station i believe there in the area, someone being interviewed at the time and you can see the video shaking, the person shaking in his seat and before finally running off the set. kitty logan was going to let us know in terms of details of after shocks and what happened right before it and so she s joining us now. i believe we have the connection with her. kitty, what is the very latest? well, this was a strong quake, magnitude study 7.3, felt right across the region and most of those who thought to have died are on the iranian side of the border. the epicenter was 19 miles from iraqi city close to border with iran, the quake was felt as far as mediterranean coast. hit around 9:00 p.m. in the evening local time when most people would have been home and some were seen running out to buildings in panic, now, this was also quake of 14 miles, it may well have caused a lot more damage, people were forced to spend the night outside their
the best for you and everyone around you in the santiago areas. jamie: once again it s important for folks who are just tuning in. when we saw the video shaking, and it looked like bad video, that s actually real video taken from some sort of security camera and i think we ll try to run that again. kelly: there it is. there it is, that s what we re seeing there, it was that, it was that serious. 8.8 is no laughing matter. that s a serious, serious earthquake. the north ridge earthquake back in 94. kelly: which you experienced. yeah, that was a 6.9 i believe on the richter scale, still, but look, i mean, this is just shaking things, unbelievable. shook buildings in argentina s capital of buenos aires, felt as far as away as sao paolo brazil and 13 million people live in the area where the shaking was strong to severe according to the u.s. geological survey,
video shaking. that is not a mistake. that is actually the shaking going on during an 8.8 magnitude earthquake that hit chile, conception and santiago. the number of deaths from the quake that hit chile today is not expected to rise dramatically from the current of 122. that according to the director of the national emergency office, we hope that she is right. meantime on the phone we have mike emmanuel who have been following the developments with the state department in terms of the united states reaching out to provide aid and also any kind of support that is needed there in chile. mike, again, you were bringing us up to date in terms of what was going on. just pick up from where you left off. thank you. we can tell you that essentially the u.s. embassy in santiago is a key point, if you will, for u.s. officials. there are military personnel there representing southern