{"id":677606,"date":"2010-02-27T16:28:04","date_gmt":"2010-02-27T21:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.popcrunch.com\/?p=94672"},"modified":"2026-10-04T11:02:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T15:02:12","slug":"elliott-yamin-survives-chile-earthquake-keeps-the-world-updated-via-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/677606","title":{"rendered":"Elliott Yamin Survives Chile Earthquake; Keeps The World Updated Via Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A devastating 8.8 earthquake rattled Chile just after 3 AM on Saturday &#8212; and Season 5 <em>American Idol<\/em> finalist Elliott Yamin had a Tweeting front seat for the year&#8217;s latest natural disaster. A discouraged Yamin has just returned to his hotel after participating in a disappointing singing competition in Vina Del Mar, when the quake hit the South American country.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"416\" height=\"374\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" id=\"ep\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/i.cdn.turner.com\/cnn\/.element\/apps\/cvp\/3.0\/swf\/cnn_416x234_embed.swf?context=embed&#038;videoId=world\/2010\/02\/27\/yamin.witness.quake.cnn\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#000000\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-94672\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Elliott immediately took to his <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/elliottyamin\">Twitter account<\/a> and began updating.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHuge earthquake just now in Chile!!\u2026.I swear I thought this was the end of my life!!!!!<\/em>\u201d Elliott began. <em>&#8220;Fuck!!!!!! I take it all back everybody!!&#8230;. I just escaped w my life, from an 8.3 earthquake!!!&#8230; is everybody ok?&#8230; where was the epicener?&#8230; Complete and utter choas on the streets&#8230; no power&#8230; my heart is beatin outta my chest!&#8230;. tsunami warning&#8230; I am only a mile inland!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>CNN later began live updating on the situation based on the singer\u2019s Tweets. So far, 147 have been confirmed dead; with that number expected to rise. A wave off the coast of Chile killed 3 people and at least 10 are missing.<\/p>\n<p>Experts say today&#8217;s Chilean quake was &#8220;900x more intense&#8221; than the 7.0 earthshaker that destroyed the impoverished nation of Haiti on Jan. 12.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/6pxeifc3ebcCa4kqjEmJkHt630Q\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/6pxeifc3ebcCa4kqjEmJkHt630Q\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/6pxeifc3ebcCa4kqjEmJkHt630Q\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/6pxeifc3ebcCa4kqjEmJkHt630Q\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A devastating 8.8 earthquake rattled Chile just after 3 AM on Saturday &#8212; and Season 5 American Idol finalist Elliott Yamin had a Tweeting front seat for the year&#8217;s latest natural disaster. 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