7.9 Magnitude Earthquake in Chile @ 10:45PM GMT on 6/13/05

[amol]

Just heard this on the local news ... happened about ½ hour ago (10:45PM GMT, 6:45PM Chile/Eastern Time, 3:45PM Pacific)

edit: CONFIRMED

Thanks to Kalvin00 for the link.

 

[SLCentral]

Got a whole lot of family in Chile (100+ cousins, etc). Better give them a call.

 

[Kalvin00]

:Q

Jesus..

 

[amol]

Originally posted by: SLCentral
Got a whole lot of family in Chile (100+ cousins, etc). Better give them a call.

Hope they're alright man ...

I didn't get the epicenter, but the capital, Santiago, wasn't mentioned.

 

[Kalvin00]

***CONFIRMED***

Linky poo

 

[SLCentral]

Originally posted by: Amol

Originally posted by: SLCentral
Got a whole lot of family in Chile (100+ cousins, etc). Better give them a call.

Hope they're alright man ...

I didn't get the epicenter, but the capital, Santiago, wasn't mentioned.

Thanks man. Looks like its 900+ miles from Santiago, and they're all pretty much around there, within 200 miles, so it looks like everything is alright. Gonna go call to double-check anyways. I've got a grandmother suffering from Alzheimer's that insists on living alone, so she's probably pretty shook up about it.

 

[amol]

Originally posted by: Kalvin00
***CONFIRMED***

Linky poo

thanks, put in OP

 

[amol]

Stupid Michael Jackson trial ... it's been 45 minutes and not even the national news networks havn't mentioned it

 

[SLCentral]

Originally posted by: Amol
Stupid Michael Jackson trial ... it's been 45 minutes and not even the national news networks havn't mentioned it

It's crazy. Theres nothing on New York Times, CNN, or anything on Google News.

 

[Kevin1211]

Originally posted by: Amol
Stupid Michael Jackson trial ... it's been 45 minutes and not even the national news networks havn't mentioned it

goes to show u American media's priorities.

 

[amol]

Originally posted by: SLCentral

Originally posted by: Amol
Stupid Michael Jackson trial ... it's been 45 minutes and not even the national news networks havn't mentioned it

It's crazy. Theres nothing on New York Times, CNN, or anything on Google News.

Heh, I heard this on the local ABC7 news ... they just "mentioned" it

 

[oogabooga]

there's other 'more important' news i guess =\

 

[amol]

Originally posted by: oogabooga
there's other 'more important' news i guess =\

"OMG, some weirdo albino is NOT a pedo, I repeat, NOT a pedo!"

:disgust:

Media is just ...... gargh!

 

[SLCentral]

Originally posted by: Amol

Originally posted by: oogabooga
there's other 'more important' news i guess =\

"OMG, some weirdo albino is NOT a pedo, I repeat, NOT a pedo!"

:disgust:

Media is just ...... gargh!

Really gets me upset that almost an hour later, not one news source online has anything (according to Google News). What the hell is wrong with American media?

 

[amol]

Originally posted by: SLCentral

Originally posted by: Amol

Originally posted by: oogabooga
there's other 'more important' news i guess =\

"OMG, some weirdo albino is NOT a pedo, I repeat, NOT a pedo!"

:disgust:

Media is just ...... gargh!

Really gets me upset that almost an hour later, not one news source online has anything (according to Google News). What the hell is wrong with American media?

OMG, now they're talking about how Al-Jazeera covered the trial, too.

WTF

 

[amol]

It's been an hour ...

still no coverage

 

[SLCentral]

Originally posted by: Amol
It's been an hour ...

still no coverage

Goddamned ridiculous.

 

[amol]

Nothing on CNN.com International, MSNBC.com, Google News ...

 

[Ophir]

Originally posted by: SLCentral

Originally posted by: Amol

Originally posted by: oogabooga
there's other 'more important' news i guess =\

"OMG, some weirdo albino is NOT a pedo, I repeat, NOT a pedo!"

:disgust:

Media is just ...... gargh!

Really gets me upset that almost an hour later, not one news source online has anything (according to Google News). What the hell is wrong with American media?

American? It's not on any media channel other that the USGS. Looks like it hit a very remote and unpopulated area, not very likely to be very newsworthy.

Also, WTH with the tsunami worry? This thing hit inland.

 

[SLCentral]

Originally posted by: Ophir

Originally posted by: SLCentral

Originally posted by: Amol

Originally posted by: oogabooga
there's other 'more important' news i guess =\

"OMG, some weirdo albino is NOT a pedo, I repeat, NOT a pedo!"

:disgust:

Media is just ...... gargh!

Really gets me upset that almost an hour later, not one news source online has anything (according to Google News). What the hell is wrong with American media?

American? It's not on any media channel other that the USGS. Looks like it hit a very remote and unpopulated area, not very likely to be very newsworthy.

Also, WTH with the tsunami worry? This thing hit inland.

It's not that un-populated of an area. I've been in the area, and you'd be surprised how many people live there.

 

[amol]

Originally posted by: Ophir

Originally posted by: SLCentral

Originally posted by: Amol

Originally posted by: oogabooga
there's other 'more important' news i guess =\

"OMG, some weirdo albino is NOT a pedo, I repeat, NOT a pedo!"

:disgust:

Media is just ...... gargh!

Really gets me upset that almost an hour later, not one news source online has anything (according to Google News). What the hell is wrong with American media?

American? It's not on any media channel other that the USGS. Looks like it hit a very remote and unpopulated area, not very likely to be very newsworthy.

Also, WTH with the tsunami worry? This thing hit inland.

May have happened inland, but Chile is set along the coast. Earthquake can still cause tsunami from a bit inland.

 

[Ophir]

Originally posted by: Amol

Originally posted by: Ophir
Also, WTH with the tsunami worry? This thing hit inland.

May have happened inland, but Chile is set along the coast. Earthquake can still cause tsunami from a bit inland.

Not very likely. You have to displace large amounts of water to induce a tsunami. They don't come from nowhere you know.

For reference, the 1989 San Francisco (Loma Prieta) Earthquake was less than 20miles inland.

 

[ElFenix]

how far is that from lima?

 

[amol]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
how far is that from lima?

700 miles from Iquique, which was 70 miles from epicenter

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: Amol
Just heard this on the local news ... happened about ½ hour ago (10:45PM GMT, 6:45PM Chile/Eastern Time, 3:45PM Pacific)

Possible tsunami?

edit: CONFIRMED

Thanks to Kalvin00 for the link.

Tsunamis happen when the epicenter of the earthquake is under water and the seabed moves displacing hundreds of thousands of gallons of water. This earthquake was based on land.