Daily Archives: February 22, 2011

Excerpts from USHAHIDI-CHILE GRANT REPORT 16 JAN 2011 There were only a few hours between the moment the earthquake struck Chile to the first student-volunteer who browsed through media to find reports of needs and responses. The project was not planned and there was no infrastructure in place at the start of the deployment. For these reasons, the Ushahidi management team was forced to develop solutions to problems in real time and make decisions in the moment. Through the process of enacting plans and learning […]

Excerpts from the report: On February 27, 2010 at 03:34 local time, a tremendous earthquake occurred off the coast of Chile, rating a magnitude of 8.8 on the Richter scale and lasting 90 seconds. Seismologists estimate that the earthquake was so powerful that it shortened the length of the day by 1.26 microseconds and moved the Earth’s axis by 8 cm. It is estimated that Chile’s territory expanded by 1.2 km² as a result. That afternoon, [Patrick] Meier invited students from Columbia University’s School of […]