Terremoto Chile 2010 8.8 Earthquake Live Footage 12th Floor Hotel Valdivia
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Quake rattles southwestern US Tijuana – A deadly magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck northwestern Mexico on Sunday, rocking buildings as far away as Arizona and southern California, as a string of aftershocks rattled the US and Mexican Pacific Coast. Emergency workers struggled to respond to damage and injuries after the tremor knocked out power, damaged water lines and snarled traffic. In the border city of Mexicali, located 60km from the tremor’s epicenter, a man was killed when his home collapsed on top of him, Mexican rescue workers told AFP. Another person was killed after running out from a home and being hit by a car in Mexicali, where 100 people were injured during the quake, Mexico’s director of civil protection Alfredo Escobedo told CNN. Roads cracked, telephone poles were toppled and sides were ripped off buildings in Mexicali, a city of 900 000 inhabitants that serves as the capital of Baja California state. “This is a large quake with the potential of causing damage because it is not far from a population center,” said Carlos Valdez, director of the National Seismological Service. A firefighter at a station just outside Mexicali told the Los Angeles Times that fires caused by the quake destroyed at least six homes after damaging propane tanks and severing electricity lines. Several homes near the Cerro Prieto volcano some 31km from the quake’s epicenter sank into the group as water rose up around them, according to the firefighter, Oscar Silas. US and Mexican …
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24 Comments
August 16th, 2012 at 2:47 pm
My parents were a three hour drive outside the epicenter of this damn quake.
August 16th, 2012 at 3:31 pm
and this was in valdivia… far away (really far away) of the epicenter
August 16th, 2012 at 3:31 pm
They could just have been slow dancing
August 16th, 2012 at 4:07 pm
That is freaking strong
August 16th, 2012 at 4:18 pm
the biggest intensity of an earthquake ever.. the most powerful shake in the earthquake’s history!
August 16th, 2012 at 5:16 pm
We are not “latinos”, we are SOUTH AMERICANS,
August 16th, 2012 at 6:13 pm
are you kidding or retarded? If you’re kidding, it’s a pretty lame joke. If you are retarded, I’m sorry for you and excuse me for bringing it up.
August 16th, 2012 at 6:29 pm
SHUT THE FUCK UP. I lost a dearly friend because of the tsunami. And guess what, he was catholic, so he believed in your “god”. And what did he gets? Death. This was a terrible act of nature, and not god’s punishment. Go fuck yourself nutcase. Maybe you crazy fuckers need to feel what an 9 magnitude earthquake feels like.
August 16th, 2012 at 6:43 pm
WTF… wow they can’t stand up!
August 16th, 2012 at 7:30 pm
Why do Latinos have a phobia for dance floors? They don’t want to get shaky.
August 16th, 2012 at 8:13 pm
All have sinned and greatly offended the holy God of the bible. The just punishment is death then hell. That’s not Gods will. He suffered and died on the cross paying for the law you broke in His life’s blood so He could legally dismiss your case. You must repent turn from your sin and trust alone in Jesus Christ for your salvation.
August 16th, 2012 at 8:59 pm
In fact, quakes are most shocking when you’re inside a building, because the structure is supposed to dissipate the energy by bouncing around in waves.
Anti-seismic construction codes are very strict in countries like Japan o Chile, where quakes are quite common.
That’s why the lanscape of Santiago after the quake looked just the same, no skyscrappers tore down.
August 16th, 2012 at 9:43 pm
@CitrineVlogging its not the earthquake itself thats scary. Its just the rolls on your mom kept jiggling 10 days after the quake that shook me up.
August 16th, 2012 at 10:16 pm
how is this scary a few tables shook ooah i’m terrifed…
August 16th, 2012 at 10:45 pm
Omfg this is probably the scariest earthquake video ive ever seen.
August 16th, 2012 at 10:49 pm
fuck my life…that would be scary
August 16th, 2012 at 11:19 pm
no puedo dejar de ver a la pareja que se afirman … eso si es amor
August 16th, 2012 at 11:51 pm
como comparas si nunca has vivido en chile? o.o, raro… cada país tiene sus ventajas y desventajas, chile no es un pais poderoso como el tuyo, pero es un país tranquilo donde el que trabaje puede surgir todo lo que quiera =), saludos.
August 17th, 2012 at 12:36 am
ke horror ! O.O
August 17th, 2012 at 1:25 am
en realidad “esa ciudad”, Valdivia, solo tuvo daños menores xq está a casi 400km al sur del epicentro, aun asi queda claro lo fuerte que fue ese terremoto. Jamás podré olvidar el terror que senti durante esos minutos en que la tierra simplemente no paraba de moverse.
August 17th, 2012 at 1:33 am
ke horrible sentir ese terremoto no se podian sostener! how horrible is to feel an earthquake its difficult 2 B stand !!! wow OOMMMFFFGGG!!! soo sorry 4 tht city :/
August 17th, 2012 at 1:37 am
yeah like its gonna be fake.. be fucking real
August 17th, 2012 at 1:41 am
many buildings in chile have been built strongly now after the 9.0 earthquake in valdivia
August 17th, 2012 at 2:38 am
it almost loos fake the way everything is moving at the same time.