Chile just had a 5.2 earthquake in the same spot they had an 8.0 earthquake earlier tonight!
a 5.2 AND a 5.3 in the last 10 minutes
Aftershocks, as others have noted. It’s normal.
It’s called a after shock
Can’t be techtonic plate movement. It’s that dang man made climate change!
This is what happens when ya put Graboids on the endangered list and start protecting them.
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Subject: [Tsunami Message - IOC] NWS-NTWC Tsunami Information Statement
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PUBLIC TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 3
NWS NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
636 PM PDT TUE APR 1 2014
UPDATES IN THIS MESSAGE INCLUDE NEW OBSERVATIONS.
...THIS IS A TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR ALASKA/ BRITISH
COLUMBIA/ WASHINGTON/ OREGON AND CALIFORNIA...
EVALUATION
* THE U.S. NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER IS ANALYZING
THE EVENT TO DETERMINE THE LEVEL OF DANGER.
* MORE INFORMATION WILL BE ISSUED AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE.
* THIS EARTHQUAKE HAS GENERATED A LARGE
TSUNAMI IN THE SOURCE REGION.
PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
OBSERVATIONS OF TSUNAMI ACTIVITY - UPDATED
HEIGHT - OBSERVED MAX TSUNAMI HEIGHT IS THE WATER LEVEL ABOVE THE
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
* PACIFIC COASTAL REGIONS OUTSIDE CALIFORNIA... OREGON...
WASHINGTON... BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA SHOULD REFER TO THE
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Did you know that the mollusk travels from Alaska to Chile just for a shot at another mollusk?