The 2010 Chile earthquake-tsunami overwhelmed infrastructure and displaced nine percent of residents.
Evidence
The earthquake in question occurred offshore in the Maule river region, around 360 km south-west of Santiago, the capital. It resulted in a tsunami, with reported maximum wave heights of up to 10 m in some locations, which hit the coast 35 minutes after the earthquake and caused flash floods (Lorito et al., 2011). According to some sources, most of the 521 fatalities were due to the earthquake, while 124 were due to the tsunami (Fritz et al., 2011), with many more people being seriously injured. Around 500,000 buildings were severely damaged, and 9% of the population in the affected areas lost their homes. There were nationwide disruptions to power, roads, and telephone and other communications networks. — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 109
Categorization
- QUESTION: The ‘looting’ framing is problematised in this context — worth tracking how catastrophe reporting pathologises survival behaviour.
- XREF: connects to: The 2010 Chilean earthquake killed 521 and damaged 500,000 buildings — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 109
Related
- The 2010 Chilean earthquake killed 521 and damaged 500,000 buildings (similarity 0.95)
- The 1960 Chilean earthquake triggered mass movements covering 2.8 percent of Valdivia province (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- The 2010 Chilean earthquake killed 521 and damaged 500,000 buildings
#corroborates(0.85) — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 109