Talk:2010 Chile earthquake

Length of day alteration

It would be helpful to include the reasons for the quake's alteration of the length of day. Quakes typically involve subduction of plates which sink because they have cooled and become denser than underlying material. Accordingly such events decrease the planet's moment of inertia, but are followed by quiet periods of warming the newly subducted material, and of cooling the newly raised material. This has the opposite effect on the moment of inertia, so that the net effect is zero.76.23.5.30 (talk)A G Foster May 1, 2010

does source 29 works?

It doesn't work for me --Bogdanno (talk) 01:05, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

About the section Food Scarcity

I dont know who was the person that realized that food is Beer. The only thing that food scarcity talks about is about the lack of sufficient beer for the population. Are you serious? I say that whole section be deleted until actual sources verifying Scarcity in actual food are found130.245.231.230 (talk) 19:05, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

deleted --Keysanger 16:18, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

GOPE

GOPE is a special force of the Chilean police and indeed they were there. But all available police forces were there. --Keysanger 16:20, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

Death table illegible

The tables with the Death toll are illegible and the sortable function doesn't work.

Location Region Deaths Constitución, Chile Maule 87 Talcahuano Biobío 33 Concepción, Chile 32 Pelluhue Maule Talca 29 Santiago, Chile Santiago 22 Parral, Chile Maule 17 Cauquenes 15 Valparaíso Valparaíso Tomé Biobío 14 Los Ángeles 12 Santa Cruz, Chile O'Higgins Curicó Maule Molina, Chile 10 Sagrada Familia, Chile San Antonio, Chile Valparaíso San Javier, Chile Maule Lota, Chile Biobío 7 Peralillo O'Higgins Pencahue Maule 6 Maule, Chile 5 Cañete, Chile Biobío Chanco, Chile Linares, Chile Maule 4 Nancagua O'Higgins Temuco Araucanía Angol 3 Arauco, Chile Biobío Coronel, Chile Lebu, Chile Curepto Maule

Location Region Deaths Licantén Maule 3 Teno Lolol O'Higgins Pichidegua San Vicente de Tagua Tagua Villarrica, Chile Araucanía Chillán Biobío 2 El Carmen, Chile Tirúa Doñihue O'Higgins Pichilemu Pumanque Rancagua Cabrero Biobío 1 Chiguayante Chimbarongo Curanilahue Mulchén Penco Yumbel Yungay, Chile Litueche O'Higgins Marchigüe Peumo Pelarco Maule Río Claro Romeral San Clemente, Chile San Cruz Los Sauces Araucanía Padre Las Casas, Chile

I deleted it and put the Spanish one. --Keysanger 17:09, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

Criminal Prosecution

Perhaps a part should be added regarding the current criminal investigation and prosecution against Carmen Fernández, then head of ONEMI, and even former President Michelle Bachelet, led by the Chilean justice. It's cause relates to the lack of issuing the tsunami warning to the population and other matters.