it was a joke - a fairly strong one (the absolute magnitude was not so great, but it was pretty close) happened in santiago just as i was posting. [incidentall

it was a joke - a fairly strong one (the absolute magnitude was not so great, but it was pretty close) happened in santiago just as i was posting. [incidentally, i agree absolutely that this should not influence the choice of anyone to come here - at most, you will have an interesting story to tell someone when you go back home...]