Pictures Of 8.8 Earthquake In Chile

A magnitude 8.8 earthquake hit Chile followed by a tsunami.

People lost their houses.

Buildings, roads and bridges were damaged.

Cars are seen overturned and stuck at a collapsed road in northern Santiago Saturday Feb. 27, 2010. An 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck central Chile early Saturday. The quake hit 200 miles (325 kilometers) southwest of the capital and the epicenter was just 70 miles (115 kilometers) from Concepcion, Chile's second-largest city. (AP Photo/Carlos Espinoza)

People walk near a destroyed building in Concepcion, southern Chile, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010. An 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck central Chile early Saturday. The quake hit 200 miles (325 kilometers) southwest of Santiago, the country's capital, and the epicenter was just 70 miles (115 kilometers) from Concepcion, Chile's second-largest city. (AP Photo)

A collapsed bridge over the Claro river is seen near the town of Camarico, Chile, some 112 miles ( 180 kilometers ) south of Santiago, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010. An 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck central Chile early Saturday. The quake hit 200 miles (325 kilometers) southwest of the capital and the epicenter was just 70 miles (115 kilometers) from Concepcion, Chile's second-largest city. (AP Photo/Aliosha Marquez)

A view of an earthquake damaged building at the Maipu neighborhood in Santiago, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010. A magnitude-8.8 earthquake hit Chile's central region early Saturday.(AP Photo/Juan Gonzalez) Foto: JUAN GONZALEZ GALAZ

In this photo released by Chile's Presidency, Chile's President Michelle Bachelet looks at collapsed houses after an earthquake in Concepcion, Chile, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010. An 8.8-magnitude earthquake, which epicenter was just 70 miles (115 kilometers) from Concepcion, Chile's second-largest city, struck central Chile early Saturday.(AP Photo/Chile Presidency)

Aftermath Of Earthquake in Chile

Vehicles sit on a destroyed motorway in Santiago following a powerful earthquake in southern Chile, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Carlos Espinoza)

A very strong 8.8 earthquake hit central Chile early Saturday.

This is the 7th strongest earthquake in the world.

The president of Chile, President Michelle Bachelet said at least two million people were affected and 214 were killed.

The earthquake damaged buildings, roads and bridges.

A collapsed bridge over the Claro river is seen near the town of Camarico, Chile, some 112 miles (180 kilometers ) south of Santiago Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010. An 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck central Chile early Saturday. The quake hit 200 miles (325 kilometers) southwest of the capital and the epicenter was just 70 miles (115 kilometers) from Concepcion, Chile's second-largest city. (AP Photo/Aliosha Marquez)

Houses, offices, hospitals and highways were damaged.

Highway overpasses collapsed on the road and cars were thrown away.

The president declared ‘areas of catastrophe’.

A town named Chillan that was destroyed in the 1939 earthquake is one of the most effected.

Santiago lost electricity, water and telephone services.

Santiago is the capital of Chile.

The Santiago airport is shut down for at least the next 24 hours.

Tsunami waves were reported in the countries around the Pacific Ocean.

Boats were thrown ashore, buildings were damaged and some areas were flooded.

In Talcahuano, Chile the waves were as high as 7.7 feet.

On the island of Juan Fernando the tsunami waves killed 3 people and 10 were missing.

Tsunami activities is reported as far as in Tasmania, Australia.

CNN reported a 9 feet high tsunami may hit Japan and tens of thousands of people has been evacuated.

There have been lots of powerful aftershocks; one with a magnitude of 6.9.

In Argentina a 6.3 magnitude quake killed 2 people in separate towns.

There have been lots and lots of damage in Concepcion.

People walk near a destroyed building in Concepcion, southern Chile, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010. An 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck central Chile early Saturday. The quake hit 200 miles (325 kilometers) southwest of Santiago, the country's capital, and the epicenter was just 70 miles (115 kilometers) from Concepci

Any way things are not as bad as the aftermath of the 7.0 Haiti earthquake.

I am very sorry for the victims in this natural disaster.

I think we should build high quality buildings with air bags to protect the buildings and people during earthquake.

Powerful Earthquake Struck Chile

Another major earthquake happened  just after a 7.0 earthquake hit Okinawa.

A magnitude 8.8 earthquake hit central Chile early Saturday.

Chile is in South America.

At least 6 people were killed.

This is a very powerful earthquake.

May be more people were killed.

The earthquake was located near the city of Concepcion.

Concepcion is the second largest city in Chile.

The city is 212 miles (341km) from capital Santiago.

The earthquake struck at 3:34 am (1:34am ET).

There are reports of collapsed building in Santiago.

So far CNN has not reported the destruction in Conception.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami warning for Chile and Peru.

Tsunami watch has been issued for Ecuador, Colombia, Panama and Costa Rica.

The center recorded a tsunami wave as high as 9 feet.

According to USGS the largest earthquake in the world was recorded in Chile.

It happened on May 22, 1960 with a magnitude of 9.5 killing 1665 people.

This is a real disaster and I am very sad to learn about this news.

I hope that we can stop the earthquakes.

Earthquake Strike Okinawa, Japan

Okinawa was hit by  a 7.0 magnitude earthquake.

It happened at 5:31 am (3:31pm Friday ET) early Saturday.

ET means USA’s Eastern Time.

Japan’s Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami advisory to the people in the Okinawa Islands, Amami Islands and Tokara Islands.

They should avoid the beaches and the sea.

Okinawa Flag

Amami Flag

Tsunami is giant waves.

The quake was centered about 6 miles (10km) deep and about 53 miles (85km) from Okinawa.

So far CNN said they haven’t received any news about the damage or casualty on the islands.

Anyway, I guess the aftermath will not be as bad as in the Haiti’s earthquake.

On 12 January 2010 Haiti was hit by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that almost destroyed Port-au-Prince and killed hundreds thousands of people.

Earthquake is a natural disaster.

I think we must avoid earthquake.

Killer Whale Killed Its Trainer

SeaWorld Logo

A killer whale killed a trainer at SeaWorld Shamu Stadium on Wednesday afternoon.

SeaWorld Shamu Stadium is in Orlando, Florida.

A witness said that a whale named Tilikum jumped up and grabbed the trainer into its tank.

Tilikum, a male killer whale at Sea World, Orlando. The whale came from Canada where he drowned a trainer.

Killer whale is a type of dolphin.

Tilikum is a huge male killer whale.

It weighs 11,ooo pounds and is 22 foot long.

People from the Ethical Treatment Of Animals said killer whales are smart and oceangoing mammals.

They want people to stop keeping the killer whale in tanks and made them perform silly tricks over and over again.

I agree with them because the killer whales may get angry and kill other people.

Anyway I like to watch animals shows too.

I think the killer whale did not eat its trainer.

It must be a sad day at SeaWorld and the trainer’s family must be very sad.

Dawn Brancheau was a very good trainer.

Mr. Food

Yesterday I was reading about food in my science book.

There was an instruction to draw our favorite food.

Suddenly I had an idea of how to draw my favorite food 💡

This is my drawing.

I call it Mr. Food 😉

Mr. Food is made out of food.

His face is an apple 🙂

His eyes and nose are grapes 😕

His ears are strawberries 😡

His hands and feet are ‘sambung nyawa'(Gynura procumbens) 😳

His body and hair are lettuces 😆

He is 0 years old.

Isn’t he cute ❓

SpongeBob SquarePants

SpongeBob SquarePants is a very popular animation story from Nickelodeon.

SpongeBob lives in an underwater city name ‘Bikini Bottom’.

His best friend is Patrick Star.

SpongeBob is very popular in Malaysia.

Lots of kids love to watch SpongeBob.

There are a lot of SpongeBob toys and t-shirts but I don’t want them 😯

I don’t really like to watch SpongeBob SquarePants 😡

The characters are not very polite to each other.

In fact sometimes they are rude.

And I can’t learn anything by watching the series 😕

I like to watch something that can teach me lots of good things like good manners.

I like to watch ‘Barney and Friends‘ because Barney teach me good manners.

I learn Spanish from ‘Dora The Explorer‘.

I can learn about animals from ‘Go Diego Go‘.

I learnt how to make a forest bird sound from one of the episodes.

Wonder Pets teach us to think fast and how to work together.

I learn a lot from Sesame Street.

However I think the drawing of flowers around ‘Bikini Bottom’ are very nice.

My New Jogging Shoes

On Thursday my father bought me a new pair of shoes

We bought the shoes at Carrefour, Wangsa Maju.

My new shoes are very beautiful 😎

The colours of the shoes are white, blue and a little bit of yellow 😉

The shoes feel very soft and very comfortable 😀

My old shoes are already too small for me 😕

I felt uncomfortable when I jog in them because my toes hurts 😐

Anyway I love the old shoes.

They are very cute.

I am sad because I can’t wear them again.

Last Thursday when we jogged, I wore them on the wrong side.

I think I felt more comfortable when I wore them that way 🙂

Taman Tasik Ampang Hilir (Ampang Hilir Lake Garden)

Taman Tasik Ampang Hilir means Ampang Hilir Lake Garden.

It is near my house in Ampang.

The park is very beautiful.

There is big lake in the middle of the park.

And there are a lot of fishes in the lake.

There is a jogging path around the lake.

I always jog over there.

We have to go there early in the morning before it gets too hot.

I like to jog because it is fun.

After jogging I would play at the playground.

Playing at the playground is fun too

On Thursday my father bought me a pair of jogging shoes.

It is another present for my birthday

I can’t wait to jog in my new shoes.

Actually my old shoes were already too tight.

An Owl Near My House

Last week my father, my sister and I went to buy fried banana.

Then we saw an owl nearby.

We walked straight to the owl to take a closer look

In Bahasa Malaysia owl is ‘burung hantu’.

‘Burung’ means bird and ‘hantu’ means ghost.

So ‘burung hantu’ means ‘ghost bird’ 🙂

It sounds scary…

Anyway owl does not looked like a ghost at all 🙂

In fact I think owl is cute.

Owl has a heart shaped face.

So it’s owner called owls ‘burung love’ instead of ‘burung hantu’.

By the way that owl looks like its owner 🙂

Owl cannot see in daylight 😐

So owl is only active at night.

I hope I can meet the owl again.