The 2010 Chile earthquake occurred on February 27th at 3:34 local time with a magnitude of 8.8 MW. The epicenter was located off the coast of Chile, northwest of Concepcion. It affected over 13 million people across several regions of Chile, including Valparaiso, Santiago, O'Higgins, Maule, Biobio and La Araucania. The earthquake caused severe damage, destroying cities, and over 525 fatalities. It also triggered a tsunami that further devastated coastal areas. It was one of the strongest earthquakes recorded in Chile's history.

2. The 2010 Chile earthquake (known as numeronym 27F) was occurred at 3:34:08 local time (UTC-3) on
Saturday February 27, 2010 quake, which had a magnitude of 8.8 MW.1 2 epicenter was located in the Chilean
sea, opposite the towns of Curanipe and Cobquecura note 1 about 150 kilometers northwest of Concepcion and
63 kilometers southwest of Cauquenes, and 30.1 kilometers deep under the crust terrestre.2 the earthquake
had a maximum duration of four minutes in the areas near the epicenter, and more than 2 minutes in the
capital.1 4 was perceived in much of the Southern Cone with varying intensities, in places like Buenos Aires and
Sao Paulo in the east .5 July 6
The affected regions (north to south) were Valparaiso, Metropolitan of Santiago, O'Higgins, Maule, Bio Bio and
La Araucania, accumulating more than 13 million people, about 80% of the country's population. In the regions
of Maule and Biobio, the earthquake reached an intensity of IX on the Mercalli scale, wiping out much of the
cities as constitution, Concepción, Cobquecura and the port of Talcahuano. Much of the central city of Curico
and Talca collapsed and the old town was destroyed in its entirety. In the regions of La Araucania, O'Higgins
and Metropolitan, the earthquake reached an intensity of VIII causing destruction in the capital, Santiago,
Rancagua and rural locations. Fatalities totaled 525 fallecidos.3 Nearly 500 thousand houses are severely
damaged and a total of 2 million victims are estimated in the worst natural tragedy lived in Chile since 1960.8
President Michelle Bachelet declared a "state constitutional exception of catastrophe "in the regions of Maule
and Biobío.9
A strong tsunami struck the Chilean coast as a result of the earthquake, destroying several villages already
devastated by the quake impact. Because errors and indecisions by the agencies sending alarm tsunami, the
population was not warned about the event that occurred 35 minutes after the earthquake. The Juan Fernandez
archipelago, despite not feel the quake, was hit by the violent tsunami that devastated the only town, San Juan
Bautista. Warning Center Pacific Tsunami generated few minutes after the earthquake a tsunami warning for
the Pacific Ocean, which was later extended to 53 countries located along much of its basin, reaching Peru,
Ecuador, Colombia, Panama , Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Antarctica, New Zealand, French Polynesia and the coast of
Hawái.10
The earthquake is considered the third strongest in the history of the country and the eighth strongest recorded
by humanity. Only it surpassed nationally by the cataclysm of 1960 Valdivia earthquake, the largest magnitude
recorded by humans by seismometers. The Chilean earthquake was 31 times stronger and released about 178
times more energy than the devastating earthquake in Haiti occurred the previous month, and the energy
released is close to 100,000 atomic bombs on Hiroshima released in 1945.11
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