Massive earthquake strikes Chile

Good Lord (4.00 / 5)

Another horror. My heart goes out to them.... I hope the tsunami does not create itself and create further destruction.

Mish, hope you are on high ground in Japan!

Visit me @ The Wild Wild Left! Crossposting is good for us all!

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by: Diane G @ Sat Feb 27, 2010 at 12:01:30 PM UTC

The New World Order agenda (0.00 / 0)

for a totalitarian scientifically controlled world dystopian post modern society WILL BE hampered by earth changes.

Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what your country can do to you.

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by: Lasthorseman @ Sat Feb 27, 2010 at 12:31:41 PM UTC

O mishima (4.00 / 5)

i saw that first thing this morning.. my first thoughts were of you... are you inland a good ways? my d-i-l's family is, so i was not worried for them.

come firefly-dreaming with me..&..do no harm

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by: RiaD @ Sat Feb 27, 2010 at 13:50:13 PM UTC

Tsunami Alerts accross the Pacific (4.00 / 6)

TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER   7

BULLETIN
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER   7
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
148 AM HST SAT FEB 27 2010

TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WARNING SUPPLEMENT

A TSUNAMI WARNING 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   - 8.8  MOMENT

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THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIME IN HAWAII OF THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS

                    1119 AM HST SAT 27 FEB 2010

"By the pricking of my thumb, something wicked this way comes.", Wm. Shakespeare, "Macbeth"

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by: TheMomCat @ Sat Feb 27, 2010 at 14:01:23 PM UTC

I was alerted at 5 AM (4.00 / 4)

MSF does not have a mission in Chile but we have offered our assistance.  

"By the pricking of my thumb, something wicked this way comes.", Wm. Shakespeare, "Macbeth"

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by: TheMomCat @ Sat Feb 27, 2010 at 14:07:21 PM UTC

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National Data Buoy Center (4.00 / 3)

National Data Buoy Center is a refreshable map of buoy locations and tsunami wave data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

CNN has excellent coverage both on the Web and TV

"By the pricking of my thumb, something wicked this way comes.", Wm. Shakespeare, "Macbeth"

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by: TheMomCat @ Sat Feb 27, 2010 at 15:47:26 PM UTC

Map pages of this Offshore Maule 8.8 Earthquake here fr USGS (4.00 / 1)

The earthquake was am 8.8 magnitude, it was on a Saturday morning at 3:34 am local Chilean time,  epicenter struck slightly offshore in an area that was (relatively speaking) not that highly populated,  you can click on the thumbnails on this excellent page and see that this area is very earthquake prone and they are having a lot of aftershocks

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/ear...

the depth was 35 km (21.7 miles)

this map below shows all the world's earthquakes in a week long time period, and it can be animated to show the little squares popping up all along the Pacific ring of fire.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/ear...

(note, California looks "bad" but we are always having piddleshit 3 's and 4's going off here daily along the coastline faults- hundreds of them. it's a feature ; )  better little than big   )

There was the big 7 magnitude one off of Japan on Feb 26th and there has been also a lot of activity east of Australia,  near New Zealand and the islands of Tonga, Vanatu,    http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/listQ...  in addition to these new Chilean ones

World earthquake information by Country/Region (has USGS links to each country's info )
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/ear...

Click here for latest NOAA Tsunami Watches and Warnings, Worldwide
http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/

latest tsunami warning for Hawaii, as of 8:30 am Pacific Standard Time USA,  issuedd 5:49 am Hawaiian  Standard Time, click here
http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/m...

estimated arrival time of tsunami wave in Hawaii is 11:19 am HST Sat feb 27, 2010  

EVALUATION

A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED THAT COULD CAUSE DAMAGE ALONG
COASTLINES OF ALL ISLANDS IN THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION
SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY.

A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES. EACH INDIVIDUAL WAVE
CREST CAN LAST 5 TO 15 MINUTES OR MORE AND EXTENSIVELY FLOOD
COASTAL AREAS. THE DANGER CAN CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AFTER THE
INITIAL WAVE AS SUBSEQUENT WAVES ARRIVE. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS
CANNOT BE PREDICTED AND THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST.
TSUNAMI WAVES EFFICIENTLY WRAP AROUND ISLANDS. ALL SHORES ARE AT
RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE. THE TROUGH OF A TSUNAMI
WAVE MAY TEMPORARILY EXPOSE THE SEAFLOOR BUT THE AREA WILL
QUICKLY FLOOD AGAIN. EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEARSHORE
CURRENTS CAN ACCOMPANY A TSUNAMI. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED
BY A TSUNAMI AMPLIFIES ITS DESTRUCTIVE POWER. SIMULTANEOUS HIGH
TIDES OR HIGH SURF CAN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE TSUNAMI HAZARD.

THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIME IN HAWAII OF THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS

                    1119 AM HST SAT 27 FEB 2010

MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

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by: AmericanRiverCanyon @ Sat Feb 27, 2010 at 16:37:28 PM UTC