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Date:2010-03-04 19:58:00
Sender:Dirk Behrend/IVS <Behrend, Dirk (GSFC-698.0)[NVI INC] <dirk.behrend-1@nasa.gov>>
Subject:[SLR-Mail] No. 1840: Chile Earthquake, Situation at TIGO
Author:Dirk Behrend
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SLR Electronic Mail 2010-03-04 19:58:00 UTC Message No. 1840
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Author: Dirk Behrend/IVS
Subject: Chile Earthquake, Situation at TIGO
Subject: [IVSmail] Chile Earthquake, Situation at TIGO

From: ”Behrend, Dirk (GSFC-698.0)[NVI INC]”
Date: March 3, 2010 5:55:28 PM EST
To: ´IVS Mail´
Subject: [IVSmail] Chile Earthquake, Situation at TIGO

Dear colleagues,

Information about the situation at TIGO is coming in slowly.
I collected the information and prepared a dedicated Web page.
I intend to update the page frequently with information as
it comes in.

The page is available at the URL

http://ivscc.gsfc.nasa.gov/stations/quake_tigo.html

(Please send me a note if you have updates that I can include.)


Current situation:

Information on TIGO staff. Information on the well-being of the
TIGO staff is only trickling in. The German members of the TIGO
crew made short phone calls or sent SMS messages back to Germany.
Hence we know that the German part of the staff and their families
are okay according to the circumstances. We have no word at this
point on our Chilean colleagues. But we hope to get more
information in the coming days. We wish all people affected the
best of luck; our thoughts are with you.

Situation at TIGO station. The German Technical Relief Organization
(Technisches Hilfswerk, THW) has arrived in Chile and set up base
camp at TIGO. At first glance it appears that TIGO got away
relatively unscathed. Still, we need to get confirmation on the
status of the equipment from TIGO personnel. In this respect it was
good news that the GPS receiver recorded data to about 13 hours
beyond the quake event, at which point the UPS was probably drained.

Universidad de Concepción. The campus of the Universidad de Concepción,
however, seems to be hard hit and is severely damaged through the
quake and a subsequent fire. It has to be feared that the campus that
many fondly remember as the venue of the 4th IVS General Meeting will
have to be rebuilt (at least in parts).

Best regards,

Dirk Behrend
IVS Coordinating Center

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From: Carey Noll
From: ”Behrend, Dirk (GSFC-698.0)[NVI INC]”

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