Efert Quake News Today

Hurricanes you can predict and tornados you can somewhat predict, but thats one thing geologists said, we can watch these areas and monitor them, but there is no way to predict. what can you do? >> thats correct. no prediction on a quake like this. but we know it was in an area of seismic hazard. the island is located off the coast of -- in the pacific ocean off the south america plate. you have the plate that is diving beneath the south american plate, and where this boundary occur sais place w...

Infrastructure or even the knowledge of what to do. >> jen, thank you of so for being with us. and thank you for telling us about your experience. a freelance reporter with the christian science monitor. thank you and stay safe. >> to tell you a little more about this area, where this efert quake struck -- earthquake struck, chile holds the record for the largest earthquake in the world. it was a magnitude 9 .5 that struck the south american country in may of 1960. we talked about that with jen ...

Definitely dark and different from what you would see on many other times. chile is used to tremors, but we havent had a major earthquake since the 80s. this is at least, in santiago we have had in the north a few years ago. but something of this magnitude generally happens once every 10 years. we knew that we were overdue. it is just a matter of time. and it is a large one, but hopefully it wont be so large in terms of the cost of human life and vital infrastructure. >> lets hope. and when you ...

Capital of santiago. thats about 200 miles from the capital. there are no reports of any injuries or damages. the earthquake struck at 3:34 a.m. local time. thats 1:34 a.m. eastern standard time. to give you a little information about concepsion, it is the third largest community with 2,000 people, but it has nearly 900,000 people that live in the region making it the second largest population center, urban center in the country. this area is no stranger to violent earthquakes like this one. the...

>> i have never been in an earthquake in chile, just tremors. but this is an either quake. >> how did this compare with the tremors you have been through. if you could describe what it was like to be jolted. object us whily you were jolted out of bed. >> in a tremor you fee the bed shaking and moving and you wait. you dont hear things fall around you. you dont hear the walls shaking. you definitely have difficulty walking. we went to close my daughters door to put her back to sleep and the door ...

Buildings that are not built well. thats where you have the injuries and the deaths. in an area like this as we have been talking about. we have experienced earthquakeses for hundred of years, the town of concepcion was moved because of the earthquakes. and what can you tell us about what it does for something in this place? >> it is hard to say how much the buildings have been upgraded over a time period. you may have some cities that are somewhat older and may have been constructed with more b...

Thats their biggest fear, the buildings collapsing like in haiti. but the buildings there are reinforced. and this is something that has been prepared for. can you tell us -- >> definitely. chile is very prepared because it has always been a seismic country. we not only have earthquakes periodically but we have a number of volcanoes that can cause seismic activitieses. it is something that people have to live with. they have to be prepared. the degree of responsibility of building an infrastruct...

You want to move to a frame away from the windows. our windows opened. they were not locked and we have sliding windows. because of the shifting movements, the television is in the middle of the -- the television on a stand with wheels was in the middle of the floor of the decorations have food. -- middle of the floor. you can see what is happening. during the quake everything is dark. for several days we are going to feel aftershocks. we are feeling aftershocks every few minutes of very mild on...

The pacific tsunami warning center issuing a warning for chile and peru and a less urgent tsunami watch for ecuador, columbia, panama, costa costa rica and antarctica. they say a quake of this size has potential for a destructive tsunami that can strike coast lines near the epicenter. the u.s. west coast tsunami warning center said it didnt expect a tsunami along the west coast of the u.s. or canada, but it is monitoring the situation. the quake -- the u.s. west coast again not worried about it ...

Rainbow-stealing peg -- pegasus. no, he is just blaming his staff. >> i dont want to be critical of the committee, but common sense dictates that members of congress should not be beheld responsible for -- >> this is a fox news alert from new york. im marianne. a massive 8.8 earthquake rocking chile. the tremor striking near concepcion slightly offshore. the tsunami warning center issued a warning for chile and peru and a less urgent tsunami watch for ecuador. the center saying an earthquake of ...