Earthquake in Chile

Many catastrophes have happened throughout the years, from the World Trade Center destruction to the tsunami in Indonesia. Throughout these past few days two other catastrophes occurred. First was the earthquake in Haiti, and after that, another earthquake occurred in Chile. This earthquake, with an amplitude of 8.8, was the worst recorded. I first found out about this earthquake when I was changing the channel on my television. I was shocked to hear the news because the earthquake in Haiti had occurred not too long ago. It was said that about 200 people were killed. Before this earthquake, there was an earthquake in Argentina of an amplitude around 6.4. After this there were around 66 aftershocks, one of them being the earthquake in Chile. The amount of energy this earthquake had, caused the probability of there being a tsunami in Hawaii, Australia, Japan, Russia, and many other countries. It is amazing how much power an earthquake can have, but it is more frightening to experience and witness the destruction that it can bring.