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BarTopDancer 02-27-2010 12:00 AM
8.5 Quake Shakes Chile
 
USGS Link

(if someone could fix my title typo that would be fantastic).

Kevy Baby 02-27-2010 12:06 AM
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Originally Posted by BarTopDancer (Post 315746)
(if someone could fix my title typo that would be fantastic).
What? You spelled "quake" correctly...

BarTopDancer 02-27-2010 01:11 AM
And there was a 7.0 off Okinawa earlier.

Not Afraid 02-27-2010 01:35 AM
Upgraded to 8.8.

Ghoulish Delight 02-27-2010 01:37 AM
Very little detail other than power outage, and some indication that there was a tsunami somewhere.

Not Afraid 02-27-2010 01:38 AM
Any indication on where the tsunami was?

Ghoulish Delight 02-27-2010 01:41 AM
No, just that observation stations have noticed coastal water levels dropping which indicates that there was a tsunami somewhere.

BarTopDancer 02-27-2010 01:44 AM
I read/heard a 9ft wave was spotted but they didn't say where. I did some searching and only see that water levels dropped. Some say off chile but nothing huge. Oddly enough even a "normal looking wave" can be considered a tsunami if the conditions are correct.

Ghoulish Delight 02-27-2010 01:48 AM
BBC has some preliminary reports that there is no immediate sign of major structural damage within cities.



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Mark Winstanley, who contacted the BBC from Vina del Mar, 100km north-west of Santiago, said buildings had shaken and electricity and phone connections were cut but he could see no structural damage yet.


A university professor in Santiago, Cristian Bonacic, said that this was a massive quake but that the cities seemed to have resisted well. Internet communications were working but not mobile phones.

Not Afraid 02-27-2010 01:49 AM
A TSUNAMI ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII.
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS
ORIGIN TIME – 0834 PM HST 26 FEB 2010
COORDINATES – 36.1 SOUTH 72.6 WEST
LOCATION – NEAR COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE
MAGNITUDE – 8.5 MOMENT
EVALUATION
THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER HAS ISSUED AN EXPANDING
REGIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH FOR PARTS OF THE PACIFIC
LOCATED CLOSER TO THE EARTHQUAKE. AN EVALUATION OF THE PACIFIC
WIDE TSUNAMI THREAT IS UNDERWAY AND THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT
HAWAII COULD BE ELEVATED TO A WATCH OR WARNING STATUS.
IF TSUNAMI WAVES IMPACT HAWAII THEIR ESTIMATED EARLIEST ARRIVAL
TIME IS
1119 AM HST SAT 27 FEB 2010
MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

Safety measures, I'm sure.


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