Chile hit by 8.0 earthquake.

[Jodell88]

Let's hope the damage isn't severe.

An earthquake of 8.0 magnitude has struck off Chile's coast near Iquique, triggering a tsunami warning for all of Latin America's Pacific coast, the US Geological Survey says.
It said the quake was very shallow, only 10km below the seabed, which would have made it feel stronger.
It was centred 86km (56 miles) north-west of the mining area of Iquique.
The USGS said a quake of this force had the power to generate a "destructive tsunami" for coastlines.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-26846984

 

[Mai72]

The ending is neigh.

 

[WiseUp216]

Wow, that is a big one.

They've had some pretty gnarly quakes in Chile... including the biggest ever (9.5)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Chile
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_Valdivia_earthquake

 

[BoomerD]

The ending is neigh.

SJP, is that you?

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[Mai72]

Damn, a lot of bad things have been happening lately.

 

[DrPizza]

Wow. Hopefully there's not much damage or loss of life near the coast.

 

[Printer Bandit]

USGS says 8.2

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usc000nzvd#summary

 

[jhu]

Chile actually has buildings that can withstand earthquakes due to building codes and better construction, unlike Haiti.

 

[IronWing]

Here's the USGS' Pacific Tsunami Warning Center website:
http://ptwc.weather.gov/

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Let's hope the damage isn't severe.


http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-26846984

8.x the damage is going to be severe. That's a big quake.

 

[uclaLabrat]

biggest I have been in was northridge (6.9?). 8.2 I can't even imagine.

 

[SAWYER]

Animals are fleeing Yellowstone!

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/593...-animals-are-fleeing-park-see-it-as-an-alert/

Seriously though, we are screwed when that goes

 

[Mai72]

The earth has gotten way too crowded. It's time that mother earth thinned out the herd. It's going to happen. We are going to have a major catastrophe some day.

 

[John Connor]

Animals are fleeing Yellowstone!

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/593...-animals-are-fleeing-park-see-it-as-an-alert/

Seriously though, we are screwed when that goes

:thumbsup: That's the bastard that worries me the most!

I find out about earthquakes with this gadget. http://addgadgets.com/earthquakes_meter/

 

[John Connor]

The Chili earthquake is going to cause a Tsunami and people are evacuating.

 

[Printer Bandit]

can't wait for the zombie apocalypse. i can apply everything i learned from the walking dead.

 

[Printer Bandit]

at least 5 dead and 300 inmates escape from women's prison.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2594774/Magnitude-8-0-quake-strikes-northern-Chile.html

 

[Humpy]

We are going to have a major catastrophe some day.

Thanks for the warning bro.

 

[DrPizza]

The Chili earthquake is going to cause a Tsunami and people are evacuating.

Not sure if you realize this, but by the time you posted this, any harm would have already been done.

 

[John Connor]

Not sure if you realize this, but by the time you posted this, any harm would have already been done.

I heard it on the news that they were evacuating... And they said the Tsunami would hit sometime in the morning.

 

[John Connor]

Here! http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-chile-earthquake-20140401,0,4941715.story

 

[DrPizza]

I heard it on the news that they were evacuating... And they said the Tsunami would hit sometime in the morning.

Sorry, blame the reporting though. The earthquake was only a few 10's of miles off shore. Tsunami waves move very fast through the deep sea (but slow down when they hit shallower water, hence the amplitude of the wave builds up). I don't think it would have been more than 2 hours before the threat in their country was over.

 

[gorobei]

they cancelled the tsunami warning pretty shortly afterwards, though people were told to move to higher grounds.

the main danger would be to people on the other side of the ocean, but the US and some other tsunami warning agency cancelled those as well for the NA west coast. quake was probably a sideways stike slip rather than a downward thrust.