Chile 2010

• Date

  27th Feburary 2010
• Time

  3:34 AM
• Magntitude

  8.8
• Which two plates were involved

  South American (CONTINENTAL) and Nazca (OCEANIC)
• Type of Plate boundry

  Destructive
• Death

  500
• Injury

  12,000
• Homes destroyed

  220,000
• Schools destroyed

  4500
• Ports destroyed

  53
• Hospitals destroyed

  56
• Affected

  800,000
• The Santiago Airport was destroyed
• Much of Water, Power, Supplies and communications lost
• Landslides caused 1500km of road to be destroyed - cutting off remote communities
• Tsunami left coastal town devastated and many homes destroyed and people injured
• Fire at a chemical plant in Santiago meant people had to evacuate
• Immeadiate responses

  • Emergency sevices acted swiftly
  • 30000 wooden temporary homes put up
  • 90% of water and power restored within 10 days
• Chile's strong economy based on copper exports could be rebuilt without the need for much foreign aid. 4 year recovery plan
• Long-term response


  Month later, Chilean government announce housing reconstruction plan to help 200000 households affected by the earthquake
• GNI for Chile


  $24600