8.3-magnitude quake hits near Concepcion, Chile

[Contrary1]

No details yet.

Damn.

[Alias Dictus Tyrant]

1. Chile gets very big earthquakes every few decades.

Some of the largest on the planet. Kind of like the Pacific Northwest, which also gets tagged by 8's and 9's regularly.

[JI7]

2. when was the last time it was about this big ?

[Contrary1]

5. Quite a while, according to Wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Chile

[Alias Dictus Tyrant]

6. 9.5 in 1960, the most powerful ever recorded.

[cherokeeprogressive]

13. The 9.3 in Alaska in '64 lasted over FOUR MINUTES.

I try to wrap my mind around that, and no matter what, I can't.

[Hekate]

3. Damn, that'll flatten everything for a long way around. That's massive.

:-(

[merh]

4. This shows it offshore Maule, Chile

Magnitude 8.3 - OFFSHORE MAULE, CHILE
2010 February 27 06:34:17 UTC

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2010tfan.php

Distances

100 km (60 miles) NNW of Chillan, Chile
100 km (65 miles) WSW of Talca, Chile
115 km (75 miles) NNE of Concepcion, Chile
320 km (200 miles) SW of SANTIAGO, Chile

[OHdem10]

7. There was a 6.9 quake in the ocean off Japan. but closer to Okinawa

Seious enough to evacuate for Sunami Warning.

Another storm headed to East Coast next week. This
time it tears through the South.

Some weird happenings with climate conditions???

[Garbo 2004]

8. Tsunami warning issued for Chile, Peru, Equador after quake

Massive earthquake strikes Chile

A massive earthquake of 8.3 magnitude has struck close to the city of Concepcion in Chile.

The US Geological Survey said the quake struck at 0634 GMT on Saturday at a depth of 59.4km (36.9 miles).

Concepcion is the second largest city in the country, about 450km south of Santiago. There is no word yet on any casualties.

The US government said a tsunami warning has been issued for Chile, Peru and Ecuador.

Buildings in Santiago were reported to have shaken for between 10 and 30 seconds, with the loss of electricity in some parts of the capital. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8540289.stm

[Historic NY]

9. Wow, the plates are really moving. a 4.1 hit in California too.

[Garbo 2004]

10. Now upgraded to 8.8 at USGS.....

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2010tfan.php#details

[cherokeeprogressive]

12. Holy Moly Annie! As someone who has lived through all the big ones in L.A. since '71

I gotta say something like that terriFREAKINfies me.

Oh. My. God.

[nonconformist]

11. There was a 7.3 earthquake near Japan yesterday.

:wtf:

[upi402]

14. Crap. Faux news is the only one covering it

What has journalism come too?

CNN is spouses of killers on LKL

[Garbo 2004]

15. In Spanish, TV de Chile on ustream:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/tv-de-chile

[dgibby]

16. CNN broke away from Larry King. Now covering quake again.n/t

[Change Happens]

17. Now 8.8 not good not good