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11 Mar 2010 10:47

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World: Chile’s new aftershock hit during President Pinera’s inauguration

  • This aftershock hit just as new Chilean president Sebastian Pinera was about to get inaugurated into office, which complicated things, as you might imagine. The quake was strong, but no reports of damage have come out yet. source
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11 Mar 2010 10:39

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World: There was a big aftershock in Chile. Twitter reacts



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08 Mar 2010 20:12

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World: The Chile earthquake shook entire major cities out of alignment

  • 10′ the distance Concepcion was displaced
  • 11″ the distance Santiago was displaced
  • 1″ the distance Buenos Aries moved source
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08 Mar 2010 09:58

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World: Southeastern Turkey slammed by an early-morning quake

  • 5.9M the size of the earthquake that hit Turkey early this morning
  • 51+ people have died, though a firm number is hard to come by source
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06 Mar 2010 12:20

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World: Not helpful when necessary: Chile sacks naval scientist over tsunami

  • A lack of warning leD to hundreds of deaths. Surprising as it may seem, but there was never a nationally-issued tsunami warning in Chile. As a result, Commander Mariano Rojas, who was in charge of the Chilean navy’s Oceanography Service, has been sacked from his job. “People are dead as a result of the government’s mistakes,” said Miguel Rivera, a city councilman in Hualpén, a coastal town directly affected by the tsunami. “Sending out the word in time would have saved a lot of lives.” source
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05 Mar 2010 12:06

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World: Chile’s earthquake death toll kind of a fluid, imperfect thing

  • 802 number of people reported killed by the quake on Wednesday
  • 279 updated number of people reported killed by the quake on Thursday
  • wtf? Chile claims that the old toll counted people who were still missing source
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03 Mar 2010 20:49

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World: Taiwan earthquake: A little island feels a 6.4 tremor

  • No injuries have yet been reported. The quake, 22 miles from the surface, was about 155 miles south of the capital, Taipei, but near a handful of cities (including Taitung). Blackouts and aftershocks have both been reported. source
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02 Mar 2010 00:29

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World: The massive earthquake in Chile an axis-moving event

  • three
    inches     the distance the Chile quake moved the earth’s axis, which is further than we moved today
  • just
    barely     the amount of time (about 1.26 microseconds) the day has been shortened as a result source
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01 Mar 2010 22:28

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World: Three reasons while Chile will recover quickly from its earthquake

  • one Chile, the world’s 46th-richest country,
    has a much stronger economy than Haiti, the Western Hemisphere’s poorest nation.
  • two The country has one of the lowest debt to economic output ratios in Latin America, and the government is fairly frugal with spending.
  • three Chile has a massive copper supply, a supply which was barely damaged by the earthquake. They’ll bounce back, guys. source
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28 Feb 2010 11:32

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World: The tsunami that hit Japan wasn’t much of anything in the end

  • 1.2 meter waves in Japan’s first tsunami in 15 years source
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