標題: Massive earthquake kills 122 in Chile [打印本頁] 作者: KittyLeung74 時間: 2010-2-27 09:54 標題: Massive earthquake kills 122 in Chile
A huge magnitude-8.8 earthquake struck Chile early on Saturday, killing at least 122 people, knocking down homes and hospitals, and triggering a tsunami that rolled menacingly across the Pacific.
Buildings caught fire, major highway bridges collapsed and wide cracks opened up in streets. A 15-storey building collapsed in the city of Concepcion, near the epicenter, and overturned cars lay scattered below a fallen overpass in the capital.
Chilean President-elect Sebastian Pinera said at least 122 people had died in the quake, which struck at 3:34 a.m. (0634 GMT), sending many people rushing outside in their pajamas
"Unfortunately, Chile is a country of catastrophes," Pinera said, adding the quake dealt a heavy blow to the country's roads, airports and ports.
He said the death toll could still rise, but an emergency official said it was unlikely to increase dramatically.
Tsunami warnings were posted around the Pacific, including the U.S. state of Hawaii, Japan and Russia.
Telephone and power lines were down across large swathes of central Chile, making it difficult to assess the full extent of the damage close to the epicenter.
poor chile. ...........earth is getting so dangerous作者: raima 時間: 2010-2-28 00:05
just saw this from the news tonight. hope Chile will have a quick and smooth recovery.作者: yungfourfour 時間: 2010-2-28 03:21
one day before earthquake in Chile, there was a Richter scale 7.2 earthquake in Okinawa and 4.2 in Szechuan. Good that no one died from the Japan earthquake yesterday - 2 pipes were broken and 2 old people had minor injuries from falling. But yeah... it's getting dangerous作者: myversa 時間: 2010-2-28 07:53
Hope they can recover soon.作者: tiffiant 時間: 2010-2-28 11:36
why so many stupid earthquakes?
are we at the end of the ....life cycles?
