Earthquake in Chile force 8, 8 on the Richter scale Bashny.Net

February 27 at 3:34 am local time (9:34 MSK) was one of the most powerful earthquakes in history: an earthquake in Chile, force 8, 8 on the Richter scale. Earthquakes have been recorded in the ocean off the coast of Chile, 320 km south-west of Santiago. Shortly after in the same place were recorded about a dozen aftershocks of magnitude 5, 0 to 6, 9. According to the country's president-elect Sebastian Pinera, according to the latest reports, the victims of the earthquake more than 150 people. The earthquake also triggered a tsunami that is now spreading across the Pacific Ocean, and is a few hours can reach Hawaii and Australia. The severity of the tsunami is still not known, but seismologists have warned of the danger of tsunamis across virtually the entire Pacific basin - in Latin America, as well as Hawaii, Japan, Indonesia, French Polynesia, the Philippines and the Russian Far East.




Overturned cars littered on the road to Santiago on February 27, 2010. In the affected districts of the Chilean capital disrupted communications and power supply. (REUTERS / Marco Fredes)



A resident of the Chilean city of Talca is among the debris of the destroyed houses. (AP Photo / Roberto Candia)



Local residents are over the corpse lying in the street in the city of Talca, located about 275 kilometers south of Santiago. (AP Photo / Roberto Candia)



Destroyed pharmacy in Viña del Mar. The epicenter of the earthquake seismologists localized in 56 km north-east of the city of Concepcion, the second largest city in Chile. (MARTIN BERNETTI / AFP / Getty Images)



People walk along a highway against the backdrop of a collapsed bridge in the vicinity of Santiago. (MARTIN BERNETTI / AFP / Getty Images)



A policeman controls traffic near the collapsed highway overpass at Santiago. (AP Photo / David Lillo)



Smoke from burning buildings in the suburbs of Santiago rises into the sky (MARTIN BERNETTI / AFP / Getty Images)



Local resident photographs destroyed building in the Chilean city of Talca. (AP Photo / Sebastian Martinez)



The graph shows the possible path of tsunami waves, which were caused by the earthquake in Chile. Next to the computer, Dr. Charles McCreery speaks on the phone in the Tsunami Warning Center and the Pacific. Seismologists have warned of the danger of tsunamis across virtually the entire Pacific basin - in Latin America, as well as Hawaii, Japan, Indonesia, French Polynesia, the Philippines and the Russian Far East. (AP Photo / Marco Garcia)



A police officer and local residents take out the corpse of a ruined house in the Chilean city of Talca. (AP Photo / Sebastian Martinez)



The walls of the ruined hotel in Vina del Mar. (MARTIN BERNETTI / AFP / Getty Images)



A woman sits in front of the houses damaged by the earthquake in the city of Talca. (AP Photo / Sebastian Martinez)



Rescuers searching for the dead and those who survived residential complex collapsed in the city of Concepcion. This - the second largest Chilean city: according to the 2002 census, it is home to nearly 890,000 people. (REUTERS / Jose Luis Saavedra)



Rescuers wireline one of the survivors, who was found in a residential complex collapsed after an earthquake in the city of Concepcion, which was among the hardest-hit cities, as it is located about 90 kilometers from the earthquake epicenter. (REUTERS / Jose Luis Saavedra)



Man makes things out of his destroyed house in Valparaiso. (REUTERS / Eliseo Fernandez)



A man walks past a damaged church in Santiago: in the Chilean capital of earthquake damaged buildings in the historic center. (MARTIN BERNETTI / AFP / Getty Images)



People watching on the road destroyed by an earthquake and pokoroezhennye cars in the city of Concepcion. (REUTERS / Jose Luis Saavedra)



Cyclist looking at the bridge, which collapsed in the earthquake in the city of Concepcion. As reported by the Chilean television in Concepción collapsed bridges and a 15-storey building, many houses, including three hospitals, received severe damage in the city started fires. (REUTERS / Jose Luis Saavedra)