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Aftermath of the quake. julie kirtz joining us live with more on the u.s. response to the disaster. hi, julie. >> hey, julie. the u.s. immediately reached out to chile. president obama personally telephoning that countrys president according to white house officials, the chilean president thanked obama but stopped short of requesting u.s. aid right now, with the history of serious earthquakes, chile has a well-organized system of emergency responders and strict building codes, unlike haiti. neve...

Well because they were older building and put up long before the new building codes were put in place. >> geraldo: a history of over 500 years from the spanish colonial days and i remember well on my various trips there that grand colonial architecture and hopefully it can be repaired and restored. jason mitchell, thank you u very much, global radio news. walter munio, a geophysic joins us from los angeles. >> i dont know if you can hear me but i cant just sit on the phone. >> who is this on the...

Haiti as michio said earlier had not experienced an earthquake in over 200 years. chile was as prepared as every nation could possibly be. everybody in that country alive today lived through at least one major earthquake. 13 in the last 40 years or so and ever since the awful quake that killed well over a thousand chileans in 1960 strong building codes were put in place. even i experienced an earthquake in chile in 1973. i was there covering the coup that overthrough the elected government when ...

>> geraldo: how long, jason, have you been in chile? >> i have been in chile only five months. before that i lived in argentina for seven years. >> geraldo: the northwestern portion of argentina the neighboring country to the east also felt this earthquake and in fact also had at least a few deaths as a result of it. so this was -- was this your first earthquake at least in chile, jason? >> yes, it is the first earthquake i have ever felt. i felt some tremors here about three weeks ago we felt s...

Haiti as michio said earlier had not experienced an earthquake in over 200 years. chile was as prepared as every nation could possibly be. everybody in that country alive today lived through at least one major earthquake. 13 in the last 40 years or so and ever since the awful quake that killed well over a thousand chileans in 1960 strong building codes were put in place. even i experienced an earthquake in chile in 1973. i was there covering the coup that overthrough the elected government when ...

In north america, would be more than in line with chile than haiti. and i think there are building codes in virtually every area of the under. >> in our lifetime, well probably see the destruction of one of the big cities, los angeles or tokyo. be prepared for this. >> we have on the telephone from the capital. >> i was in bed when it hit and my room rattled for a good minute, and i thought the ceiling was about to collapse. i live on the 8th floor of an apartment building, and thankfully it did...

About. and do you believe that the importance of building codes and modern construction is the difference between this calamity and the incredible catastrophe that struck in haiti? >> absolutely, building codes are crucial in any city that is close to a fault line, and i think that kudos have to go to the chilean government. and it helps reduce the loss of life. >> ladies and gentlemen, for the next hour and 45 minutes, well show and you bring you up close and personally to every corner and ever...

It, it was the internet and twitters and facebooks and all the other social networking systems that are out there that allowed people to be up-to-date, find granny, you know, maria in the little town where she lived, et cetera. >> back in 1960 when we had the monster quake that hit chile we didnt have the instantaneous communications or space satellite and the sensors that give us this up to the minute latest information so the earthquake of 1960 is a footnote in history but it was a monster ear...

To help, caroline shively is live with us in washington to help us get the u.s. reactionment good morning to you, caroline. >> good morning to you guys. president obama immediately reached out to chiles president, but so far u.s. resources seem to be on stand by. according to white house officials, the chilean president thanked mr. obama, but stopped short of requesting u.s. aid at least right now with a history of serious earthquakes, chile has organized responders and strict building codes unl...

Haiti as michio said earlier had not experienced an earthquake in over 200 years. chile was as prepared as every nation could possibly be. everybody in that country alive today lived through at least one major earthquake. 13 in the last 40 years or so and ever since the awful quake that killed well over a thousand chileans in 1960 strong building codes were put in place. even i experienced an earthquake in chile in 1973. i was there covering the coup that overthrough the elected government when ...