At the same spot and almost the same in magnitude as on Feb. 27, 2010 Chile was struck by an earthquake once again. But his time the country is more prepared.
As reported on an entry on a Chile Santiago East Mission blog site:
Many of you have heard by now that a 7.0 earthquake occurred today in
the Southern Region of Chile near Concepcion and Bio Bio. All
missionaries in the Chile, Santiago East Mission are accounted for, well
and doing fine. We felt the earthquake and its "replica" (aftershock)
in Santiago, but we did not experience any injury or damage in our
mission. Thank you, as always, for your love, prayers, and concern. "If
ye are prepared, ye shall not fear" (D & C 38:30). We (President and
Sister Laycock) just completed our inspection of every apartment in our
mission. We checked on the 36 hour kits, and reminded each Elder and
Sister to keep their bags ready and be prepared. We have wonderful
Missionaries. They are obedient. They know how important it is for them
to be prepared in every way. We are grateful for the life-lessons we are
all learning as we serve the Lord as His full time missionaries.
The Chile's President Sebastian Pinera on the quick response by Chileans and the government, says, "Today
we're better prepared," "I think we've learned the lesson of Feb. 27,
2010."