The rumors are true... after a long hard day of work under the sun and an action packed Friday night, I did end up sleeping through the earthquake (which was roughly a 7.0 in Olmue, Chile). There was a good amount of damage in the region. Not too many collapsed buildings (although you can see one just down the street from us pictured below), but the power was knocked out for about a week and just about anything on a wall or table came down. There was glass shattered everywhere in the main house in the morning as well as lots of cracks in the walls and ceilings.
In order to coordinate plans with Chelsea who was scheduled to arrive the following Thursday, I headed back to Sebastian´s couch in Viña del Mar. He had a significant amount of dry wall fall from the ceiling and walls (including a massive chunk that was directly above the guest bed). Viña had power, but no water. It was a trade off I was willing to make at the time. We (Kevin of Philadelphia, who was also on the WWOOF farm was with me) spent a lot of time hanging out on the beach. There was one pretty significant after shock while we were at the beach. About half of the people there packed their things and left. The other half (including us) just moved slighlty further away from the water. The waves picked up a little, but nothing major. Apparently, the extremely deep bay which makes Viña del Mar an excellent shipping port also makes it nearly impossible for a tsunami to form. Lucky us. Below are a couple shots of the damage in Olmue, Chile:
A collapsed building just down the main road from us in Olmue, Chile.
Siding damage as seen above was quite common.
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