The Chile earthquake of Haiti surpassed 50 times, but suffered further devastation Haiti
| Date: March 7, 2010 | Source: Sergio Jesus |
| Category: History CHRONOTHERAPEUTIC | |
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The right image shows an example of the devastation in Haiti compared to that of Chile. It can be seen that although the earthquake in Chile on Saturday was much more powerful, it is estimated that 50 times more than that rocked Haiti in January, so far the damage in the Caribbean country are unmatched with what happened in Chile .
Specifically, Chile suffered a shock of 8.8 magnitude on the Richter scale compared to 7 degrees suffered in Haiti, but the weak infrastructure of Haiti has become more evident devastation.
The earthquake in Chile was not densely populated. It affected a lot of infrastructure but fortunately large areas population received only shock, not collapse. - Chile, compared with Haiti, is a rich country, much better organized and infinitely better prepared to respond. Its construction is earthquake because it has an experience with earthquakes of Haiti lacks.
- Regarding the scale, the quake in Chile is about fifty times stronger than the Haitian earthquake on a pure energy, nowhere near a thousand, as some sources cite only observing log scale. The type of tremor is also crucial and the "shape" of earthquake damage on the surface determines (and relative depth).
- The Haitian quake had an oblique movement (from one side to the other) that caused many landslides strong, like throwing a napkin on which rests a small house made of cards with letters. Although we do not know much about the Chilean Quake telluric features yet, the tremor is a typical Andean vertical, its motion is upward and in the form of bounds.
- Chile showed a large organization when its president was able to give updates of the disaster several times to the people, the day of the disaster. In contrast, in Haiti, most Haitians do not know if their President Rene Preval was alive or dead even the day after the earthquake, as the National Palace and his residence had collapsed, along with most of the buildings.
- The luck or chance was present in Chile. The epicenter of the quake on Saturday was far from the coast and about 34 kilometers below the surface in a relatively uncontaminated, while the disaster was more superficial tectonic Haiti about 12 miles deep, on the outskirts of Port au Prince.
- Chilean architects have built thousands of homes for low income and whose structures withstand earthquakes. In Haiti, there are no technical building codes. The architect Patrick Midy said that in the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere were only three buildings earthquake-proof, which he knew.
- Practice makes perfect: Calais geologist said that seismic activity is so prevalent in Chile, where in 1960 there was the most powerful earthquake in recorded history, that "It is very likely that anyone here has experienced a major earthquake in life, "añadió.En change in Haiti," The Last in Port au Prince was 250 years ago. Who remembers that? "
* Chile earthquake image taken from the New York Times
"When you look at the architecture in Chile you see buildings that are damaged, but not complete breakdown you see in Haiti," said Cameron Sinclair, executive director of Architecture for Humanity, a nonprofit company that has helped in the reconstruction from 36 countries after disasters. Sinclair said he has colleagues in Chile who have built thousands of low-income structures to be earthquake resistant. In Haiti, however, there is no technical construction code.
In Haiti very few knew what happened last Saturday in Chile, how to know if millions of people still live in the streets, lacking food, water and electricity?
March 7, 2010 at 21:03
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