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Earthquake, betty, that has hit chile in nearly 50 years. the epicenter near the city of concepcion about 212 miles southwest of the capital of santiago. and it's chile's second largest city with a metropolitan area and population of about 670,000 people. there are reports of at least 52 deaths in chile, but that number is expected to rise. tsunami warnings now have been issued for pretty much the entire pacific basin. so we'll update you on that situation. no words on injuries in regards to tsunamis. we're also checking on damage to structures. we already know of a major north/south bridge da...

Because it starts hitting the bottom as it gets more shallow, the friction takes hold and starts slowing down. and then what happens, that water starts to build up, pile up and pile up. that little 10 or 20 centimeter wave then becomes a 2 or 3 or 4 meter wave if the physics is certainly astounding and frightening at the same time. we'll try to walk you through this throughout the day. >> in the meantime, we're joined by rafael romo. he's got information about the earthquake that hit chile early this morning. and also just a history of earthquakes that have hit before. this is definitely not t...

That collapsed, homes that have fallen to the ground, are there search and rescue teams seeking out those that may be trapped that may be still alive? >> -- oh, definitely. chile has a very professional and fast national emergency service and military and security forces are doing everything they can to try to get the survivors and so forth. all the cities including santiago have been declared catastrophe zones. we've been told not to do any unnecessary travel and not try to leave our homes as much as possible to try to reduce the flow of people on the streets and allow emergency vehicles to g...

>> sure. as you mentioned, haiti is on everyone's minds and it's also on these private organizations' minds because plenty of them around the world, government organizations, have their people on the ground in haiti. they have committed their resources already there. now they're trying to pull out some of those people and refocus on chile. it is definitely going to be tough. it's stretching the resources thin. you're looking at world vision. that's one christian group that's been helping in haiti. they've done an amazing amount of work there. now they're trying to take people who had just step...

They didn't have. >> gregg: and they have been practicing quite a bit. we are putting our cameras that we can stream live video of what is happening. dual fronts, aide organizations are sending supplies to chile. they have resources world vision is working not only to send aid but to confirm the safety of their own people in the quake zone. steve matthews is manager for world visions rapid response team and joins me on the telephone from the dominican republic. how are your people doing and tell us what you plan to do -- we have just lost steve matthew. he is in the dominican republic dispersi...