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Tonight's featured story brings some good news from a disaster. It comes from Agence France Presse:
Lessons from 2010 quake saved lives in Chile: expertsSantiago (AFP) - Lessons learned from a devastating quake five years ago when Chile's authorities were accused of failing the population helped limit the toll from this week's powerful earthquake, experts say.
Thirteen people were killed in the 8.3-magnitude quake and subsequent tsunami that ravaged a stretch of Chile's northern coast on Wednesday night.
The shoreline in Coquimbo, the worst-hit coastal city, was a jumble of fishing boats, destroyed homes, trucks, vendors' stands and cars washed up by the tsunami waves.
But the human toll was thankfully far lower than in February 2010, when an 8.8-magnitude quake and tsunami left 500 people dead.
And another from AFP, a look at the future of earthquake prediction: 'Seismic alert!': Apps warn Mexicans of quakesA powerful earthquake strikes off the Pacific coast of Mexico. Within seconds, radio transmissions, megaphones and smartphone apps blare warnings to the capital's 20 million people before the ground shakes.
After the loud "seismic alert!" alarm, Mexico City residents have as much as a minute to flee their homes, offices and schools before buildings start to sway.
But such technology was not available on September 19, 1985, when a massive 8.1-magnitude coastal quake rocked the metropolis, crushing buildings and killing thousands.
It can take more than a minute for the seismic waves to reach the capital hundreds of kilometers away. But once they arrive, buildings start moving back and forth because the soil below -- a former lake bed -- is soft.
When the country marks the 30th anniversary of the tragedy on Saturday, the early-warning systems will be switched on during a national drill.
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