Earthquake Shakes Chile

1
Earthquake Shakes Chile
2
At least six people are dead and several
seriously injured after a powerful 8.2 magnitude
earthquake struck off Chiles northern coast
Tuesday night. In addition to the loss of life,
the quake caused fires, landslides that blocked
roads, and set off a small tsunami that forced an
evacuation of coastal areas. U.S. Geological
Survey reported that the earthquake struck 60
miles northwest of the Chilean city of Iquique at
846 p.m., hitting a region that has been rocked
by numerous quakes over the past two weeks. The
quake was so strong that the shaking experienced
in Bolivias capital about 290 miles away was the
equivalent of a 4.5-magnitude tremor. At least
eight strong aftershocks hit Chiles coastal
cities in the first few hours following the main
tremor, with one measuring at a 6.7 magnitude.
The Chilean government has announced a
declaration of disaster in the regions of
Tarapaca, Arica and Parinacota aimed at "avoiding
instances of looting and disorder. This
announcement comes after some 300 women inmates
had escaped from a prison in Iquique. As of
Wednesday morning only 26 have been recaptured.
Chile is one of the worlds most earthquake-prone
countries. The strongest earthquake ever recorded
on Earth also happened in Chile a magnitude-9.5
tremor in 1960 that killed more than 5,000
people. Hundreds of earthquakes have shaken
Chiles far-northern coast in the past two weeks,
keeping people on edge as scientists said there
was no way to tell if the unusual string of
tremors was a harbinger of an impending disaster.
3
In Other News

• President Obama announced Tuesday that
  7.1 million Americans have signed up for health
  plans under the Affordable Care Act, also known
  as Obamacare and have met the governments goal.
  The president said in this most recent
  announcement that Obamacare is here to stay.
• NATO foreign ministers have agreed to suspend all
  practical civilian and military co-operation with
  Russia, agreeing that Russia's illegal annexation
  of Ukraine's Crimea region was the gravest threat
  to European security for a generation. The only
  operations that will still contine between Russia
  and NATO is dialogue as necessary at the
  ambassadorial level concerning Crimea and the
  related crisis. NATO is also looking at options
  including situating permanent military bases in
  the Baltic states to reassure members in Eastern
  Europe. Russia's actions in Ukraine have caused
  concern in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, which
  were part of the Soviet Union during the Cold
  War.
• A 17-year-old Long Island student has applied to
  and was accepted at all eight Ivy League schools.
  Kwasi Enin, a senior at William Floyd High School
  applied to and was accepted to Brown, Columbia,
  Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, Yale and
  the University of Pennsylvania. He scored 2,250
  out of 2,400 on the SAT. That places him in the
  99th percentile for all students taking the exam.
  Kwasi has not officially decided which school he
  will be attending, but has stated he is looking
  more closely at Yale.