The disaster
A tsunami hit Juan Fernández on February 27th, 2010 at 3:34 A.M just several minutes after an earthquake of magnitude 8.8 on the Richter scale hit western Chile. The wave of several meters hit the island with speed of almost 700km/h demolishing all coastal buildings and infrastructure. 10 people died and 7 still missing after the disaster. Many inhabitants of the island lost not only their homes but everything they achieved in their lives. Many of them still need professional hospitalization and care. Estimated value of damages at the island is $100.000.000,
See pictures, videos, and websites to see a glimpse of what those people experiences and suffer from now…
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See the latest news and videos on Juan Fernández (some of them are in Spanish only)
- See pictures of the disaster 1 »
- See pictures of the disaster 2 »
- The latest report on Juan Fernández on CNN Chile: http://url4.eu/1glST
- Radio Club de Chile’s help acknowledged by Chilean media: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXggBgSv6-M
- The latest Twitter updates on Juan Fernández: http://twitter.com/search?q=juan%20fernandez
- Ham radio report on RCCh’s input to help victims of the earthquake (in English): http://www.southgatearc.org/news/march2010/high_praie_for_rcch.htm
- 12y old girl saves islanders: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77TIj4Yrdts
- Webcams with updated pictures of Robinson Crusoe Island »
- Results of tsunami at the island: