Sean A. Durkin & James T Markou 
Chilean Earthquake of 2010 
Response and Lessons

On February 27th, 2010, an earthquake of magnitude 8.8 struck off the coast of central Chile. Centered 70 miles northeast of Chile’s second-largest city, Concepcion, at a depth of 22 miles, the earthquake was the second largest ever recorded in Chile and the fifth largest recorded worldwide since 1900. Over 100 aftershocks of magnitude 5.0 or greater were recorded following the initial earthquake. The earthquake and subsequent tsunami, which struck Chile’s coast roughly 20 minutes after the earthquake and moved 2, 000 feet onto shore in some places, devastated parts of the country. This book analyzes the response to the Chilean earthquake and the lessons learned.