Quake Damage To Paranal Scopes?

[herbhighstone]

Hello to all the folks --

When I heart about the recent earthquake in Chile, naturally I wondered whether the massive new telescopes at the Paranal Observatory complex have suffered any damage.

I'm aware that their design includes earthquake precautions, but this quake was quite large at magnitude 7.7.

Maybe someone in this forum knows people at Paranal who could tell us the effects of the quake at their location. I Googled the recent quake but all the information appears to be preliminary and Paranal wasn't mentioned.

Inquiring minds would like to know ---

Best wishes from Herbert Highstone

[doginstine]

I guess checking the damage to scopes is a little low with the people killed and stuff. I'm sure in a few days they will tell the astro community.