A message from the New Zealand Embassy in Santiago. As communications are coming back up, please reassure your families that you are OK and call home directly if you can. If you are a New Zealander in Chile who urgently needs assistance, contact the NZ Embassy on the duty phone +56-9 9333-8785. If you are [...]
After the 8,8 (Richter) earthquake in Chile and its several aftershocks the situation is like this: V Region of Valparaíso: The historic area of the city is seriously damaged and transport services are interrupted. The route between Viña del Mar and Santiago is open but people must be highly cautious when driving due to several [...]
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President Michelle Bachelet confirmed today that the death toll from the Chilean earthquake has risen to 723 with 544 of the deaths being reported in Maule and Bio Bio regions. The reason the death toll more than doubled after rescue crews were able to reach remote towns in the south that were badly damaged in [...]
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The region of Valparaiso was shaken by a “milder” 7 degrees earthquake on Saturday morning The Juan Fernandez Archipelago has suffered terrible losses. A tsunami swept over the island’s coast drowning the city council buildings and most houses around it. 8 people were found dead while another 16 are still missing. One of them a [...]
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At 3:34am local time Saturday morning a magnitude-8.8 earthquake ripped through Chile causing widespread damage in Southern and Central Chile. An emergency worker told Reuters that over 400 people had died while the Associated Press and the National Emergency agency have both reported over 300 deaths. More than 1 million Chileans were affected by the [...]
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The Australian Embassy in Santiago is in the process of contacting Australians registered with us to confirm their welfare. If you are an Australian in need of urgent assistance or have been unable to contact concerned relatives in Australia, please let us know. We are experiencing communication problems ourselves but you can email us on ausembscl@gmail.com. [...]
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As you are well aware, an earthquake shook central and southern Chile today (27 Feb 2010) for approximately 3 minutes. Reports are that the quake registered at 8.8 Richter at the epicenter 197 miles south of Santiago and 73 miles north of Concepcion. There have been no reports of American citizen fatalities or injuries. As [...]
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View Chile Earthquake helpful information in a larger map Daniel BrewingtonFounder & Chief Executive Officer of I Love Chile news, Daniel loves Chile. Living here since 2002, Daniel, his wife and 3 children made Chile their home. I Love Chile promotes English in Chile and Chile in English. We reinvent traditional media tools in non [...]
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The downtown area Concepcion, in the Bio-Bio region, the epicenter of Saturday’s earthquake with 8.8 magnitude, has been reduced to ruins with most residents choosing to remain outdoors due to aftershocks. Many residents chose to stay on the hills in a city park after the country issued warnings against tsunamis. There is no drinking water [...]
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Saturday that she is to stick with her plan to visit Latin America starting Sunday, and that she is to remain in close contact with Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, whose country was struck by a massive earthquake at 3:34am Saturday morning. “I leave for the region tomorrow [...]
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