Haiti and Chile Earthquakes Update: Chile Earthquake by Gary Kopycinski on February 27, 2010 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Haiti and Chile Earthquakes: Haitians Still Threatened by Inadequate Cholera Response October 20, 2011 Clean Water, Sanitation and Food Remain Relief Priorities in Haiti – UN Official October 4, 2011 Citing Precarious Conditions, UN Urges Governments Not to Return Haitians June 21, 2011 CHILE–(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2010. The death toll from this morning’s 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile has now risen to 147. Three of the deaths have been attributed to a tsunami wave hitting a Chilean coastal town.