After I read this thread, I did a quick search on 'quake' and 'earthquake' -- so of course I never located the MAIN Chile Earthquake messagethread, which currently is almost a thousand postings long.
I have NO idea why it didn't get into the sidebar, like this thread of Kristinn's did -- I don't really understand the mechanics of thread posting.
Here's the main thread with hundreds & hundreds of posts:
8.8 in Chile [Update at #277]
Just kidding, no worries, I bet there is another 10 threads posted on this in the next hour.
Thanks for the link to the other thread :)