Chile Earthquake
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- Created on: 19-04-19 21:55
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- Chile Earthquake HIC (2010)
- Causes
- destructive plate boundary (South American and Nazca)
- Preparation
- 25 large earthquakes in the last 100 years
- earthquake proof buildings
- anti disaster drills
- drop cover and hold on
- Primary Effects
- 521 dead and 12000 injured
- 500,000 homes damaged
- Santiago airport slightly damaged
- several bridges and roads destroyed
- 1 hospital destroyed
- Secondary Effects
- loss of power, water supplies and communication
- tsunami warning
- a fire in chemical plant
- evacuation
- copper mines suffered damage
- Immediate Responses
- president insisted on analysis of situation and within hours responded
- 10th day 90% houses had power back
- roads were quickly fixed
- raised 60M in country via telethon
- Long Term Responses
- 1 month later they developed the housing rebuilding plan
- Causes
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