Chile’s quake’s were very large it displaced a lot of water across the pacific.
There is a report the other day saying the earth tilted very slightly as a result.
i would imagine the world oceans would have to compensate for the very slight tilt and we might notice it in some areas.
I have noticed the quakes in California and the ones that have occurred along the juan de fuca. Those of course might be just after shocks associated with the large quake there last month.
Things are interesting, washington, wyoming, montana and utah have seen a rise in activity along with even the new madrid fault.
I remember reports from the Sumatra quake in 2004 where ground table water was effected tremendously then, perhaps our latest antagonist could weigh in on that one?....lol
This is a webicorder from the Tetons range. It captured that large aftershock this morning from Chile and the large quake in Sumatra today.
Note how long the S/wave took to arrive after the initial P/wave. Also note the long duration of the swave. the World's tectonic plates must be getting sea-sick after this past week...lol
Nice size aftershock on the Gorda(juan de fuca)plate overnight.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/nc71359410.php#details
7.2 aftershock just hit in Chile. No tsunami expected basin wide, perhaps local.
Magnitude 7.2
Date-Time Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 14:39:48 UTC
Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 11:39:48 AM at epicenter
Location 34.290°S, 71.950°W
Depth 35 km (21.7 miles) set by location program
Region LIBERTADOR O’HIGGINS, CHILE
Distances 133 km (83 miles) N (349°) from Talca, Chile
137 km (85 miles) S (191°) from Valparaiso, Chile
147 km (92 miles) SW (233°) from SANTIAGO, Chile
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 12.5 km (7.8 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters NST= 54, Nph= 54, Dmin=597.7 km, Rmss=1.13 sec, Gp= 72°,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7