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Tsunami strikes Chile: Live updates after massive 8.3 magnitude earthquake causes giant wave
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| 4-2-14
Posted on 04/01/2014 7:14:09 PM PDT by kingattax
A wave of more than six feet in height has hit the port of Iquique in Chile.
It is a key copper exporting port, close to the country's main copper mines.
Mining companies Codelco and BHP Billiton said that had not yet received reports of damage to mines.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; chile; earthquake; earthquakes; quake; tsunami
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To: kingattax
That's a big one.
To: kingattax
Apparently some of the journalists covering this earthquake don't realize that the copper mines themselves are many miles inland, and at high elevations.
That said, damage is likely from even relatively small tsunami surges in the ports along the coast. Luckily much of the coastline has significant bluffs, and is sparsely populated.
In 2010, an 8.8-magnitude quake triggered a tsunami that caused major damage in several coastal towns in central-south Chile and killed hundreds of people.
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posted on
04/01/2014 7:48:42 PM PDT
by
kingattax
(America needs more real Americans.)
To: RegulatorCountry
We get that on a regular basis. It’s called high tide.
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posted on
04/01/2014 7:53:27 PM PDT
by
ROCKLOBSTER
(Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
To: kingattax
Most of the copper Mines are OPEN Pit Mines..
Iquique construction was of wooden Houses or
Mortar Based... There will be Tremendous flooding as this is a very Dry Region to north Atacama desert..
The Town of Iquigue when you arrive it has a Pungent fish smell as much canning/packaging is done their.
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posted on
04/01/2014 7:54:16 PM PDT
by
philly-d-kidder
(AB-Sheen"The truth is the truth if nobody believes it,a lie is still a lie, everybody believes it")
To: Fledermaus
Those are for waves with about 20sec periods with a wave vel of about 50m/s. The tsunami 6ft wave might last 200sec with a wave vel of about 500m/s. Since the Salton Sea is below sea level, it would only take about a 10ft surge in elevation to reconnect the Indio sink to the Sea of Cortez.
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posted on
04/01/2014 7:54:54 PM PDT
by
Cvengr
(Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
To: ROCKLOBSTER
It doesn’t matter how high it is, it matters what the wavelength is.
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posted on
04/01/2014 7:55:07 PM PDT
by
chris37
(Heartless.)
To: chris37
Size doesn't matter? It's the motion?
That's what some folks say. Sort of.
To: Cvengr
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posted on
04/01/2014 7:58:46 PM PDT
by
Fledermaus
(I support Joe Carr in the TN GOP Primary against Lamar!)
To: ROCKLOBSTER
We get that on a regular basis. Its called high tide.What happens if it's high tide on top of high tide?
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posted on
04/01/2014 8:00:52 PM PDT
by
Starstruck
(If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
To: chris37
What’s the frequency, Kenneth?
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posted on
04/01/2014 8:02:45 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: Starstruck
Do you mean what happens if the tsunami rolls in during high tide?
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posted on
04/01/2014 8:03:18 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: LukeL
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posted on
04/01/2014 8:04:39 PM PDT
by
gigster
(Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
To: kingattax
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posted on
04/01/2014 8:04:43 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: kingattax
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posted on
04/01/2014 8:05:01 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: Marie
More to the point... The 6 ft tsunami height is the height of the wave AT SEA. As the wave approaches shore and gets into shallower water it will build up and break several times higher than that.
Another difference is the period. Instead of a normal wave with a period of only a few seconds... A tsunami could have a period of several minutes. That is, the wave comes in, and just KEEPS coming...
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posted on
04/01/2014 8:05:44 PM PDT
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us one chance in three. More tea anyone?)
To: Jack Hydrazine
Do you mean what happens if the tsunami rolls in during high tide?Interesting. I never thought of that.
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posted on
04/01/2014 8:06:13 PM PDT
by
Starstruck
(If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
To: Starstruck
What happens if it's high tide on top of high tide? Storm tide. Throws rocks on the roads, washes them out. Maybe takes out some expensive houses built on the beach and washes away all their sand.
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posted on
04/01/2014 8:06:24 PM PDT
by
ROCKLOBSTER
(Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
To: Starstruck
Just add the predicted tide to the tsunami and you have the total height.
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posted on
04/01/2014 8:10:07 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: Ramius
so a 6 ft tsunami could be, on shore, 12-18 ft?
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posted on
04/01/2014 8:10:20 PM PDT
by
blueplum
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