Chile

• local impacts of the chilie earthquake

  800 deaths

  roads and infrastructure destroyed

  looting

  1.5 million left without water/ electricity
• national/ global impacts of chile earthquake

  20% of Chile GDP used to rebuild

  tsunami led to marine destruction

  $7 billion cost to insurance industry
• response to the Chile earthquake

  Emergency hospitals were constructed in the south as 6 hospitals had collapsed in the event

  The Chilean Army helped deliver 12000 tonnes of relief to people within 10 days

  The US sent aid ships

  Emergency services struggled to reach the worst affected areas due to damage to infrastructure - the north-south highway was restored to help this

  After 10 days, 90% of the homes in the disaster area had regular power and water

  Chile's economy was diverse so did not suffer much loss
• 8.8 magnitude with 7 aftershocks with 5 over 6.0 and the highest over 6.9
• Convergent boundary, Nazca plate.
• deep focus
• Hit many urban centres and effected 80% of the counties population
• Communication lines, electricity and water pipes had been cut off, more than 1.5 million left without water or electricity.
• 800 deaths with over 500 in a town close to the epicentre.
• Flooding due to tsunami that only hit Chile, and fires due to leaking gas pipes.
• Expected to cost 20% of GDP to rebuild. They can afford this due to insurance and higher level of development.
• The tourism industry was hit hard after many hostels, hotels etc received cancelations soon after the quake, the US government warned people to avoid non-essential travel to the South American country
• There were also hundreds of millions of dollars lost in the Chilean wine industry, one of the top ten wine distributers in the world
• Asked for aid 48 hours after event and had an extremely quick response time.
• WHO asked for aid to fix hospitals in the south. The north was relatively unaffected.

  Using the army the Chile government were able to bring 12000 tons of relief to the people inside 10 days.
• The north-south highway was restored the next day using metal plates making the worst hit areas more accessible for aid.
• Main challenge was connecting the badly struck south with the relatively unaffected areas of the north
• occurred in 2010
• The Chilean navy sent ships down the coastline delivering aid to coastal towns
• Many buildings had been built to withstand a magnitude 9 earthquakes these still stood strong and were largely intact.
• Chiles economy is one of the most diverse in the region and therefore has not been affected by the loss of a main industry, contrasting the situation in Haiti after the 2009 earthquake.