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Buildings that are not built well. that's 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 brick and mortar-type construction techniques whether they have been retrofitted or not, you know, t...

That's 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 infrastructure is high. with a quake of this magnitude, there will be damage. but we are better prepared to wi...

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 ones. the sort of tremors we would get on a regular basis of the it is normal to feel a tremor of a lo...

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 didn't 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 striking here, but they are monitoring the situation. there are reports of blackouts in the capital...

Rainbow-stealing peg -- pegasus. no, he is just blaming his staff. >> i don't 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. i'm 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 this size has potential to generate a destructive tsunami that can strike coast lines near the epi...