Holy buckets.
Not again!!!
Bush’s Fault!..................
So was it another earthquake or a strong aftershock?
This webicorder out of Wyoming suggests there were two quakes. USGS just updated. Another 6.9 a few minutes after.
http://www.quake.utah.edu/helicorder/imw_webi.htm
What has Chile done to offend God?
Looks like 80 miles south of Valparaiso and 90 miles southwest from Santiago. Much closer to capital.
So sad.
“The Chilean Navy issued a tsunami warning following the tremors.
The U.S. Geological Survey says the first quake had a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 and the second registered at 7.2. Both rocked buildings in the capital, shook windows and provoked nervous smiles among dignitaries arriving for Thursday’s ceremony at the congressional building in coastal Valparaiso.”
Bttt. Just a few minutes ago...
Not over yeat - Conception(sp?) has moved 10 feet due to the recent earthquake - that’s a LOT of displacement.
Worse,the quake was generated from a partial fault movement, the other half has yet to move...
Alaska got hit with a 7.9 here a few years back, luckly in a mostly uninhabited area. There, only about half of the fault unzipped - we are all waiting for the other shoe to drop.
Prayers for the folks in Chile, they could use the help, I’m sure.
I think Chile wants to move away......
Ah...the Rove/Cheney Earthquake Machine is operating as planned!
On 3/11/2010 2:39:47 PM UTC an earthquake of magnitude 7.2 and depth 10km has struck an highly populated area in the Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Province (population: 0.7 million) in Chile.
The earthquake 122km from the city of Valpara¡so.
The nearest populated places are La Aguada (17km), La Estrella (17km), Villa de Cartagena (9km), Cartagena (9km), El Culenar (6km), El Tonel (10km), Los Manantiales (11km), San Vicente (1km), El Rosario (7km), Valle Negro (6km), El Cuzco (20km), El Arco (4km), Ranquilco (11km), La Matancilla (16km), Tum n (12km)
This report was automatically updated by a computer on: 3/11/2010 3:01:25 PM UTC (21 minutes after the event)
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The earthquake occurred at 9h local time. At this time a day, more people are at work and therefore more vulnerable to collapsing office buildings. During traffic hours, people can be affected by collapsing bridges and other road infrastructure.
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Author: GDACS, project of the European Commission Joint Research Centre.
For those wondering, I’m downtown Santiago on the second floor, and we didn’t even leave the building (supposed to be safer?). We’re in a 10+ story building, next to a 15+ story building. People in the building next to us all came outside, but have now gone back to work. Same for our office. Thank God for stricktly enforced quality building codes!
Anywhere else, 7.2 would be a major earthquake, not an “aftershock.”
Prayers for Earthquake Victims Ping (again!)
MAP 4.9 2010/03/11 15:34:52 -34.270 -71.562 43.2 LIBERTADOR O’HIGGINS, CHILE
MAP 5.4 2010/03/11 15:26:18 -34.240 -71.844 35.0 LIBERTADOR O’HIGGINS, CHILE
MAP 6.0 2010/03/11 15:06:03 -34.218 -71.889 32.0 LIBERTADOR O’HIGGINS, CHILE
MAP 6.7 2010/03/11 14:55:30 -34.263 -71.782 35.0 LIBERTADOR O’HIGGINS, CHILE
MAP 6.9 2010/03/11 14:39:48 -34.251 -71.889 35.0 LIBERTADOR O’HIGGINS, CHILE
MAP 5.1 2010/03/11 12:44:06 -38.367 -71.702 56.1 ARAUCANIA, CHILE
MAP 5.0 2010/03/11 10:51:41 -34.205 -71.697 52.2 LIBERTADOR O’HIGGINS, CHILE
MAP 4.6 2010/03/11 06:57:20 12.191 -86.873 138.5 NICARAGUA
MAP 5.6 2010/03/11 06:22:19 -57.290 -28.114 309.1 SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION
MAP 4.1 2010/03/11 06:20:31 19.760 -71.577 10.0 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
MAP 4.9 2010/03/11 00:45:03 -35.547 -72.981 38.7 OFFSHORE MAULE, CHILE