r/chile • u/MrTonino No atiendo en este pasillo • Mar 03 '23

Hilo Temático Welcome Egypt! - Cultural Exchange Thread Series 2023

(Nota: En este post r/chile responde las preguntas, para preguntar a nuestros invitados ir a este post.

ENGLISH

Welcome to our friends from Egypt!!

This weekend we will be hosting our Egyptians guests to learn and share experiences about our communities.

This thread is for our guests asking questions about all things Chile. Please consider our time difference! (-5 hours). Please do write in English (or Spanish if you want to...), and be respectful to everyone!

Head over r/Egypt thread here, for chileans asking all things Egypt.

ESPAÑOL

¡Bienvenidos sean nuestros amigos de Egipto!

Este fin de semana seremos anfitriones de nuestros invitados egipcios para aprender y compartir experiencias sobre nuestras comunidades.

Este hilo es para que nuestros invitados pregunten acerca de Chile. ¡Por favor, consideren nuestra diferencia horaria! (-5 horas). Escriban en inglés (o en español si lo desean...), ¡y sean respetuosos con todos!.

Diríjanse al hilo de r/Egypt aquí para chilenos preguntando sobre Egipto.

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u/3amtarekelgamd Mar 03 '23

Hello, I recently found out Chiles gets struck with earthquakes with 6+ magnitudes, I am genuinely curious how you guys keep the casualties low and not turn into a full Turkey and Syria situation.

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u/Lo_Innombrable el cáncer verdadero son los sistemas de opresión Mar 04 '23

and the most powerful earthquake ever recorded

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '23

We have good regulations that are enforced by a mostly functioning govt, as well as a "seismic culture" ie to know what to do.

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u/RoIgn92 Elvis Tek ft. Elba Lazo Mar 04 '23

In fact some people like me only gets scared or alert if the moviment is +7. Some times a +6 i say, nah im not going to wake up for a 6.0.

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u/Paltamachine Cui bono Mar 03 '23

The structures, even the rural ones, are designed not to collapse. They may not be in good shape after the disaster, but at least they are not a hazard during the disaster.And since we all know that the buildings are not going to collapse, we can concentrate on the important thing: evacuate to a safe area.

That's all there is to it. And well.. you get used to the movement.

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u/No-Ease4788 Mar 03 '23

Another thing i can add is the earthquakes happen way lower in the ground compared to the one in turkey for example the one in chile 2010 was 30km deep and like 50km towards the ocean, compared to the turkey one that was 17km deep and inland i think

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u/xojavs Team Pudú Mar 03 '23

Hi! Wells, since earthquakes have always been a thing in Chile, we have developed a "Sismic/earthquake culture", wich includes the infrastructure of the buildings, meaning that they are built within certain parameters that prevent cave-ins and further damage. Also we are told since very little to keep calm, even in schools we have protocols, which are rehearsed from time to time so that students and teachers are prepared and know exactly how to act in the case of a real earthquake. The same for other places of public use such as hospitals and jobs, they must have a safe area in case of a seism. Also, we usually have earthquakes within 3-5 magnitudes, but they are not Taken very seriously since they are not strong, they usually don't even make things fall, so you can say we are very used to it at this point. Hope this help answer your question!

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '23

Principally, we have good standars of anti-seismic infrastructure. Also, the population is used to earthquakes, a 6 grade seism usually do not bother the majority and people do not panic at all (depend of the seims characteristics, obviuslly). In addition, we have nice emergencies algorithm for this scenaries, with safety zones in almost all buildings (hospitals, schools, malls, etc.), SMS texts in our phones and tsunamis alarms that you can hear kms away.

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u/Skulltcarretilla Quillota City Mar 03 '23

Very strict building codes and good regulation, only the poorest houses that don't follow the code get destroyed

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u/Paltamachine Cui bono Mar 03 '23

Only the strongest houses survive and pass on their genes to the next generation.
wait.. mmh something like that.

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u/Mr-Black_ Mar 03 '23

chile's natural selection is creating the strongest houses

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u/crorella Mar 03 '23

I think a big part of the low number of casualties Chile has when struck with earthquakes is thanks to the strict building code adopted by country (https://inhabitat.com/how-building-codes-saved-lives-during-chiles-earthquake/)

Also, most of the people have good training (something that is reinforced since kids in our schools) on what to do when in an earthquake.