Quote :

" Powerful earthquake rattles Chile; tsunami warning issued February 27, 2010 3:07 a.m. EST STORY HIGHLIGHTS Magnitude 8.8 quake jolts central Chile, according to U.S. Geological Survey Tsunami warning has been issued for Chile, Peru Parts of Santiago, Chile, are without electricity (CNN) -- An magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck central Chile early Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake's epicenter was located near the city of Concepcion, 212 miles (341 kilometers) from the capital of Santiago. It struck at 3:34 a.m., when people were sleeping. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami warning for Chile and Peru. The center recorded a tsunami wave as high as 9 feet. "An earthquake of this size has the potential to generate a destructive tsunami that can strike coastlines near the epicenter within minutes and more distant coastlines within hours," the National Weather Service said in a statement. "

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/02/27/chile.quake/index.html?hpt=T1

[Edited on February 27, 2010 at 3:19 AM. Reason : link]

Earthquake Details

Magnitude
8.8
Date-Time
Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 06:34:14 UTC
Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 03:34:14 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
35.846°S, 72.719°W
Depth
35 km (21.7 miles) set by location program
Region
OFFSHORE MAULE, CHILE
Distances
100 km (60 miles) NNW of Chillan, Chile
105 km (65 miles) WSW of Talca, Chile
115 km (70 miles) NNE of Concepcion, Chile
325 km (200 miles) SW of SANTIAGO, Chile
Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 7.2 km (4.5 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters
NST=255, Nph=255, Dmin=988 km, Rmss=1.12 sec, Gp= 36°,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7
Source
USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID
us2010tfan

[Edited on February 27, 2010 at 3:21 AM. Reason : .]

2/27/2010 3:18:24 AM

that sucks

2/27/2010 3:22:34 AM

Quote :

" The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami warning for Chile and Peru. The center recorded a tsunami wave as high as 9 feet."

This really sucks. All these earthquakes all the sudden is crazy. My spanish lit teacher this semester is from Chile.

[Edited on February 27, 2010 at 3:45 AM. Reason : .]

2/27/2010 3:45:31 AM

It's okay because it's not 2012 yet.

2/27/2010 5:14:06 AM

Quote :

"CITY OF CONCEPCION"

In the city, city of condoms
we keep it rocking, we keep it rocking

2/27/2010 6:15:09 AM

watching coverage on the news now

crazy shit

2/27/2010 8:04:36 AM

at least everything there didn't immediately disintegrate like in haiti

those roads look nuts

2/27/2010 8:18:04 AM

Yeah... I mean, shit got fucked up there. But at least chile had a more modern architecture that's a bit more resilient than that found in haiti

2/27/2010 8:50:06 AM

WATCH OUT HAWAII ITS COMIN FOR DAT ASS

2/27/2010 8:51:13 AM

i want to see this wave

2/27/2010 8:51:56 AM

Pacific Rim bout to blow!!!!1

2/27/2010 8:54:47 AM

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/pr/ptwc/messages/hawaii/2010/hawaii.2010.02.27.134754.txt

Quote :

"THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIME IN HAWAII OF THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS 1119 AM HST SAT 27 FEB 2010"

4:19 EST



[Edited on February 27, 2010 at 9:10 AM. Reason : ]

2/27/2010 9:02:17 AM

CNN has been struggling with 32 x 32 for a few hours now.

2/27/2010 10:09:00 AM

Who are we suppose to text this time?

2/27/2010 10:12:08 AM

8.8 is huge!

2/27/2010 10:24:13 AM

It's in the top 10 in recorded history, where recorded history is since 1900.

(source: CNN)

It's also 32 x 32 more powerful than the Haitian earthquake. CNN still hasn't figured out how to multiply those two number together.

[Edited on February 27, 2010 at 10:27 AM. Reason : ]

2/27/2010 10:26:18 AM

Earf is not been good to us in 2010. Watch out California

2/27/2010 10:36:07 AM

^watch out? HELL, PLEASE EARF, TAKE CALIFORNIA.

2/27/2010 10:37:19 AM

Bush is a racist

2/27/2010 10:38:02 AM

OBAMA HATES CHILEAN PEOPLE.

2/27/2010 10:38:36 AM

Daaaaaammnn

2/27/2010 11:17:30 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEoHz56jWGY

2/27/2010 11:19:45 AM

MY BOYFRIEND IS DEFINITELY IN HAWAII RIGHT NOW, ON MAUI.

IM SUPPOSED TO GO THERE TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY

2/27/2010 12:28:14 PM

Chile also had the largest earthquake in recent history at M9.5 in 1960.

Oddly enough, I've been working on a seismicity report for Chile for my Earthquake Engineering class the last couple days.

2/27/2010 12:29:19 PM

^^ Well I doubt it's even gonna be there after today.

2/27/2010 12:30:55 PM

go to hell

2/27/2010 12:35:12 PM

Well the chances of that happening today are low seeing as I'm not in Hawaii.

2/27/2010 12:41:49 PM

my sister is in lima, peru and they have a tsunami warning

2/27/2010 12:49:11 PM

early pics
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/02/earthquake_in_chile.html

2/27/2010 12:53:32 PM

Oh my goodness.

Didn't ncsuwolfy talk recently about going to hawaii soon? Is she there now?

Quote :

"All these earthquakes all the sudden is crazy."

I don't know if :carlface: or is more appropriate.

That map is insane.

[Edited on February 27, 2010 at 12:59 PM. Reason : qds]

2/27/2010 12:58:25 PM

^ she and I will be there at basically the same time

I'm there Mar. 13-23, i believe she is going a couple of days before me

but we both have people there



[Edited on February 27, 2010 at 1:05 PM. Reason : ]

2/27/2010 1:03:36 PM

lol @ "all of the sudden"

2/27/2010 1:06:08 PM

I'm only being a dick because there's not really a big chance a tsunami will hit much less do any damage.

2/27/2010 1:07:46 PM

Quote :

"Yo Chile, I'm really sad for you, and I'mma let you finish, but Haiti had one of the worst earthquakes of all time!"

2/27/2010 1:08:39 PM

^^^^Yall better tell your men to tie on their mountain climbing shoes

Quote :

" Officials at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center say this morning's tsunami wave should arrive at a height of 2.5 meters on the Big Island and a height of only half a meter or a meter when it reaches Oahu at 11:59 a.m."

But not really.

[Edited on February 27, 2010 at 1:09 PM. Reason : adsf]

2/27/2010 1:09:19 PM

here come the jokes.

2/27/2010 1:10:42 PM

^^^^

well you don't really have to be a dick at all. We can be concerned since they are a few thousand miles away. so fuck off.

the course he works at is on a cliff, so he will be fine. but its startling to wake up to this on the news

[Edited on February 27, 2010 at 1:14 PM. Reason : so, again, fuck off]

2/27/2010 1:13:47 PM

I hope he has his swimmies on

2/27/2010 1:16:38 PM

first el nino now this

2/27/2010 1:16:57 PM

well if you're gonna get all bent out of shape about it then you should probably not be on here in the first place. especially when there's absolutely no threat of your SO being in danger. it makes you sound like a whiny bitch

2/27/2010 1:17:08 PM

Dumb alias is dumb.

2/27/2010 1:17:23 PM

2/27/2010 1:19:22 PM

and telling me to fuck off after i apologize makes you look like an actual bitch

2/27/2010 1:20:40 PM

well el nino starts with warm waters coming back to chile's coast

2/27/2010 1:20:52 PM

i originally got a little spooked for a couple of friends who live out that way.


i didn't even think to post it on here.

2/27/2010 1:21:17 PM

you didn't apologize, you just made a reason for being a dick...

but whateves

2/27/2010 1:21:30 PM

look, you don't have to justify being a bitch. i'm just saying it's not cool to be telling random people to fuck off.

2/27/2010 1:27:19 PM

Buoy data: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/dart.shtml

Data from buoys 51406 and 32412 show the tsunami (about half a meter).

2/27/2010 1:28:54 PM

about 1.5ft.... doesn't seem that big as a big wide wave in the deep ocean, but should be interesting to see what happens when it hits the shore.

2/27/2010 1:32:25 PM

tsunamis aren't all that tall anyway. The 2004 one just kept coming and was only 1 or 2 feet tall in some of the places it devastated. Somoan one was a bit taller but more of the same.

2/27/2010 1:51:21 PM