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Terremoto en Chile, esperemos que todos los amigos esten bien ¡¡updated!!

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Terremoto en Chile con más de 50 muertosconfused

Una sacudida tremenda. Espero que nuestros amigos y sus familieres esten bien. ohh

Update by zenejero on the terrible quake:

right now i am here. last night at 3:41 am there was a 9.1 earthquake in chile. the epicenter was not in the place where i am, but rather some 50 miles south. the whole middle of the country... i am in the middle though.

many places collapsed; the water and electricity and gas are shut down in different areas, and i just got electricity back in the place where i am. i also have water.

the news are not that bad but not that good either... and it's hard waiting for news as landlines are mostly dead and cell phones are dead too... so far i've heard of some friends deaths, and some friend's relatives. my direct family is ok but badly shaken, and my oldest brother was in the city where it hit the hardest (in the city where i am it hit as hard as 6.9/7.0)

if anyone hears anything please know that there are (so far) not so many deaths, and that things are sort of stable... the aftershocks or 'replicas' of the earthquake are as hard as 6.2 right now, and they come in waves every 45 minutes or so... it's hard, but we'll make it.

hope everyone is safe and sound!

**Latest update by our friend blackbull from Chile**

Han sido momentos difíciles. Hasta un par de horas atrás, el conteo de fallecidos era de 708 personas y un número no calcualdo de desaparecidos. Los rescatistas esperan encontrar más cuerpos bajo los escombros de ciudades como Concepción, Constitución, y otras ciudades costeras. Se nos informa que entre las regiones 6ª y 9ª hubo Tsunamis. El maremoto fue muy fuerte en la 8ª región (Concepción), localización del epicentro del seísmo. Fue en las costas de esta regíon donde se cuenta el mayor número de fallecidos y desaparecidos, ya que el mar se tragó las ciudades y pueblos costeros.

Las réplicas han sido bastante fuertes. Hasta el momento, en el sector de Santiago donde me encuentro, no hubo ningún derrumbe, tenemos agua y electricidad; aunque hay anunciado un corte del suministro para las próximas horas.

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updated Mar 5, 2010
edited by 00494d19
posted by 00494d19
It was on May 22, 1960 when the Great Chilean Earthquake, the most powerful earthquake, measured magnitude of 9.5 Mw occured - Fidalgo, Feb 27, 2010
The magnitude 8.8 earthquake in 2010 has been the second strongest in Chile since then - Fidalgo, Feb 27, 2010
well... it's been super hard, and the aftershocks are as hard as 6.1 - zenejero, Feb 27, 2010

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Msnbc says 145. :(

updated Feb 27, 2010
posted by LAtINaPunKROcKerAConFundidA
Now they say 147 dead. - LAtINaPunKROcKerAConFundidA, Feb 27, 2010
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updated Feb 27, 2010
posted by Benz
I'm watching - Fidalgo, Feb 27, 2010
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updated Feb 27, 2010
posted by Fidalgo
Argentinian tv says 122 victims. Watch tv live: http://www.tn.com.ar/vivo/playerFF.html - Benz, Feb 27, 2010
Si, gracias - Fidalgo, Feb 27, 2010
But there are 122 here (in the first passage), too :) - Fidalgo, Feb 27, 2010
Oh.. I read the headline... - Benz, Feb 27, 2010