JP, good to hear you are okay. It is hard for me to imagine an 8.8 quake. After seeing what a 7.0 did to Port-au-Prince in Haiti, I could only imagine the worst. We're hearing varying descriptions here of how much more powerful this one was. According to this page at the USGS website, a 9.0 quake has 31 times more energy than an 8.0 which has 31 times more than a 7.0. That means the quake there had almost 961 (31 times 31) times more energy that the Haiti quake. I understand buildings were evacuated in Buenos Aires, Argentina. That's about 1500 KM (900 miles) east of Santiago and on the other side of the continent. It is amazing to see those BBC pictures of the damage and see so many buildings still standing.

Terrible news about the earthquake. Glad that you are well JP!
Hang in there and I hope you find all your friends.

Our prayers are with you.
Please take care

JP -- I am glad to hear that you are okay and, at the same time, saddened by the death and destruction your country has to endure with this tragedy.

Many many thanks to each and all of you , , it has been been very though on all , death tolll doesn´t cease

Also Tsunami in the South and in some of our Islands off from the Continental Chile

And yes we are still receiving aftershocks

Later abt the tourists .. , need some sleep for a while at least

Well, we have unfortunaly most all of the world records here in Chile in what recorded earquakes is concern

It was a good programm last nite on CNN , well almost everywhere you can watch and read abt this


Later and thanks again !!


JP

Hi Jean Pierre, I'm glad to hear you're still ok! When will the world come to peace? Lately, it's one disaster after another. I'll hope it will calm down verry soon in Chille. My thoughts are with you (and all other people in Chille).