RSOE EDIS - Situation Update No. 30 : Chile - Earthquake

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Situation Update No. 30 Posted:2010-02-27, 06:34:05 [UTC] Ref.no.: EQ-20100227-25098-CHL Situation Update No. 30 On 2010-03-03 at 04:27:38 [UTC] Event: Earthquake Location: Chile Región del Maule 42 km W Cauquenes Number of Deads: 795 person(s) Number of Injured: ? person(s) Number of Missing: 100 person(s) Situation: The number of people killed in a devastating earthquake in Chile over has risen to 795, the country's president told the Mercurio paper. A large earthquake rating a magnitude of 8.8 occurred off the coast of Chile on February 27, followed by a series of aftershocks and tsunamis. Some 2 million Chileans were left homeless and 1.5 million houses were damaged by the quake. "The death toll now nears 800," Michelle Bachelet said. The U.S., Mexico, Peru, Bolivia, China and the EU pledged aid to the disaster-hit state. Russian emergencies ministry will also send two planes with humanitarian cargo on Wednesday and Thursday. "The humanitarian cargo includes tents, diesel generators, pumps, blankets and food," a spokeswoman for the Russian emergencies ministry said. Please DO NOT reply to this message: replies may be treated as errors and result in your subscription being deleted. If you have trouble or other queries, send email to havaria@rsoe.hu RSOE EDIS is operated by the National Association of Radio-Distress Signalling and Infocommunications (RSOE), Budapest, Hungary. Because of the complexity of this system and its dependence on other systems, we cannot be responsible for delays or failures in forwarding or transmission. You're receiving this AlertMail because you subscribed for the service. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. Contact: havaria@rsoe.hu