Mega Earthquake & tsunami on the Pacific coasts: Chilean experiences for Pacific Rim residents - Softcover

Larenas, Rodrigo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1451596030 ISBN 13: 9781451596038

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2010

Synopsis

The mega-earthquake occurred on February 27 of March 2010, along the coast of the central Chile in South America, produced an early and shacked weak up to millions of people. The 8.8 Richter scale event hit the central zone at 03:34 A.M. while people were sleeping. Then, as if the damage weren't enough and still at dark, it was followed by a not only devastating but also lethal tsunami that was strong enough to travel across the Pacific Ocean, hitting Asia only fourteen hours after. This earthquake is the fifth more intense ever measured and it was so strong that Scientific American published in the March 4th newsletter the following article: "The magnitude 8.8 earthquake that jolted Chile on Saturday was felt as far away as São Paulo. But NASA scientists are proposing that its repercussions are truly global in a geophysical sense: it likely shifted Earth's axis by about eight centimeters." But unfortunately the tragedy didn't stop with the earthquake. It also originated a tsunami that hit the coast with 4 waves, the first arriving just a few minutes after the earthquake and the last, several hours after. This tsunami was so strong that it has been detected that at least one wave was 30 meters or 98 feet high. Before continuing I would like to prevent lecturers from falling into the temptation of thinking that this mega-nature-events, only happen in faraway lands affecting people quite different from us. The Indonesian Tsunami of December 2004 was very distant from Chile not only in miles but also in cultural terms. And now, it's clear that Indonesian experience helped to prevent more fatalities. That's why this book has been written to urge people living in the Pacific Rim, to take some time to analyze their situation, the one of each community and act in order to prevent or reduce potential damages and casualties.

About this title

About the Author:

Naval Electronic Engineer, left the navy after 14 years and went back to school to get an MBA. Worked at Rockwell automation and its distributor in Chile, then co-founded BlueNow ( www.bluenow.cl), a firm oriented to energy efficiency of the electrical consumption and lighting desing, while he also works in a family holding in construction and realstate in Viña del Mar.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1451596030
• ISBN 13: 9781451596038
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 90