Chile Earthquake 2007

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Strong earthquake shakes northern Chile, kills at least two
SANTIAGO (AFP) — A strong earthquake measuring 7.7 rocked arid northe Strong earthquake shakes northern Chile, kills at least two
SANTIAGO (AFP) — A strong earthquake measuring 7.7 rocked arid northern Chile Wednesday, killing at least two people, injuring others, sparking panic and causing power outages.

Authorities said two women, one aged 88 and the other 54 died when they were crushed under collapsing walls in the city of Tocopilla, 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles) north of Santiago, doctors said.

Local authorities said at least 45 people were injured, but media reports put the figure at about 100.

"It is a major quake," Fernandez said of the temblor that struck at 12:43 pm (1543 GMT.)

The epicenter was located 1,260 kilometers (783 miles) north of the Chilean capital Santiago. It was felt as far away as Bolivia's capital, La Paz, high in the Andes to the northeast.

Images from Chile's TVN television showed cars crushed by debris, and frightened people running onto the streets as the quake struck.

Damage was also reported in the northern cities of Calama and Arica which lost electrical power.

The government said a plane loaded with humanitarian aid was scheduled to fly to the affected area later in the day.

The US Geological Survey said the quake measured 7.7 on the moment magnitude scale,

which measures the amount of movement on the underground fault and the area of the fault that ruptured. Many seismologists now use that system rather than the Richter scale that measures an earthquake size based upon the amount of ground shaking.

A measurement of seven indicates a major quake and eight a great quake.

Authorities initially warned the quake could cause a tsunami but later lifted the warning, saying the epicenter was too far from the Pacific coast.

Meanwhile separate earthquakes also hit Argentina and Central America on Wednesday.

An earthquake, which US geologists measured at magnitude 5.3, rocked Guatemala and neighboring El Salvador, with no reports of casualties.

That quake was not related to the one in Chile, the United States Geological Survey said.

"There's no link between the ones in Guatemala and Chile other than they're occurring in the Pacific rim region," John Bellini, a geophysicist at the USGS, told AFP. "They're not related. Nothing triggered the other or anything like that."

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[dsalvat1]

Yo pense que era la placa de nazca que se desplazaba. Dios no tiene nada que ver con un proceso natural de la tierra que ha sucedido durante miles de años...

[Martkw]

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[theeuridice89]

La Furia de Dios no acabara hasta que todos estemos arrepentidos y nos entreguemos por completo a el ... pronto se aproxima otra catastrofe y sera en un pais de Pocos recursos, la Furia total de Diossera contra los paises del primer mundo y sera mucho mas fuerte ... solo me queda por pedir por cada alma .... Por cada vida perdida. .. Oremos por todos ...

[theeuridice89]

2 diaas antes del terremoto de Perú tuve pesadillas, Fueron 2 noches consecutivas y soñe lo mismo que el cielo se ponia escuro que no habia luz y que la gente gritaba desesperadamente, lo mismo sucedió con Haití y luego con Japon .. y ahora con Chile ... tengo mucho miedo se que muchos Deben creer que estoy loca ...

[MrImsokewl]

quit sinnin and u wont have earthquakes , repent

[regnitSnoiprocS]

Yeah, sorry about that XD

[cuban1500]

chili got a 8.8 earthguake in feb. 26 2010check it out and why are they getting lots of earthguake

[Lucariop]

another earthqueke 8.8 ;(

[PrayerScapex]

wow, Now there is an 8.8. It happened last night.

[pendejadafcc]

poor chile after that 1960 earthquake, this 7.7 is nothing