The earthquake

As noted on the OpenStreetMap wiki, the 2010 Chile earthquake occurred off the coast of the Maule Region of Chile, on February 27, 2010, at 03:34 local time (06:34 UTC), rating a magnitude of 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale and lasting about three minutes. On 9 March 2010 the ICRC reported that according to the latest government figures, more than 528 people have died, most of them after a tsunami, caused by the tremor, struck a coastal strip of 500 kilometres. More than 500 people have been injured, two million affected and at least 500,000 houses have been damaged.

 

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Consolidated information on Chilean earthquake (as of 10 March 2010) Download this PDF (~18Mb) for a comprehensive update of information pertaining to the Chilean earthquake from UN ReliefWeb including: Reference Map All the latest Updates from ReliefWeb All the latest situation reports  All the latest maps Collection of key documents including press releases and press conference transcripts A comprehensive set of web sites / links for more information

 

Background information on Chile

1. Information on Chile by Reuters Alertnet
2. Chile, Wikipedia
3. Chile, Lonely Planet
4. Chile, CIA World Factbook

 

Twitter feeds with vital links to information on Chile (compiled from Ushahidi list here)

1. http://twitter.com/nprnews/chile-tsunami-quake
2. http://twitter.com/el_pais/terremoto-chile
3. http://twitter.com/cnnchile
4. http://twitter.com/nytimes/chile-earthquake
5. http://twitter.com/#/list/CNNImpact/chile-charities
6. http://twitter.com/foxnews/chile-earthquake
7. Google Twitter update aggregation

 

Citizen media (including on the ground reporting and updates)

1. http://friendfeed.com/chileanearthquake

 

Wikipedia

1. 2010 Chile earthquake on Wikipedia
2. Timeline of relief efforts after the 2010 Chile earthquake

 

Facebook groups

1. http://www.facebook.com/nytimeschile, New York Times
2. Chile Earthquake
3. Supporting Chile Earthquake / Tsunami Victims and Families

 

News services and aggregation of stories

1. 8.8-magnitude earthquake hits central Chile, The Washington Post, 28 February 2010
2. Chile earthquake: Resources, reactions online, The Washington Post
3. Chile Earthquake and Tsunami - February 27, 2010, Yahoo Directory
4. Updates on the Chilean earthquake, The Lede by the New York Times
5. More than 2 million affected by earthquake, Chile's president says, CNN
6. CNN special site on Chile earthquake

 

Local media websites (sources and descriptions edited from list originally generated by Ushahidi)

1. http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/chile.htm, Online Chilean Newspapers
2. http://www.emol.com, Chilean National Newpaper (English translation via Google)
3. http://www.cronica.cl, Local Concepcion newspaper (English translation via Google)
4. http://www.elsur.cl, Local Concepcion newspaper (English translation via Google)
5. http://www.lasegunda.com, Chilean National newspaper (English translation via Google)
6. http://www.cruzroja.cl, Chilean Red Cross (English translation via Google)
7. http://www.tvn.cl, Chilean Television (English translation via Google)
8. http://www.duna.cl/web, Chilean radio station (English translation via Google)

 

Chilean and South American newspapers (sources and descriptions edited from list originally generated by Ushahidi)

1. http://portal.redchilena.com, Local community portal and social network with updated info on earthquake (English translation via Google)
2. http://www.ansa.it/ansalatina/notizie/notiziari/argentina/20100227174435036454.html, Latin American Portal (Spanish) - (English translation via Google)
3. http://www.elmundo.es/america (English translation via Google)
4. http://www.cronica.com.mx/nota.php?id_nota=490924 (English translation via Google)
5. http://www.journeyetc.com/travel-news/massive-8.8-magnitude-quake-in-chile (English translation via Google)
6. http://www.buenosairesherald.com (English translation via Google)
7. http://www.lanacion.com.ar (English translation via Google)
8. http://www.abyznewslinks.com/chile.htm, List of news websites (English translation via Google)
9. http://e-periodistas.blogspot.com/2010/02/terremoto-de-chile-recursos-para-la.html (English translation via Google)
10. http://www.fotolog.com/el_pxeblo_albo/56154829, South American Social Network 
11. http://www.elpais.com/global (English translation via Google)
12. http://www.eltiempo.com, Colombian Newspaper (English translation via Google)
13. http://www.ecuaderno.com, Sources of Information on Chilean Earthquake (English translation via Google)
14. http://peru21.pe/noticia/420429/terremoto-5-grados-sacudio-chile, Peruvian Paper (English translation via Google)

 

Videos on the earthquake and its aftermath

1. Video of Earthquake Damage in Chile, The Lede, New York Times
2. Chilean Earthquake Toll Passes 800; Aid Yet to Reach Many Devastated Areas, Democracy Now
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4iOUv-aENs (ITN News)
4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPSiMd9O-ls (Associated Press)
5. http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2010/02/27/bpr.herrera.santiago.aftershocks.cnn (CNN)
6. Collection of videos on YouTube

 

UN + Reliefweb

1. Updates on Chile from Reliefweb
2. Factsheet Chile earthquake (08/03/2010), published by European Union

 

Emergency Telecoms provisioning

1. Emergency Telecoms Helps Earthquake-Hit Chile, EWeek
2. ITU rushes to aid of Chile quake and tsunami victims, ITU
3. TSF press release on emergency telecoms in Chile
4. Chile earthquake: Hillary Clinton arrives with satellite phones, Christian Science Monitor

 

Situation Reports

1. Download this PDF from UN ReliefWeb for a complete list of sitaution reports (~18Mb) issued up to 10 March 2010

 

Blog updates (some taken off Ushahidi generated list here)

1. Updates on the Chilean earthquake, The Lede by the New York Times
2. http://helpchileheal.wordpress.com
3. http://www.ecuaderno.com/2010/02/27/fuentes-sobre-el-terremoto-en-chile (English translation by Google)
4. http://www.dailyniteowl.com/wordpress/index.php/2010/02/27/liveblog-earthquake-in-chile-february-27
5. http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/02/earthquake_in_chile.html
6. http://www.mibazaar.com/chile.html
7. http://onewayoranother.net/blog (English translation by Google)

    

Crisis Information Management (Key actors and deployments)

1. Ushahidi Chile
2. Sahana Chile
3. http://terremotochile.com, Website that organizes information by tag, such as region, photo, etc (English translation via Google)

 

Situation reports by crisis information management actors

1. Crisis Mappers network on Ning

 

Crisis Information Management (Blogs and deployment information by key CiM actors)

1. CrisisCommons wiki on Chile
2. 2010 Chile Earthquake And Pacific Tsunami, CrisisWiki
3. Google Crisis Response

 

Missing persons registries

1. Google Person Finder
2. Chile Ayuda

 

Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)

1. IOM, Local Partners Help Vulnerable, Earthquake-Affected Migrants in Chile

 

Mapping data / Imagery (General)

1. OpenStreetMap on Chile
2. Google Map showing earthquake information sourced from USGS
3. Collection of maps on earthquake at UN ReliefWeb (constantly updated)
4. Maps of the Chile earthquake by New York Times
5. Map: Chile earthquake, BBC
6. GeoRSS feed with maps on Chile
7. Vectors and data from University of California
8. Digital Globe data 
9. Concepcion, Chile 1:25,000 scale atlas
10. Chile Earthquake Mapbook: 03/07/10, from USAID
11. UN-SPIDER SpaceAid - Available Space-based Information for Earthquake and Tsunami in Chile (27/02/2010)

 

Mapping data / Imagery / GIS (emphasis on layers, KML downloads)

1. Chile Earthquake Data Portal, Harvard Center for Geographic Analysis (including raw data files and links to existing maps)
2. Chile Earthquake Maps, from Google
3. Google Crisis Response
4. Google Map Maker Data Download, Africa, Southeast Asia, .shp & .kml, Sep 15, 2009 (Chile - Feb 27, 2010, Haiti - Feb 4, 2010)
5. Chile Earthquake KML (from Google)
6. OpenStreetMap for Garmin
7. 2010 Chile earthquake/Imagery and data sources from OpenStreetMap

 

Mapping data / Imagery / GIS (very high resolution downloads)

1. GeoEye Data

 

Logistics and infrastructure

1. Chile: Earthquake Area - General Logistics and Planning Map (as of 3 Mar 2010)
2. Chile Earthquake - Infrastructure Update

 

Health and medical care

1. Chile earthquake: Revised appeal to fund more comprehensive assistance, 9 March 2010, ICRC

 

Post earthquake photos from Chile

1. Chile Earthquake Pictures: The Aftermath, National Geographic
2. CNN Photo Gallery [1 Mar 2010]
3. Los Angeles Times [1 Mar 2010]
4. Boston Globe - The Big Picture [28 Feb 2010]
5. Time Magazine - Photo Essay [28 Feb 2010]
6. On Flickr:
   1. http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=chile&m=tags
   2. http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=all&q=terremoto&m=tags
   3. http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=all&q=earthquake&m=tags 

 

How to help

The ICT4Peace Foundation is, unless specifically noted, not in any way associated with or part of the initiatives mentioned below. We cannot therefore vouch for their work, but have pointed to reliable sources such as Google who have first flagged the initiatives.

 

1. HOW TO: Donate to Chile Earthquake Relief Online from Mashable
2. Support Disaster Relief in Chile from Google