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by Max F. A earthquake hit Chile this month in March it destroyed Santiago and other cities nearby. It is said to be a stronger Earthquake than Haiti. It was calculated 8.8 on the Richter scale. Many were killed by the Earthquake. A tsunami warning was issued after the quake. Many small villages on the coast were damaged by the tsunami and after quakes. Part II--What I Want to Find Out ** Was the location a result of the stronger Earthquake in Chile? What created the most damage the earthquake or the after quakes and tsunamis? Was there a large amount of deaths? Was Chile more prepared than Haiti during the earthquake? Which earthquake was more disasterous? These are my main questions that I want to know about Chile during and now after the earthquake. I also think that it should relate to helping people in needing times like after natural disasters.
 * Chile 2010, The Quake that shook the continent **
 * Part I--What I already know about my topic **

While in the search for the ultimate facts about Chile's Earthquake I came across Wikipedia and decided to start there many people think that Wikipedia is not reliable but some people might know a lot about the earthquake than others. I figured out that the Chile earthquake did not do so much damage but it was one of the largest earthquakes ever. As it turns out it was in the top ten strongest earthquakes in the world. This earthquake in Chile was number 7 and in Chile it was ranked the 3rd strongest. The largest Earthquake ever recorded was the one in Valdivia, Chile in 1960. As I also knew there were a few tsunamis after the earthquake. Earthquakes are usually caused by small tremors but not enough for us to feel. Argentina was also hit by an aftershock which occurs after the quake. Luckily though the quake did not take many lives. For a few weeks I have been trying to dig up some more dirt on the subject. I have been unsucessful. I have tried using keywords and quoting specific words so the search engine might bring up different things but I couldn't. I even tried different search engines to find more articles but of course I couldn't find anything so now I am sunk for the moment. This has not been helping me that much. I have chosen to use choots and ladders as my board game. To escape the wrecked city towns. For my that will use gamestar mechanics I will make it a chasing game of the sprites. To get to the goal within the time limit. My free game is for monopoly is a game where you buy health and food to survive. For the book that helped me find these facts was encyclopedias. I could not find any other books so I chose this. No specific earthquakes werementioned often but I have found out that Chile has had preveous earthquakes and were ready to act after an earthquake. So even if it was 8.8 they were ready for it. For my interviewee I have chosen my mom because she has been to Chile before and has stayed there a while. She said it hada amazing and seemingly strong architecture. My mom has been through earthquakes herself so she knows how they feel. She told me it's terrifying and everything is shaking. So in places that are ready to withstand earthquakes they don't nesserially mean much damage but if the earthquake is in an place with no earthquakes a huge amount of damage will occur. For my game I think I will choose the monopoly modification. I think this game will teach the most people about these natural disasters and Chile and will inspire them to look into this.
 * Part III--The Search **

I learned that people struggle everyday and after a natural disaster it is worse.I learned that we must tell people that don't realize this to realize that people need our help in certain places in the world. We must tell people that we need to help others in a time of crisis. I want my games to teach others how to realize and help others when they really need it. The process of finding ne and different articles was very challenging because of many copies of the same article under different names. It was hard to find different material but I found some. Chile wasprepared because of past and current earthquakes so the damage was not so bad even for a 8.8 magnitude. Haiti and other countries will be effected more harshly because they are and were not prepared. Earthquakes are horrible but especially huge ones.
 * Part IV--What I Learned**


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