8.8 Earthquake in Chile [Update at #277]

KFI LA http://www.kfiam640.com/pages/jk2010.html ^

[dragnet2]

On the radio KFI LA..

[NavyCanDo]

“Yikes! My thoughts hadn’t gone that far. Many people will not even be aware of the danger.”

Looking at the clock right now, Midnight here on the West Coast, I would say few Americans even know about it yet, and won’t until they wake up.

[John W]

USGS says 8.8 now.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2010tfan.php

[DB]

See #159.

[JustPiper]

there’s a post here somewhere that had the depth

[Yaelle]

Thanks, that is what I was thinking. Wailea area should be fairly safe, as well. Looking on Google maps and trying to imagine the wave.

[tcrlaf]

USGS just upfated the magnitude:

It’s an 8.8!!
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2010/us2010tfan/

[JustPiper]

Thank you so much, 3 of my sisters live in that path

[GeronL]

cronica.cl and elsur.cl sites of Concepcion do not come up

[unkus]

Amen to that.

[JustPiper]

CNN!

[dragnet2]

If it wasn’t deep enough Concepcion could be toast

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Yeah, this epicenter is about 30 miles from Concepcion, which has about 250,000 population...That’s close.

[Just mythoughts]

I have had the weather channel on and NOT one word out of them about this. They did say a bit about the earlier earthquake in Japan.

[JustPiper]

CNN now

[DB]

That’s too close...

[GeronL]

I can’t get any of the Chile news sites to open

[JustPiper]

TY~

[John W]

That one said 55 KM, currently USGS says 35.

[eyedigress]

If I lived in that paradise I would as well. Do you happen to know the name of the FReeper(s) in Samoa?

[Dr. Eckleburg]

I just heard that on CNN who is also reporting that there has been a 1.3 meter tsunami along the Chilean coast.

[NavyCanDo]

Anyone else find it amazing that none of the News stations, FOX, CNN, or the other one are even talking about it? No Breaking News, no Ticker, nothing but pre tapped programing.