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Buildings have very strict building codes because of that risk. so chile is quite prepared and the national emergency office was is always on call and every jumps into action on some this have magnitude. >> the latest death toll we have is 78, are there any new numbers? >> there have been no new numbers of course, its very difficult for emergency crews to get into the collapsed buildings so the death toll will definitely be in the hundreds for sure, but its hard to get a good grip on that right ...

>> and this is the vertical version. >> theres a vertical surface wave and horizontal surface wave. the vertical has an up or down motion and the horizontal has a back and forth motion. >> some type of hybrid, as well, where it can go both ways. >> it can go both ways. both of them will arrive. they will be two separate waves. first the vertical wave, then the horizontal. >> which does more damage? >> it really depends on the structure, i think, so theyre both damaging. >> we are getting a lot o...

Reinforcement whatsoever. buildings made out of mud. even eight story buildings without much reinforcement. santiago and chile by comparison, theyve had stentsive codes for buildings since the 1920s. >> which may explain in part what were getting from one of our freelance crews there in santiago, the description of santiago being very chaotic at the moment, although still functioning. some of the roads coming into the city have been cut off. some of the bypasses have come down. all buildings hav...

Requesting u.s. aid with a history of serious earthquake, they have strict building codes and well organized system of emergency responders. nevertheless, president obama says the u.s. stands ready to help if and when its needed. here is the president. >> chile is a close friend and partner of the united states and i reached out to the president to let her know that we will be there for her should the chilean people need assistance and our hearts go out to the families who may have lost loved on...

The roadways there, should they be traveled at all? >> i cannot comment on the picture because im not looking at your live feed right now, but certainly bridges need to be inspe inspected for how the supports under them performed during this event. >> this was an 8.8 magnitude quake. we mentioned you had been to haiti which had a 7.0 last month on the 12th. the kind of damage we are seeing here though, this is extensive. at least in the more densely populated cities, it doesnt seem to be flatten...

You see just large chunks of cement that have fallen from the ceiling or the stairs, and you see the damage, theres no question, but its not damage the magnitude of haiti, and the buildings and all over the street. >> brian: jen ross with the christian science monitor on a cell phone that we understand is about to run out of battery. so we will let you go, jen. thank you so much for joining us and giving us the perspective from santiago. here is the capital of chile. santiago well north of the e...

There in chile as structural engineer, whether you were there for business or pleasure, are there building codes similar to those we have here in the united states? or given they survived that 9.5 quake and went on to rebuild, are they better codes there than we have here? >> the engineering community worldwide collaborates on these issues. their building codes are, for modern construction, i would consider on par with modern provisions. i think the issue will be with structures that predate mod...

Great deal of this morning and a little good news. there is more than 100 embassy personnel at the united states embassy in chile and theyve all been accounted for. theyre working. they are offering assistance to the government in santiago and also emphasize another bit of good news, that the chilean government is strong, they have strong building codes throughout the country. we can say that the embassy is activated its system to communicate with american citizens to get them the latest informa...

Its a more developed nation than haiti by far, isnt it? >> oh, definitely. chile has very strict building codes and thats why you wont see the death count go very high. it will be in the hundreds. its already 122 and theyve just announced three people who have been found dead on a island (inaudible), but the death toll isnt expected to go much, much higher because they have very good construction. they have buildings, our own building here, it definitely sways, but its meant to sway and that pro...

The studio with us and i want to tap into him and get as much information as i can. first of all, in chile, your ambassador on the ground is a by by the name is paul simons, have you been able to talk to him? >> weve been able to talk to ambassador simons and told us the most part one or two exceptions all of our personnel at the embassy have been accounted for and reached out to the chilean government to offer cone dole lenses and thoughts and prayers and whatever assistance chile needs. >> bri...