Posted on 02/26/2010 11:01:09 PM PST by dragnet2
On the radio KFI LA..
last time I was in Chile 25 years ago not many modern buildings like that
King Solomon spoke.
Here in Reno one armed bandits are spilling silver dollars!
When I heard that commentary, I was a bit grumbly... why was that clarification necessary!
Just got back in...What’s the latest death count? Last we heard it was only about 32, which was really hard to believe considering.
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The Richter magnitude scale, also known as the local magnitude (ML) scale, assigns a single number to quantify the amount of seismic energy released by an earthquake. It is a base-10 logarithmic scale obtained by calculating the logarithm of the combined horizontal amplitude of the largest displacement from zero on a Wood–Anderson torsion seismometer output. So, for example, an earthquake that measures 5.0 on the Richter scale has a shaking amplitude 10 times larger than one that measures 4.0. The effective limit of measurement for local magnitude ML is about 6.8.
Though still widely used, the Richter scale has been superseded by the moment magnitude scale, which gives generally similar values.
The energy release of an earthquake, which closely correlates to its destructive power, scales with the 3⁄2 power of the shaking amplitude. Thus, a difference in magnitude of 1.0 is equivalent to a factor of 31.6 ( = (101.0)(3 / 2)) in the energy released; a difference in magnitude of 2.0 is equivalent to a factor of 1000 ( = (102.0)(3 / 2) ) in the energy released.[1]
# Preliminary reports say three people missing after #tsunami wave hits Chile’s Robinson Crusoe Island; Juan Fernandez Island heavily damaged less than a minute ago via BreakingNews Headquarters
Hmmm...That is still unbelievable.
What site are you images from?
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MAP 5.6 2010/02/27 17:24:33 -36.256 -72.927 35.0 OFFSHORE BIO-BIO, CHILE
Excerpt from 25 minutes ago...Hawaii...CNN
The state’s two U.S. senators, Daniel K. Inouye and Daniel K. Akaka, urged Hawaii residents to remain calm.
“If you live in an evacuation zone I urge you to gather your family and please leave the area,” Inouye said.
“It is important to remain calm, listen to the news, and follow the instructions being issued by state and county civil defense officials.”
Earlier Saturday, people rushed to supermarkets to stock up on food, water and other supplies.
“We got lots of water, we got our batteries, we got toilet paper,” one woman told KITV, while she stood in a line with other shoppers and their carts stuffed with supplies.
Asked if she was scared, another shopper said, “Very, very. We’re from Georgia, so ...”
Businesses in the area said they will be closed all day Saturday, the affiliate reported.
Several tsunami waves have come ashore along the Chilean coast after the earthquake, which killed at least 122 people, U.S. Geological Survey geophysicist Victor Sardina told CNN.
He said the largest was recorded at 9 feet near the quake’s epicenter. Another wave, 7.7 feet hit the Chilean town of Talcahuano, according to Eric Lau of the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.
Video from the town showed one car sitting in a large expanse of water.
McCreery said the first tsunami wave would sweep across Hawaii in about 30 minutes.
“And then the hazard will go on for many hours, because these waves, they get reflected off the islands, they wrap around the islands, and it becomes a very complex wave field that persists for quite a while.”
Chile also recently elected a conservative government. The former President, Michelle Bachelet, was left-center, but by no means the worst of the leftists and often acted fairly sensibly. The incoming president is a Chilean billionaire who wants to rev up the Chilean economy. No sympathy from Barack for him!
Also, most Chileans in the cities are of European descent (the indigenous peoples tend to live in rural villages), and Chile is also a big winter (Chilean summer) destination for British tourists.
That sounds HUGE!
Can anyone explain precisely how big that is? I am trying to wrap my head around the size of this.
Godspeed to the people of Chile.
Don’t be an ass.
What a joke,...He is still working like a community organizer....
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