The humanitarian response to the 2010 Chile earthquake included national governments, charitable and for-profit organizations from around the world which began coordinating humanitarian aid designed to help the Chilean people.
The timeline of relief efforts after the 2010 Chile earthquake of February 27, 2010 involves the sequence of events in the days following a highly destructive 8.8 Mw earthquake with an epicenter deep underground, offshore, near Maule, Chile.[99]
Over 50 countries including Brazil, the People's Republic of China and Argentina gave aid to Chile after March 1, 2010.[citation needed]
The death toll was initially put at 124 on February 27[citation needed], then a total of 708 was declared at 16.00 on March 1[citation needed] and included missing people. The number was updated by the government of Chile and decreased to 279 by 09.00 on March 4,[100][101] as it was reevaluated to only confirm deceased victims of the event. As new victims were identified and confirmed by the government the number was raised, first becoming 452 by March 5,[102] and 497 by March 8,[103] being the last official report of the Ministry of Interior of Chile.
It reached Easter island in a few hours and finally reached Japan and New Zealand after about 1 day.[citation needed] Argentina has sent construction teams to Chiloe island to help reconstruct some of the washed away coastal buildings.[citation needed]
160 people were arrested by military police in Concepcion between March 1 and 2.[104]
There will be a special mass in Valparaíso on March 3 to remember the town's dead.[citation needed]
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