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8.8 EarthQuake in Chile

post #1 of 39
2/27/10 at 5:12am
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Powerful earthquake rattles Chile; tsunami warning issued - CNN.com


A 8.5 earthquake hit Chile at 1:30am est, and then at about 3:00am est a 8.8 hit.

Doesnt sound like alot of fun. No damage or deaths reported yet, but the story is still developing.

Lets hope a Tsunami doesnt hit any of us!


**Thanks, title corrected from 9.8 to 8.8 because of typo.
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post #2 of 39
2/27/10 at 5:18am
I don't want any natural disasters on my birthday.
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post #3 of 39
2/27/10 at 5:36am
9.8? Holy crap. That's a shaker. I hope damage is just limited to structures, but that's unlikely with one that big. I've been through (I think) about a 7, but the scale is not linear... a 9.8 is just frightening.
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post #4 of 39
2/27/10 at 5:38am
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Originally Posted by Uncle Erik View Post
9.8? Holy crap. That's a shaker. I hope damage is just limited to structures, but that's unlikely with one that big. I've been through (I think) about a 7, but the scale is not linear... a 9.8 is just frightening.
I think it's a typo - the linked article states 8.8. Still, that's pretty insane.
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post #5 of 39
2/27/10 at 5:51am
Wow, that's scary. A couple years back I stayed in Santiago and the surrounding area (Valparaiso/Vina del Mar, etc.) for the Christmas season holiday break and it was really fun. I hope everyone's alright, but a quake that big is pretty disastrous..
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post #6 of 39
2/27/10 at 6:29am
Woah, just saw it on twitter. That is scary, hope everything is okay.
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post #7 of 39
2/27/10 at 7:19am
Six confirmed deaths. I daresay there will probably be many more.
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post #8 of 39
2/27/10 at 7:24am
Edit: Nevermind, got my info confused.
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post #9 of 39
2/27/10 at 7:39am
OMG 9.8 or 8.8, that's still a huge quake. That will knock you off your feet. I do hope they're alright. I haven't seen numbers like that in quite a while.
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post #10 of 39
2/27/10 at 7:46am
16 deaths now apparently. And a marine tsunami warning for east Australia.
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post #11 of 39
2/27/10 at 7:55am
47 confirmed according to CNN as of right now. They also expanded tsunami warnings to pretty much all coasts along the Pacific..
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post #12 of 39
2/27/10 at 7:56am
I can't even imagine 8.8. I remember the Northridge Earthquake here hitting at 6.7 back in 1994. That was 72 deaths and 9000 injured. Freeway overpasses collapsed and houses were leveled at $20 billion in damages. I can't even imagine the final casualties and damages of this one. Hope and prayers for a safe and fast recovery...
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post #13 of 39
2/27/10 at 8:02am
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Originally Posted by intoflatlines View Post
47 confirmed according to CNN as of right now. They also expanded tsunami warnings to pretty much all coasts along the Pacific..
A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CHILE / PERU / ECUADOR / COLOMBIA / ANTARCTICA / PANAMA / COSTA RICA / NICARAGUA / PITCAIRN / HONDURAS / EL SALVADOR / GUATEMALA / FR. POLYNESIA / MEXICO / COOK ISLANDS / KIRIBATI / KERMADEC IS / NIUE / NEW ZEALAND / TONGA / AMERICAN SAMOA / SAMOA / JARVIS IS. / WALLIS-FUTUNA / TOKELAU / FIJI / AUSTRALIA / HAWAII / PALMYRA IS. / TUVALU / VANUATU / HOWLAND-BAKER / NEW CALEDONIA / JOHNSTON IS. / SOLOMON IS. / NAURU / MARSHALL IS. / MIDWAY IS. / KOSRAE / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / POHNPEI / WAKE IS. / CHUUK / RUSSIA / MARCUS IS. / INDONESIA / N. MARIANAS / GUAM / YAP / BELAU / JAPAN / PHILIPPINES / CHINESE TAIPEI

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post #14 of 39
2/27/10 at 8:04am
Think of the enormous tsunamis that have hit the places right of the coast. As I said earlier, I was in Chile a couple years back and was in a hotel in Vina del Mar literally right off the coast. I can't imagine how terrifying it would have been to feel that quake and/or look off the balcony to the ocean just a few dozen feet away and see the water recede or the actual tsunami hit.

It's going to look terrible when footage comes in of the coastline in daylight. I hope casualties and injuries are as low as possible..
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post #15 of 39
2/27/10 at 8:06am
You serious?! This is going to have major repercussions. Brace yourself and watch the stock market drop in addition to the casualties of the quake.
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