March | 2010 | The Road to Delphi - a Blog about programming

Today I will not publish any news or code about Delphi, I just want to tell you about the last Saturday 27 (Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 06:34:14 UTC), Chile, my country, was beaten by a monster earthquake.

The Saturday earthquake was the 5th worst in recorded history and was 63 times bigger than the Haiti earthquake on a seismogram, and released 501 times as much energy .

There are many people who need your help.

Facts

In the time period since the earthquake’s origin at 2010-02-27 06:34 to 2010-03-01 16:00 UTC, the USGS NEIC has located 121 aftershocks of magnitude 5.0 or greater.
The Saturday earthquake was the 5th largest magnitude earthquake to occur in the world since 1900
The worst earthquake in recorded history was a 9.5 magnitude quake that occurred in Chile as well
The earthquake in Chile released more energy than was released during the Mount Saint Helen’s volcanic eruption in 1980.

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How to help

The following organizations are accepting SMS donations in the US only:

SMS text “CHILE” to 25383 to donate $10 to Habitat for Humanity
SMS text “CHILE” to 20222 to donate $10 to World Vision
SMS text “REBUILD” to 50555 to donate $10 to Operation USA
SMS text “YOUTH” to 20222 to donate $10 to UNICEF

American Red Cross — the American Red Cross International Response Fund helps victims of crises such as the Chile and Haiti earthquakes. If you wish to designate your funds to a specific crisis, you’ll need to mail in your donation.

Americares — funds go exclusively to the Chilean earthquake (and tsunami relief, should further tragedies occur)

World Vision Disaster Response Fund - your money goes towards relief efforts for global disasters worldwide (not Chile specifically)

Thanks in advance for you support.

Go Chile Go.