CHILE HIT BY MASSIVE 8.8 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE

CHILE HIT BY MASSIVE 8.8 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE Seowebvideo.com CHILIE HIT BY MASSIVE 8.8 MAGNITUTE EARTHQUAKE Chile – A massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck Chile early Saturday, In the 2 1 hours following the 90-second quake, the US Geological Survey reported 11 aftershocks, of which five measured 6.0 or above. She urged people to avoid traveling in the dark, since traffic lights are down, to avoid causing more fatalities. The quake hit 200 mile(325 kilometers) southwest of the capital, Santiago, at a depth of 22 miles (35 kilometers) at 3:34 am (0634 GMT; 1:34 am EST), the US Geological Survey reported. The epicenter was just 70 miles (115 kilometers) from Concepcion, Chile’s second-largest city, where more than 200000 people live along the Bio Bio river, and 60 miles from the ski town of Chillan, a gateway to Andean ski resorts that was destroyed in a 1939 earthquake.funfactsandinfo.blogspot.com