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Hurricanes you can predict and tornados you can somewhat predict, but that's one thing geologists said, we can watch these areas and monitor them, but there is no way to predict. what can you do? >> that's 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 where you have quite a bit of seismic hazard risk. randy, you talked about the plates. most people ...

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 ross. this one is an 8.8 magnitude struck off the coast near concepcion. the capital is about 200 mi...

Definitely dark and different from what you would see on many other times. chile is used to tremors, but we haven't 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 won't be so large in terms of the cost of human life and vital infrastructure. >> let's hope. and when you talk about concepcion, how prepared the city of concepcion is for a quake of this magnitude. ever...

Capital of santiago. that's 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. that's 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 town of concepcion was moved after the buildings were totally erased by earthquakes numerous time...

>> 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 don't hear things fall around you. you don't hear the walls shaking. you definitely have difficulty walking. we went to close my daughter's door to put her back to sleep and the door doesn't fit in the frame the way it did before. so the structure of the buildings shift. during t...