8.8 Earthquake in Chile [Update at #277]

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

[dragnet2]

On the radio KFI LA..

[JustPiper]

cheleguanaco Cars crushed in scene reminiscent of Bay Area quake in 88...#chile half a minute ago from web

cobismith The warning sirens have just started in the audio of the live broadcast from TV de #Chile: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/tv-de-chile half a minute ago from web

[randomhero97]

Wow, they are absolutely getting hammered.

[JustPiper]

holy cow! I cannot phantom what they must be feeling there

[JustPiper]

antderosa RT @marc_cooper: #Chile quake: Parking structure collapsed in Las Condes, Stgo. 50 cars smashed. People ok #terremotochile less than 20 seconds ago from TweetDeck

[JustPiper]

charitojl First #tsunami predicted to hit #Peru in less than 45 mins. #quake #Chile / SERA CIERTO?? less than 20 seconds ago from web

Blue_Sunflowers RT @Sportsgirl311 So the Chilean channel TVN is showing live footage of cars trapped under the collapsed bridge. #Chile #earthquake less than 20 seconds ago from Seesmic

[stlnative]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/region/S_America.php

Aftershock list updated....

MAP 5.5 2010/02/27 08:19:23 -33.479 -71.574 35.0 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 5.2 2010/02/27 07:56:37 -36.933 -73.240 35.0 OFFSHORE 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

[JustPiper]

marc_cooper 700 evacuated from hospital in Temuco #terremotochile #chile less than 20 seconds ago from TweetDeck

bobegan USCS tsunami IS ((( NOT ))) expected along the CA, OR, WA BC, or AK coast. NO tsunami warning, watch or advisory is in effect for these areas #chile less than 20 seconds ago from TweetDeck

[eyedigress]

An area called Maule seems to be hard hit.

[rdl6989]

BREAKING — Tsunami watch for French Polynesia and Pitcairn Island, also.

http://twitter.com/RodrigoBNO

[JustPiper]

wonder where that is?

[eyedigress]

Great Work

[JustPiper]

BittamerExo RT @BreakingNews: A 6.9-magnitude aftershock hits off the coast of #Chile, latest of at least six, deathtoll now put at 17 by local radio less than 20 seconds ago

[happinesswithoutpeace]

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[Windflier]

Geeez..... those aftershocks are large quakes in their own right...

[JustPiper]

GigiGraciette Pres. of Chile: Tsunami has hit Juan Fernandez Islands. No word on damage 1 min ago

W7VOA TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR #Tsunami watch: #COLOMBIA / #ANTARCTICA / #PANAMA /COSTA RICA / #NICARAGUA / 1 minutes ago via TweetDeck

[stlnative]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maule_Region

According to the 2002 Census the population of the region was 908,097. With one third of its population living in rural areas, Maule has a greater proportion of rural inhabitants than any other region of Chile.

Economy
Forestry and agriculture, led by wine grape plantations, are the main economic activities. The Maule region is Chile’s leading winemaking region, producing 50% of all the country’s fine export wines, and a number of the largest vineyards are located here. Owing to its high concentration of vineyards, the Curicó valley – which means “black water” in Mapudungun – is considered the core of Chile’s wine industry. Winemaking is a traditional activity, some vineyards dating back to 1830. The increased wine-growing area is matched by the development of the industry’s infrastructure, technology, and equipment.

[JustPiper]

that is exactly all the multiple tweets about the 6.9 aftershock

[eyedigress]

The epicenter has been pointed 75km north of Concepcion with Santiago being 435km N of Concepcion as a reference.

[JustPiper]

GigiGraciette Pres de Chile: Hospital de Talca evacuated, as well as “Servicio de Urgencias del Hospital San Juan”. #TerremotoChile less than 10 seconds ago via Power Twitter

baywatchboy 8th aftershock reported. A 6.0 52 miles SSW of Valparaiso, Chile at 4:12 AM local time. #Chile #earthquake less than a minute ago via Tweetie

[stlnative]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maule_Region

go to link - map shows it is in the heart of chile (it like a state “county” here in this country)