Geography Chile

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Tameira Hanson

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  • Happended in 2010
  • 8.8 on richter scale
  • Around 500 died, 12000 injured, 800000 affected
  • 220 thousand homes, 4500 schools, 56 hospitals and 53 ports were destroyed earthquake disrupted power, water supplies and communication
  • cost estimated US$30 bil
  • Secondary effects
    tsunami waves devasted coastal towns fire at a Santiago chemical plant caused evacuation landslide destroyed 1500 km of road cutting of remote communication for days
  • IMMEDIATE RESPONSE emergency services responded quickly within 24 hrs the north-south highway was temporarily repaired allowing aid to be transported within ten days 90% of homes had water and power restored
  • LONG-TERM RESPONSES government launched a housing reconstruction plan a month after earthquake reduced need for aid fully recovered after 4 years