 people, knocking down homes and hospitals, and triggering a tsunami that has already hit Easter Island and Robinson Crusoe Island. All countries with a Pacific coastline are high alert. Brazil has had a ‘special relationship’ with Haiti for around six years, committing Brazilian troops under the United Nations banner to ‘police’ dangerous areas and help reduce crime. But it is not just peace keeping the Brazilians contribute they hospital facilities there as well. |
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