Chilean earthquakes in the O'Higgins Region: photoessay
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Monday, May 3, 2010
The recent string of earthquakes in Chile caused widespread damage to buildings. Wikinews reporter Diego Grez is on-scene and in his second photoessay, he shows us the impact of the earthquake in the O'Higgins Region and takes a look at how people living in the area have reacted to the devastation.
Wikinews' Diego Grez in front of the well-known apartments of Paniahue, Santa Cruz, Chile, that collapsed during the earthquake.
Image: Diego Grez.
Image: Diego Grez.
The urban centre of Pichilemu has been dead since the earthquake, because of the fear of a new tsunami there.
Image: Diego Grez.
Image: Diego Grez.
The Church of Santa Cruz was severely damaged in the earthquake and it is being demolished slowly. Picture at the top right is the Church, as it looked in December 2009.
Image: Diego Grez.
Image: Diego Grez.
Inside the first floor of an apartment in Paniahue, Santa Cruz.
Image: Diego Grez.
Image: Diego Grez.
Residents of Paniahue, Santa Cruz took their belongings and went to an empty plot near the apartments. They have named it "Villa Los Ciruelos".
Image: Diego Grez.
Image: Diego Grez.
Residents of Paniahue also went to a court near the apartments, where they are storing their belongings and camping.
Image: Diego Grez.
Image: Diego Grez.
The Peralillo town hall collapsed after the earthquake. News media has reported that the Mayor of Peralillo, Gerardo Cornejo, started to cry when he saw the town hall, but his father, 90 years-old, motivated him to get Peralillo up again. Old buildings such as the Church of Peralillo also collapsed.
Image: Diego Grez.
Image: Diego Grez.
People and tourists that were staying in Pichilemu for the last weekend in the summer quickly drove to the nearest hill, La Cruz.
Image: Diego Grez.
Image: Diego Grez.
A toilet in a collapsed apartment building in Paniahue, Santa Cruz.
Image: Diego Grez.
Image: Diego Grez.
A collage of pictures showing the damage to the Paniahue apartment buildings.
Image: Diego Grez.
Image: Diego Grez.
A collapsed house in Paniahue, Santa Cruz, Chile.
Image: Diego Grez.
Image: Diego Grez.
The location of the Colchagua museum prior to the 2010 Chile earthquake.
Image: Diego Grez.
Image: Diego Grez.
Another destroyed house in Santa Cruz, Chile by the earthquake.
Image: Diego Grez.
Image: Diego Grez.
Another house in Santa Cruz destroyed by the earthquake.
Image: Diego Grez.
Image: Diego Grez.
A house damaged by the 2010 Chile earthquake, in Santa Cruz.
Image: Diego Grez.
Image: Diego Grez.
Another Lolol house after the earthquake.
Image: Diego Grez.
Image: Diego Grez.
Liquor store on Errázuriz Avenue in Santa Cruz, Chile.
Image: Diego Grez.
Image: Diego Grez.
A house damaged by the 2010 earthquake in Santa Cruz, Chile.
Image: Diego Grez.
Image: Diego Grez.
The Naval Bridge, near Lolol, was severely damaged after the earthquake.
Image: Diego Grez.
Image: Diego Grez.
The ground broke in many places in Santa Cruz, Chile. Picture taken near the newly built Escuela de Lenguaje (Language School, for those with learning problems, like dyslexia), that was severely affected.
Image: Diego Grez.
Image: Diego Grez.
People with a bonfire in La Cruz Hill, Pichilemu, Chile, after the March 11 earthquake.
Image: Diego Grez.
Image: Diego Grez.
Demolition of a house in Santa Cruz, Chile.
Image: Diego Grez.
Image: Diego Grez.
An old house in the urban centre of Santa Cruz, Chile.
Image: Diego Grez.
Image: Diego Grez.
A house that served as a refuge for old people until 1978 was severely affected by the earthquake.
Image: Diego Grez.
Image: Diego Grez.
Related news
- "Chilean earthquakes: in pictures" — Wikinews, March 18, 2010
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