chile

• 27th February 2010 8.8 on richter scale
• destructive plate margin of nazca plate and south american plate
• primary effects

  1. 500 died
  2. 12000 injured
  3. 56 hospitals lost power
• secondary effects

  1. landslides which cut off communities
  2. santiago chemical plant on fire
• immediate responses

  1. key roads repaired in 24 hours
  2. swift emergency services
• long term responses

  1. 200000 houses reconstructed