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Strong Earthquake Hits Chile
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Posted on 03/11/2010 7:21:53 AM PST by An.American.Expatriate

SANTIAGO, Chile — A strong earthquake shook Chile Thursday, shortly before Sebastian Pinera was to be sworn in as president. The aftershock reached a 7.2-magnitude according to the United States Geological Survey.

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To: Redcloak

“We don’t get locusts out here... Unless you count the ones on welfare”

ZINGER!


61 posted on 03/11/2010 7:56:16 AM PST by Palladin (New toy for Congress: Tickle-Me Massa.)
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To: villagerjoel

Hang in there. Hopefully these quakes will be transferred to Hollywood where they belong.


62 posted on 03/11/2010 7:56:38 AM PST by Rennes Templar
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To: CommerceComet

I don’t appreciate thread hijackers of any stripe.


63 posted on 03/11/2010 7:57:08 AM PST by Palladin (New toy for Congress: Tickle-Me Massa.)
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To: All

Total of three in succession

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


64 posted on 03/11/2010 7:58:48 AM PST by winoneforthegipper ("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
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To: softwarecreator
Your original point was correct, however.

I realized this after my original response. Hence, my apology to Yossarian.

65 posted on 03/11/2010 7:59:10 AM PST by CommerceComet
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To: CommerceComet

No problem, I’m not above criticism. And I need to get better about throwing out terms like “moron” around so freely.


66 posted on 03/11/2010 7:59:26 AM PST by Yossarian
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To: Beelzebubba

>>>No, he’s the conservative.

Sometimes, tectonic plate movement is just tectonic plate movement.<<<

You are wrong! Every earthquake is meant to send a very specific message, and that message is obvious to all those who are paying attention. /sarc


67 posted on 03/11/2010 8:02:26 AM PST by Above My Pay Grade (Libertarians: Conservatives minus God and Common Sense)
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To: stuartcr
What has Chile done to offend God?

Established their country on an unstable tectonic plate boundary, perhaps?

68 posted on 03/11/2010 8:03:32 AM PST by Constitutionalist Conservative (Two blogs for the price of none!)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Libertador O’Higgins! What a wonderful juxtaposition of names!


69 posted on 03/11/2010 8:06:47 AM PST by Constitutionalist Conservative (Two blogs for the price of none!)
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To: villagerjoel

WOW! I pray you are and will stay safe!

From the webicorder I am looking at, it appears that the plates are still moving. Long, slow wave forms.... The event is still going on!

Check this link....

http://www.quake.utah.edu/helicorder/imw_webi.htm


70 posted on 03/11/2010 8:06:51 AM PST by Danae (Don't like our Constitution? Try living in a country with out one.)
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To: Danae
These are two excellent gifs that dramatize the effects of a shear wave.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Onde_cisaillement_impulsion_1d_30_petit.gif

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Ondes_cisaillement_2d_20_petit.gif

71 posted on 03/11/2010 8:08:38 AM PST by winoneforthegipper ("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
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To: Redcloak
We don't get locusts out here...

Yet. We stayed at one place in Northern CA when we were on our honeymoon trip with our camper in '04 that was absolutely overrun with rabbits. I've never seen so dang many rabbits. Drove my lab crazy.

However, it should be a nice fire season this year. We've had lots of rain and the pretty, green hills ought to go up like napalm once they've dried a bit.

And, if you cut any of that vegetation back the Governator will have your head on a platter. What a mess.....

72 posted on 03/11/2010 8:08:54 AM PST by Thermalseeker (Stop the insanity - Flush Congress!)
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To: stuartcr
SmileyCentral.com
73 posted on 03/11/2010 8:09:20 AM PST by verity (Obama Lies)
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To: winoneforthegipper

Those are fantastic graphs. Perfect p-waves.


74 posted on 03/11/2010 8:09:32 AM PST by Danae (Don't like our Constitution? Try living in a country with out one.)
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To: Danae

Actually those are suppose to represent the shear wave.

On the first link the right before the horizontal rolling I believe that is the P/wave.


75 posted on 03/11/2010 8:11:55 AM PST by winoneforthegipper ("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
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To: stuartcr
What has Chile done to offend God?

The expression there are no stupid questions is just an expression...

76 posted on 03/11/2010 8:11:56 AM PST by Magnum44 (Terrorism is a disease, precise application of superior firepower is the cure)
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To: Hawthorn

They’ve just elected a Harvard Ph.D. as their President. Nuff said?

###

INDEED.


77 posted on 03/11/2010 8:15:58 AM PST by Quix (BLOKES who got us where we R: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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To: Danae

More proof that we are in God’s hands.

I pray He will be merciful to the people of Chile.


78 posted on 03/11/2010 8:17:20 AM PST by Palladin (New toy for Congress: Tickle-Me Massa.)
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To: winoneforthegipper

The cross section of the second one is still a P-wave. Between the two, its a great representation. Whats interesting is that if you look at the webicorder in Utah, the event is still going on. those long slow waves represent a HUGE amount of energy, and its going somewhere! The plates are still moving. Its amazing to watch that.... They aren’t catching and stopping right now, which is why we still see that long series of waves. They are still moving, and in a real way thats a good thing, the energy is being released slowly instead of building up and releasing in a single shock.

I think this is why it will be considered an aftershock to the 8.0 last month, its all part of the same event, the plates are still moving.


79 posted on 03/11/2010 8:18:20 AM PST by Danae (Don't like our Constitution? Try living in a country with out one.)
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To: stuartcr

Is he a commie, muslim liberal?


No, that’s the U.S. President.


80 posted on 03/11/2010 8:20:11 AM PST by loungitude (The truth hurts.)
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