March 16, 2010. At 4am local time a 4.4 magnitude earthquake struck close to Los Angeles. The quake was relatively light and no casualties or damage was reported.
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Emergency personnel are scrambling to rescue people trapped under rubble, sadly, it is expected that many more dead will be found. Reuters is reporting a strong earthquake of 6.0 magnitude in the eastern Turkish village of Okcular in Elazig. 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. The G7 Nations have announced that the aid Haiti has been ‘given’ by them is to be ‘forgiven’. Most aid is in fact a loan with interest. Haiti was buried in debt long before the natural disaster that has buried them in rubble. Even if the G7 ‘forgiveness’ does materialise Haiti will still be indebted to the IMF, Venezuela and Taiwan. According to a Telegraph report French rescuers have found a 17-year-old girl, Darlene Etienne, alive who had been trapped for 15 days. Buried with his 10-year-old sister for almost eight days Kiki expresses his joy as his mother takes over from his rescuer. Kiki the world shares your joy. A few minutes later his sister was also rescued alive. REUTERS: A magnitude 6.0 earthquake hit Guatemala’s Pacific coast near the border with El Salvador on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. |
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