8.8 Earthquake in Chile [Update at #277]

Some of the images coming across now from CNN and FOX depicting damage are bad....

That place has been laid to waste.

From accuweather:

BULLETIN
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 12
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
958 AM PST SAT FEB 27 2010

...A TSUNAMI ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT WHICH INCLUDES THE
COASTAL AREAS OF CALIFORNIA - OREGON - WASHINGTON - BRITISH
COLUMBIA AND ALASKA FROM THE CALIFORNIA-MEXICO BORDER TO
ATTU ALASKA...

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED WHICH COULD IMPACT THE ADVISORY
REGIONS LISTED IN THE HEADLINE. PERSONS IN LOW-LYING COASTAL
AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO INSTRUCTIONS FROM THEIR LOCAL EMERGENCY
OFFICIALS. EVACUATIONS ARE ONLY ORDERED BY EMERGENCY RESPONSE
AGENCIES.
- PERSONS IN TSUNAMI ADVISORY AREAS SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE
WATER... OFF THE BEACH AND OUT OF HARBORS AND MARINAS.

THIS MESSAGE IS BASED ON EARTHQUAKE DATA... OBSERVED TSUNAMI
AMPLITUDES... HISTORICAL INFORMATION AND FORECAST MODELS.

A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN OBSERVED AT THE FOLLOWING SITES

LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL
------------------------ ----- ------ ------- -----------
ANTOFAGASTA CHILE 23.3S 70.4W 0956UTC 0.46M/1.4FT
ANCUD CHILE 41.9S 74.3W 0943UTC 0.34M/1.1FT
CORRAL CHILE 39.9S 73.4W 1012UTC 1.54M/5.2FT
CALLAO LA PUNTA PERU 12.1S 77.2W 1029UTC 0.66M/2.2FT
BALTRA ECUADOR 0.4S 90.3W 1430UTC 0.45M/1.5FT
QUEPO COSTA RICA 9.4N 84.2W 1417UTC 0.27M/0.9FT
SANTA CRUZ GALAPAGOS E 0.5S 90.2W 1241UTC 1.07M/3.5FT
MANZANILLO MEXICO 19.0N 104.2W 1709UTC 0.43M/1.4FT
RIKITEA FR. POLYNESIA 23.1S 135.0W 1534UTC 0.27M/0.9FT
ACAPULCO MEXICO 16.8N 99.9W 1733UTC 0.43M/1.4FT
TSUNAMI FORECASTS AT SELECTED POINTS -
LA JOLLA CA 0.8M/2.6 FT LOS ANGELES CA 0.8M/2.6 FT
MAILBU CA 1.0M/3.3 FT PISMO BEACH CA 1.4M/4.6 FT
HALF MOON BAY CA 1.0M/3.3 FT SAN FRANCISCO CA 0.2M/0.7 FT
HUMBOLDT BAY CA 0.4M/1.3FT CRESCENT CITY CA 0.6M/2.0 FT
PORT ORFORD OR 0.3M/1.0 FT MOCLIPS WA 0.4M/1.3 FT
TOFINO BC 0.5M/1.7 FT SITKA AK 0.4M/1.3 FT
SEWARD AK 0.4M/1.3 FT KODIAK AK 0.7M/2.3 FT
WAVE HEIGHTS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK APPROXIMATELY TWO HOURS
AFTER INITIAL ARRIVAL.

TIME - TIME OF MEASUREMENT
AMPL - TSUNAMI AMPLITUDES ARE MEASURED RELATIVE TO NORMAL SEA LEVEL.
IT IS ...NOT... CREST-TO-TROUGH WAVE HEIGHT.
VALUES ARE GIVEN IN BOTH METERS(M) AND FEET(FT).

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
MAGNITUDE - 8.8
TIME - 2134 AKST FEB 26 2010
2234 PST FEB 26 2010
0634 UTC FEB 27 2010
LOCATION - 36.1 SOUTH 72.6 WEST
- NEAR COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE
DEPTH - 34 MILES/55 KM

THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER IN EWA BEACH HAWAII WILL
ISSUE MESSAGES FOR HAWAII AND OTHER AREAS OF THE PACIFIC
OUTSIDE THE STATES AND PROVINCES PREVIOUSLY LISTED.

TSUNAMI ADVISORIES MEAN THAT A TSUNAMI CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
STRONG CURRENTS OR WAVES DANGEROUS TO PERSONS IN OR VERY NEAR THE
WATER IS IMMINENT OR EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT WIDESPREAD INUNDATION
IS NOT EXPECTED FOR AREAS UNDER AN ADVISORY. CURRENTS MAY BE
HAZARDOUS TO SWIMMERS... BOATS... AND COASTAL STRUCTURES AND MAY
CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE ARRIVAL.

THIS MESSAGE WILL BE UPDATED IN 60 MINUTES OR SOONER IF
THE SITUATION WARRANTS. THE TSUNAMI MESSAGE WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. REFER TO THE INTERNET SITE
WCATWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Those prisoners escaping during the earthquake remind me of a Simpsons episode where there was a hurricane in Springfield that blew away a man about to receive the death penalty by electrocution. As he flew in the air he yelled so long suckers, only to be blown straight into live electrical wires and fried. hahahaha

Wow.

Whooah!!

MAP 5.3 2010/02/27 17:56:53 -34.688 -71.571 35.0 LIBERTADOR O’HIGGINS, CHILE

OBAMA will be making big announcement in a few minutes per CNN...

No joke. What the hey is he going to say??

Obama will say ...um tighten your belts America, we will need to raise your taxes 55% to pay for um damage in Chile. It is what America does best, we always help and uh we uh will be there uh for you. I ah ah called the President of Chileee and she knows we got her back. Okay, that's it. Thank You everybody.

They haven’t even been able to get inside some buildings to get people yet. I don’t think 120 is the final number by a long shot.

is it a matter of word choice? It seems the movements continue a bit , shifting etc... it seems like each one is an earthquake, although it be, follow up to the primary/first movement?

I think it is primarily academic to people like me.. to those living in it, they do not care what it is called, it is frightening & often life altering

I concur

Has anyone tried to tie this earthquake into global warming/climate change yet? If not, I’m sure that’s coming.

Checked one of the links above to youtube and some wingnut is blaming HAARP. Does that count?

Obama will also give a shout out to his homeys in Hawaii and remind the world he grew up there and he will advise all to heed the tsunami warnings and mind their leaders.

MAG UTC DATE-TIME
y/m/d h:m:s LAT
deg LON
deg DEPTH
km Region
MAP 5.3 2010/02/27 17:56:53 -34.688 -71.571 35.0 LIBERTADOR O’HIGGINS, CHILE
MAP 5.5 2010/02/27 17:43:37 -36.453 -72.978 35.0 OFFSHORE BIO-BIO, CHILE
MAP 4.9 2010/02/27 17:33:50 -36.068 -72.085 35.0 MAULE, CHILE
MAP 5.6 2010/02/27 17:24:33 -36.256 -72.927 35.0 OFFSHORE BIO-BIO, CHILE
MAP 5.0 2010/02/27 17:22:26 -38.043 -73.629 35.0 OFFSHORE BIO-BIO, CHILE
MAP 5.5 2010/02/27 17:11:49 -33.953 -71.796 35.0 LIBERTADOR O’HIGGINS, CHILE
MAP 5.2 2010/02/27 16:50:20 -34.162 -72.010 35.0 LIBERTADOR O’HIGGINS, CHILE
MAP 5.5 2010/02/27 16:37:34 -37.509 -73.605 35.0 OFFSHORE BIO-BIO, CHILE
MAP 5.2 2010/02/27 16:32:21 -34.986 -72.356 35.0 OFFSHORE MAULE, CHILE
MAP 5.5 2010/02/27 16:27:57 -37.820 -73.404 35.0 BIO-BIO, CHILE
MAP 5.5 2010/02/27 16:21:13 -38.266 -73.434 35.0 BIO-BIO, CHILE
MAP 6.3 2010/02/27 15:45:41 -24.588 -65.432 38.2 SALTA, ARGENTINA
MAP 5.1 2010/02/27 15:23:05 -34.528 -74.987 35.0 OFF COAST OF LIBERTADOR O’HIGGINS, CHILE
MAP 5.2 2010/02/27 15:09:08 -33.890 -71.268 35.0 REGION METROPOLITANA, CHILE
MAP 5.0 2010/02/27 14:40:53 -31.321 -74.548 35.0 OFF THE COAST OF COQUIMBO, CHILE
MAP 4.9 2010/02/27 14:29:09 -35.028 -71.714 35.0 MAULE, CHILE
MAP 5.2 2010/02/27 14:23:27 -34.505 -72.596 35.0 OFFSHORE LIBERTADOR O’HIGGINS, CHILE
MAP 5.0 2010/02/27 14:20:00 -37.274 -73.062 35.0 BIO-BIO, CHILE
MAP 5.0 2010/02/27 14:06:47 -37.288 -72.835 35.0 BIO-BIO, CHILE
MAP 5.2 2010/02/27 13:54:04 -33.269 -71.834 35.0 OFFSHORE VALPARAISO, CHILE
MAP 5.0 2010/02/27 13:12:52 -35.014 -71.660 35.0 MAULE, CHILE
MAP 5.1 2010/02/27 13:07:42 -38.436 -73.254 35.0 ARAUCANIA, CHILE
MAP 5.5 2010/02/27 12:03:27 -34.399 -73.825 35.0 OFF COAST OF LIBERTADOR O’HIGGINS, CHILE
MAP 5.4 2010/02/27 11:45:03 -36.318 -73.216 35.0 OFFSHORE BIO-BIO, CHILE
MAP 5.3 2010/02/27 11:27:00 -38.103 -73.587 35.0 OFFSHORE BIO-BIO, CHILE
MAP 5.4 2010/02/27 10:54:23 -36.828 -73.336 35.0 OFFSHORE BIO-BIO, CHILE
MAP 5.9 2010/02/27 10:38:35 -38.019 -73.575 35.0 OFFSHORE BIO-BIO, CHILE
MAP 5.9 2010/02/27 10:30:34 -33.559 -72.636 35.0 OFFSHORE VALPARAISO, CHILE
MAP 5.6 2010/02/27 10:10:15 -33.701 -72.184 35.0 OFFSHORE VALPARAISO, CHILE
MAP 5.8 2010/02/27 09:59:21 -37.991 -73.467 35.0 BIO-BIO, CHILE
MAP 5.1 2010/02/27 09:21:25 -36.609 -73.218 35.0 OFFSHORE BIO-BIO, CHILE
MAP 5.6 2010/02/27 09:00:17 -33.425 -71.625 35.0 VALPARAISO, CHILE
MAP 5.3 2010/02/27 08:53:56 -34.447 -73.397 35.0 OFF COAST OF LIBERTADOR O’HIGGINS, CHILE
MAP 5.0 2010/02/27 08:53:26 -35.073 -71.760 35.0 MAULE, CHILE
MAP 5.6 2010/02/27 08:48:05 -38.584 -75.257 35.0 OFF THE COAST OF ARAUCANIA, CHILE
MAP 5.7 2010/02/27 08:31:04 -34.820 -72.443 35.0 OFFSHORE MAULE, CHILE
MAP 6.1 2010/02/27 08:25:29 -34.750 -72.394 35.0 OFFSHORE MAULE, CHILE
MAP 5.5 2010/02/27 08:19:23 -33.479 -71.574 35.0 VALPARAISO, CHILE
MAP 5.6 2010/02/27 08:13:16 -33.062 -71.702 35.0 OFFSHORE VALPARAISO, CHILE
MAP 6.9 2010/02/27 08:01:24 -37.654 -75.199 39.0 OFF THE COAST OF BIO-BIO, CHILE
MAP 5.4 2010/02/27 07:59:55 -36.050 -73.562 35.0 OFFSHORE BIO-BIO, CHILE
MAP 5.2 2010/02/27 07:56:37 -36.933 -73.240 35.0 OFFSHORE BIO-BIO, CHILE
MAP 5.4 2010/02/27 07:51:05 -36.399 -72.498 35.0 BIO-BIO, CHILE
MAP 5.4 2010/02/27 07:46:49 -36.795 -72.924 35.0 BIO-BIO, CHILE
MAP 6.0 2010/02/27 07:37:18 -36.837 -72.541 35.0 BIO-BIO, CHILE
MAP 5.6 2010/02/27 07:33:31 -38.007 -73.484 35.7 OFFSHORE BIO-BIO, CHILE
MAP 5.4 2010/02/27 07:19:48 -35.811 -72.945 35.0 OFFSHORE MAULE, CHILE
MAP 6.0 2010/02/27 07:12:28 -33.807 -71.913 35.0 OFFSHORE VALPARAISO, CHILE
MAP 6.2 2010/02/27 06:52:35 -34.735 -72.638 35.0 OFFSHORE MAULE, CHILE
MAP 8.8 2010/02/27 06:34:14 -35.846 -72.719 35.0 OFFSHORE MAULE, CHILE

Some guy named Berglund in SF tries predicting quakes and has reported predicted some.

It's Jim Berkland. http://www.syzygyjob.com. His view is that tidal forces at the new/full moon increase the probability of an earthquake. We are approaching a full moon.

Yellowstone is beautiful. There are other spots in this area just as much so, without the tourists, or the buffalo. They are dangerous wild animals, you know. :-)

Wouldn’t this easily topple?

When you build in Chile you put a steel rod column every nine feet to the side and every nine feet up. The buildings flex but they tend not to crumble.

I was there in the 1985 earthquake. The partly constructed church I was in shivered and groaned and loose items fell from where they were installing the ceiling but the walls and roof stayed up.