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1 of 13. Residents, waiting to watch the inauguration of President-elect Sebastian Pinera, run to higher ground as a strong aftershock of 7.2 shook the region a few minutes before the inauguration's start outside Congress in Valparaiso March 11, 2010.

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SANTIAGO | Thu Mar 11, 2010 2:53pm EST

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's navy lifted a tsunami warning for the country's coast after strong aftershocks shook the capital Santiago on Thursday, following the swearing in ceremony for new President Sebastian Pinera.

The alert remained in effect for Easter Island.

Chile was hit by an 8.8-magnitude earthquake on February 27 that killed hundreds of people.

(Editing by Sandra Maler)
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Oneolddude wrote:
Thanks for the lack of information.You have not been very informative at all.

Mar 11, 2010 11:03am EST  --  Report as abuse
Licancabur wrote:
There were two aftershocks that just rocked Chile, a 6.9 and a 7.2. Here in our 5th floor apartment, in Las Condes Santiago, these hit hard, and lasted about 30 seconds, with changing intensity. But they were probably only in the 6′es here. Plenty scary. We are getting seasick from so many aftershocks, which seem to hit every day. But the buildings, streets, metro, sidewalks, underground utilities just keep holding up great, with little apparent damage.

The big one that occurred a week ago, at 3:30 AM, was particularly nasty, which hit here in Santiago with force of 8.0. Luckily it took 30 seconds to wake up, from a deep sleep, and another 30 seconds to come to and realize that it was an earthquake, another 10 seconds to understand that this is a big one, another 10 seconds to realize that the building is riding it out well, and then finally the fear that the intensity may suddenly shift into something much more violent and powerful. But it finally died down, after several minutes, and there were women screaming, in the other apartments, but nobody was hurt.

Hopefully, in few months, this is going to settle down for another 10 years or so.
This earthquake is going to receive a lot of study.

Mar 11, 2010 11:30am EST  --  Report as abuse
SeaWa wrote:
At what point are these not ‘aftershocks’, but additional earthquakes? This whole ‘aftershock’ concept seems so vague.

Mar 11, 2010 11:44am EST  --  Report as abuse
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