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Initial report from AP... Magnitude 8... Wow!

[weston]

Just been updated to 8.2 with
5.7 Aftershock a few minutes ago.
Tsunami warning for 9ft waves on coastlines

[cmj328]

Lord have mercy. PAGER report - projected casualties and economic losses:

[luvie]

Two aftershocks already...5.7 and 5.2 and tsunami warnings.

And an earthquake on the east side.

Mexico made somebody reeeeeally mad!

[cabojoe]

I’ve been in and by the Gulf of Tehuantepec 3 times in the 90’s on yacht deliveries. Was in Puerto Chiapas once for fuel. Area is known for Tehuantepeckers...dangerous offshore winds that can develop into tropical storms and then into hurricanes. I remember the port was full of fishing boats all tied to each other...and we had to tie to them. Kind of creepy place.

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[VanShuyten]

I hope it’s not so bad that the US feels obligated to take in “refugees” from the quake zone.

[Salamander]

What next? ping

[LeoWindhorse]

THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER HAS ISSUED A TSUNAMI THREAT
MESSAGE FOR OTHER PARTS OF THE PACIFIC LOCATED CLOSER TO THE
EARTHQUAKE. HOWEVER... BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA THERE IS NO
TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII. REPEAT. BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA
THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII.

[Reno89519]

Upgraded to 8.3 and reports that it was even felt in Austin, Texas. Seriously?

[JimSEA]

Our prayers for the people affected.

[moose07]

[SkyPilot]

Wow. At 8.1, NBC is reporting that it is the biggest quake to hit Mexico in a century.

And then we have Irma, one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded, projected over Florida:

And still dealing with Harvey, with record setting rain of 50" or more, shattering all weather records:

And 1,500 earthquake "swarm" events over Yellowstone as of August, with even more quake swarms in places like Oklahoma over the past year. Yellow's stone molten lava "lake" is massive (see below):

Sometimes, I feel like we are either on the cusp of God's judgment, or in the actual prejudgment phase right now.

[who knows what evil?]

Several scorpions in the area were shaken up.

[central_va]

Quick, somebody sacrifice a virgin.

[Mariner]

The have two southern coasts.

Which one?

[Arm_Bears]

Has the media blamed this on Trump yet?

[Grampa Dave]

[Eleutheria5]

All the fault of global warming, causing killer hurricanes that register on seismographs. Rush provoked it.

[TomGuy]

Some of us sort of scoffed at this recent threat:

Mega earthquake 'could strike in mid Atlantic within TWO days' warns researcher
	08/30/2017 8:47:37 AM PDT · by 11th_VA · 109 replies Express ^ | Aug 30, 2017 | By Jon Austin A POWERFUL earthquake could strike the planet by FRIDAY because of planetary alignments, a self-styled tremor forecaster has warned. New age earthquake researcher Frank Hoogerbeets warned a major magnitude 7 quake could strike within two days.

This be Friday and the 8.x in southern Mexico is certainly close to the Atlantic.

Makes me go 'hmmmmmmmm'.