chile earthquake

• chile basics

  NEE

  off the coast of central chile

  27th february 2010

  8.8 richer scale
• cause


  the nazca plate moving beneath south america plate
• primary effects


  500 deaths

  12000 injured

  220000 homes destroyed

  much of chile lost power
• secondary effects


  several coastal towns hit by tsunami waves

  1500km of road damaged - mainly by landslides
• immediate responses

  international help to supply field hospitals

  power and water restored to 90% of homes within 10 days

  a national appeal raised $60 milllion - enough to build 30000 emergency shelters
• long term responses


  a month after - government launched a housing reconstruction plan helping around 200000 households affected

  chile's strong economy (based on copper exports) could be rebuilt without the need for much foreign aid