Hello:
And thank you Sky and Paradise Bird. I also hope Dante will come back online, he did have problems with the english, but that can be easily solved... if Dante lives in the affected areas, it may take some time until coming online again, but let's hope that he is ok.
As for your question Malte, I didn't feel it. the earthauqke happened at many kilometers south of Santiago, and I live in the northest city at 2080 km north of Santiago. The earthquake was in it's faintest magnitude in Antofagasta at about 1000 km south of my city. But I know what an earthquake feels like, because I remember three that were over 7 in the Richter scale that affected my city: In 1987, 2001 and 2005 with many quakes of many magnitudes every now and then.
Even with my experience, I cannot really give myself an idea of the horror an earthquake of magnitude 8.8 (in Richter because it was 9 in the Mercalli scale) can cause.
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Just an hour ago, a quake hitted the city of Calama (a city that is center of lots of the mining in Chile), it was 6.3 in the Richter scale... and a lot more closer to my city. I just wanted to let you know.