Chile Earthquake 2010 by

emilyp938 — 2014-03-04 02:47:20 UTC

This earthquake happened off the coast of western-central Chile, about 200 miles away from their captial, Santigago.

emilyp938 — 2014-03-04 03:25:29 UTC

This earthquake happened when the Nazca oceanic plate subducted under the South America continental plate. This is a convergent plate boundry.

emilyp938 — 2014-03-04 03:35:42 UTC

The 2010 earthquake in Chile happened on February 27th at approximately 3:34 at epicenter. With a magnitude of 8.8, it is the 6th largest quake ever recorded.

emilyp938 — 2014-03-04 03:47:03 UTC

The damage of the earthquake caused a tsunami that destroyed the majority of Chile's coasts. The combination of the two killed over 500 people, and demolished multiple cities. It was estimated that the damege repair would cost insurance companies about 5 billion dollars. They are still recoveing from the event.

emilyp938 — 2014-03-05 02:10:08 UTC

emilyp938 — 2014-03-05 02:11:23 UTC

emilyp938 — 2014-03-05 02:12:44 UTC

This earthquake, along with many more have caused hundreds of volcanoes all across Chile.