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Chile Earthquake : an Alert from Tsunami ?

Chile Earthquake : an Alert from Tsunami ?

We have all heard about the latest big earthquake on Chile, with a 8.8 magnitude, but, will it stop there ? Isn’t this an alert from another Tsunami ? We all know that the biggest earthquake in history happened on Chile, 22 of May 1960, and we have also heard about the upcoming Tsunami that may attack all the Pacific. Many countries are now worried about it and preparing techniques to protect their people .. But what about it ? And how ?

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The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake. Its epicentre was near Léogâne, approximately 25 km (16 miles) west of Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti. The earthquake occurred at 16:53 local time (21:53 UTC) on Tuesday, 12 January 2010, at a depth of 13 km (8.1 miles). The United States Geological Survey recorded a series of at least 33 aftershocks, 14 of which were between magnitudes 5.0 and 5.9. The International Red Cross estimated that about three million people were affected by the quake; the Haitian Interior Minister, Paul Antoine Bien-Aimé, anticipated on 15 January that the disaster would eventually claim between 100,000 and 200,000 lives.

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