Situation Report

Volunteers monitored a strong magnitude-6.7 earthquake shook central Chile late Monday, prompting authorities to order a preventative evacuation of a stretch of coastline and causing hundreds of people in the capital to flee buildings in panic (source) @reddeemergencia reported that if residents feel alone or distressed, call us and ask to speak to a psychologist 600 360 77 77 Chilean navy's hydrographic and oceanographic service discounted the possibility of a tsunami, but authorities maintained an order for people to move to higher ground along a roughly 500-miles stretch of coastline running from the city of Constitucion to Tongoy, north of the capital. (Source) Head of the communal Office of Civil protection of San Antonio @estebanhinojo reported 830 persons evacuated. Bomberos Valparaiso @CBV1851 reported local gas leak that was contained. Via @CBV1851 reported that the evacuation order was lifted and residents were notified they could return to their homes. “Did you feel it” was tweeted, as well as precaution to be alert for rockslides and local guidance from the ministry of health, and the head of civil protection.

Hashtags: #chile #quake #terremoto #earthquake
Who to Follow: reddeemergencia @CBV1851 (fire department Valparaiso) @estebanhinojo (Head of office of civil protection San Antonio @Salud_Responde (Ministry of Health)
Damages: There were no immediate reports of damage or deaths, but the quake was felt for almost a minute in the port city of Valparaiso and in the capital, Santiago
Did you feel it?  M6.7 Nos dicen si sintió el terremoto Did you Feel It? Hacienda La Calera, Chile 2012-04-17 03:50:16 UTC (via @usgs)

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/04/17/65-magnitude-quake-shakes-central-chile-1796652197/?test=latestnews#ixzz1sHTUgtmq
Volunteers responding: Cat, Christoph

Cindy Activated the disaster desk notifying Cat of Reports of Wildfire in the NY Long Island area.  1,500 - 2,000 acres estimated to be involved.  Governor reported 90 fire departments were responding to the fire and over 200 homes were without power, some damaged.  Monitored twitter and facebook for impacts, and relayed information from @SuffolkCoFRES @LIRedCross as well as NYalert.gov, some local roads were closed due to the fire.  Released #Wildfire safety tweets from @redcross and coordinated with @NYVOS.  Animals in Disaster team worked an urgent need for horse trailers for evacuation of over 110 horses. Suffolk County Gov reported on their website "A mandatory evacuation is being sought by the Riverhead Police Department for the area north to Grumman Avenue, east to Edwards Avenue, south to Peconic Avenue, and west to Wading River Manor. The Riverhead Senior Center in Riverhead, has been established as an emergency shelter" and Long island power reported over 200 without power.
Long Island Outage map: http://www.lipower.org/stormcenter/outagemap.html
Evacuation  Map - #Suffolk County #NY #Wildfire http://tiny.cc/321icw
Hashtags active: #NYFire #Chestercounty #Ridge #Brushfire #Longisland
Official Guidance: @SuffolkCoFRES @LIRedCross @LIRRScoop @NYVos
Suffolk County Government: http://suffolkcountyny.gov/
Long Island Red Cross: https://www.facebook.com/LIRedCross