Chile

• Magnitude - 8.8
• Date/ Time - feb 2010, 3:34am
• Killed - 500
• injured - 12,000
• homeless - 9000
• buildings damaged - 250,000
• cost of damage - $30 billion
• infrastructure/supplies damaged - power, water, communication
• Secondary effects -

  • coastal towns destroyed by tsunami
  • roads damaged by landslides
  • Fire at chemical plant near Santiago
• Immediate responses-

  • 300,000 emergency shelters provided by Chile government
  • Satellite phones and quick repairs to roads
  • Field Hospital set up
  • Emergency services acted swiftly
  • Power and water restored to 80% in 10 days
• Long term responses -

  • Within 4 years to fully recover
  • Within a month 200,000 homes planned
  • Copper export continued without foreign aid