Earthquake vs. earthquake

The Chilean earthquake was a 8.8 on the Richter Scale. It occurred on February 27, 2010, the epicenter was located offshore of the Maule region only 11 km southwest of Curanipe.

The Haiti earthquake was a 7.0 on the Richter Scale. It occurred on January 12, 2010, the epicenter was located about 25 km from the capital, Port-au-Prince.

In relation, the Chilean earthquake was 500 times more forceful than the earthquake in Haiti. The earthquake in Chile was so strong that it shortened the length of a day by 1.26 microseconds, moved the earth's figure axis by 8 cm, moved the entire city of Concepcion by 3.04 meters west, Santiago, the capital was moved 24 cm, and the city of Buenos Aires, which is over 1000 km from Concepcion, was moved 3.9 cm.

I think we heard more about the earthquake in Haiti because it caused more devastation, there was more damage, and it affected 3 million people.