>>> Powerful Earthquake HITS Chile - EARTHQUAKES, FLOODS and Missing Planes tell us something... By Ray Sunchez (CNN) -- Strict building codes and the preparedness of millions of Chileans who live along an arc of volcanoes and fault lines likely kept the death toll -- only six by Wednesday afternoon -- low after an 8.2-magnitude earthquake rumbled offshore and prompted a tsunami, observers said. Officials said four of those whose deaths were blamed on the quake late Tuesday that triggered landslides, power outages, and a tsunami suffered heart attacks, while two others were crushed. Theyre a seismically active region of the world and they are very good at implementing their building codes similar to California, John Bellini, a Denver-based geophysicist at the U.S. Geological Survey told CNN on Wednesday. He added, Because of that, you would see less damage than in other places that have poorer building codes .... thats probably one of the reasons there havent been as many casualties as there could have been from a magnitude earthquake of this size. Nearly 928,000 people were evacuated, said Ricardo Toro, director of Chiles office of national emergency. Fishing boats washed ashore by a tsunami sit in the waters of Iquique, Chile, on Wednesday, April 2. A magnitude-8.2 earthquake struck off the coast of northern Chile on Tuesday, April 1, triggering small landslides and prompting evacuations of coastal areas. At least six people were reported dead. Fishing boats washed ashore by a tsunami sit in the waters of Iquique, Chile, on Wednesday, April 2. A magnitude-8.2 earthquake struck off the coast of northern Chile on Tuesday, April 1, triggering small landslides and prompting evacuations of coastal areas. At least six people were reported dead.
Posted on: Thu, 03 Apr 2014 03:19:55 +0000