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Earthquake in Chile – live broadcast

Here’s the live feed from TV de Chile being played out on ustream. Reports are conflicting, bottom line, a major earthquake of at least 8+ degrees on the Richter scale hit Chile at 3:30 a.m. local Chile time.

Live Broadcast by Ustream.TV

The transmission is in Spanish, I’ll translate some of what they’re saying.

  • So far, the official number is that there have been 84 dead, but they are expecting the number to climb as more information becomes available.
  • Chile is no Haiti, so I don’t expect the death toll to rise as high as the recent Haiti earthquake.
  • On March 11th, the president elect of Chile was supposed to take power. Hillary Clinton was supposed to arrive next week for an advance visit.
  • The king was Spain was en route to Chile when the earthquake hit. No word on where they’re diverting his flight to

Update: 9:27 am CST

The president elect of Chile came on the TV show

  • Says they will cooperate with the current administration in the recovery efforts
  • Offered complete help from his incoming administration
  • Says that they will need the help of the current administration as they take over power on March 11th
  • The current president and the president elect will both tour the affected region of O’Higgins later today

Here is a link to the coverage on CNN

Chile Update 1650 hrs CST

The tsunami that was heading towards Hawaii was not as big a deal as the media was making it out to be. At least so far anyway. Waves are up to 5 feet or so, but no damage or anything like that so far.

Chile update 1459 hrs CST

The tsunami alarms started going off at kanapaala beach

Chile Update 1455 hrs

Watching this webcam with a view of the ocean. They’re a couple of tools talking over the feed, so just watch with the sound off. Camera is at Uncle Roberts awa bar

Broadcasting Live with Ustream.TV

Chile Update 14:31 CST

Despite damage to the refineries around the Biobio region, there is enough gasoline and other fuels for 2 weeks worth of normal consumption. They are asking for people to not start hoarding gasoline to make sure that there is enough fuel for the emergency vehicles and operations.

Also said that there is no rail service of any kind, anywhere in Chile today. They’re anticipating subway service to resume tomorrow morning and nationwide rail service will be restored as soon as they can finish inspecting the railway system.

Chile Update 14:03 hrs CST

The latest number on the casualties stands at 147. They are also estimating that over 1.5 million homes have been damaged, with 500,000 of those suffering severe damage that makes these homes uninhabitable