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Tsunami strikes Chile: Live updates after massive 8.3 magnitude earthquake causes giant wave
Mirror UK ^
| 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: expat_panama
Tsunami watch up to the state of Washington. Panama is somewhere between Chili and Washington. My guess you will be OK, but I thought I would PING you none the less.
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posted on
04/01/2014 8:51:31 PM PDT
by
Chgogal
(Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
To: Cementjungle
Prison escape will probably wind up as prison release as in Katrina, you can’t keep prisoners if you can’t guarantee their safety enmasse.
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posted on
04/01/2014 8:54:58 PM PDT
by
txhurl
To: Fledermaus
This is not a “wave”. It is raising the level of the ocean by 6 feet for a period of time. Even a 1 or 2 foot tsunami can cause damage to docks, etc. Six feet isn’t going to over run the entire town I suppose - but it will probably do lots of damage to the harbor facilities.
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posted on
04/01/2014 9:03:05 PM PDT
by
21twelve
(http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts 2013 is 1933 REBORN)
To: Chgogal
I wish I didn’t have to read that.
64
posted on
04/01/2014 9:13:15 PM PDT
by
steve86
(Acerbic by nature not nurture)
To: Zeppo
Rather, clocks run counterclockwise south of the equator. And the sun rises in the west. It's weird down there.
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posted on
04/01/2014 9:25:21 PM PDT
by
Doomonyou
(Let them eat Lead.)
To: kingattax; Allegra; big'ol_freeper; Lil'freeper; shove_it; TrueKnightGalahad; Cincinatus' Wife; ...
Gadzooks! From
USGS is this listing...
of sizable earthquakes all in the same area offshore of Chile
66
posted on
04/01/2014 9:28:27 PM PDT
by
Bender2
("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
To: Doomonyou
None of that bothered me in Australia until I realized you turn the steering wheel left to go right.
67
posted on
04/01/2014 9:32:24 PM PDT
by
steve86
(Acerbic by nature not nurture)
To: steve86
None of that bothered me in Australia until I realized you turn the steering wheel left to go right. I heard that ice floats in the bottom of a glass of water as well down there (or under). Is that true?
68
posted on
04/01/2014 9:39:09 PM PDT
by
Doomonyou
(Let them eat Lead.)
To: kingattax
Algore is proud!
The sea has risen!
The Earth is in jeopardy!
We are all going to die!
Hurrah, Hurrah, I was right (AlGore!)
69
posted on
04/01/2014 10:08:53 PM PDT
by
Noob1999
(Loose Lips, Sink Ships)
To: 21twelve
Update from Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii says that Hawaii will NOT likely receive any major tsunami. Expected arrival of whatever they’ll get is 0324 Hawaii time tomorrow morning (0524 PDT)
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posted on
04/01/2014 10:25:35 PM PDT
by
hoagy62
("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered..."-Thomas Paine. 1776)
To: Doomonyou
I’m getting dizzy just reading this stuff, stop it. lol
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posted on
04/01/2014 10:28:05 PM PDT
by
BigIsleGal
(Wake Me Up When the Stupid Wears Off)
To: steve86
Then don't read it.
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posted on
04/01/2014 11:42:22 PM PDT
by
Chgogal
(Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
To: Cvengr
Very funny bro. The Salton sea is a joke. A very sick joke.
To: ROCKLOBSTER
Six feet might sound tame, but that is an s-load of water sloshing around in a harbor in the middle of the night.
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posted on
04/02/2014 2:18:45 AM PDT
by
Vermont Lt
(If you want to keep your dignity, you can keep it. Period........ Just kidding, you can't keep it.)
To: 75thOVI; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AndrewC; aragorn; aristotleman; Avoiding_Sulla; ...
Thanks kingattax. Not as big as one would expect, or in some cases hope.
75
posted on
04/02/2014 9:44:39 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Obama is now making Jimmy Carter look like Attila the Hun. /focus/news/3138768/posts)
To: Jack Hydrazine
To: ctdonath2
I believe we have had 12’ seas on top of high tide. The storms often hit at full moon.
Maine has pretty big tides.
I’ve seen a gangway with wheels attached to a floating dock, at high tide, it was practically level. At low tide, it was a pretty steep climb.
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posted on
04/02/2014 8:25:04 PM PDT
by
ROCKLOBSTER
(Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
To: ROCKLOBSTER
Maine has pretty big tides. Bar Harbor had a 12.7' tide at 1:03 this morning, and a low tide of -1.3' at 7:22 AM.
The further Downeast you get, the higher the tides.
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posted on
04/02/2014 8:35:51 PM PDT
by
ROCKLOBSTER
(Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
To: RegulatorCountry
What, you live on the Bay of Fundy or something The Gulf of Maine.
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posted on
04/02/2014 8:40:08 PM PDT
by
ROCKLOBSTER
(Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
To: ROCKLOBSTER; All
Yes, we are in the New Moon, when the pull on earth is the strongest, with sun and moon pulling from the same side. The full moon also tends to trigger earthquakes and volcanic activity. Here is another link for a more recent 7.8 down there.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3140313/posts?page=8
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