Magnitude 8.5 - BIO-BIO, CHILE

Magnitude 8.5 - BIO-BIO, CHILE

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Earthquake Details
Magnitude 8.5 (Preliminary magnitude — update expected within 15 minutes)
Date-Time

* Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 06:34:13 UTC
* Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 03:34:13 AM at epicenter

Location 36.100°S, 72.600°W
Depth 55 km (34.2 miles) set by location program
Region BIO-BIO, CHILE
Distances

* 91 km (56 miles) NNE (26°) from Concepcion, Chile
* 110 km (68 miles) SW (230°) from Talca, Chile
* 295 km (183 miles) N (1°) from Temuco, Chile
* 339 km (210 miles) SSW (211°) from SANTIAGO, Chile

Location Uncertainty Error e

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Just in hope all the people involved are ok. and I pray for chile wow two big quakes in one day. I wonder if this has anything to do with the quake in japan at all any way ats what are your thoughts
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[edit on 27-2-2010 by ashnomadonte]

Yep, just saw this pop on my equake alert. Man, 8.5 is HUGE!! Checking out the surrounding areas via Google Maps, it "looks" to be a fairly sparsely populated area, mostly agricultural, but something that big is certainly going to be felt over a very large area.

Good luck to those unfortunate to live nearby....

[edit on 2/27/10 by surfinguru]

From Here

It's only 6.9...

Still big but meh.

Two big earthquakes in less than a day... yep the sun is back up online.

Also expected to have generated a tsunami : www.abovetopsecret.com...

8.5 not likely that this isn't going to be devastating...

Wow, that must be pretty frightening.... I've never experienced an earthquake, but damn, a 8.5... well maybe it'll go down, but still can't go down that much...

3 threads on this.

can we consolidate them into one?

I think the shhtf fffolks

USGS says 8.3

[edit on 27-2-2010 by berkeleygal]

UPDATE

arthquake Details
Magnitude 8.3
Date-Time

* Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 06:34:17 UTC
* Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 03:34:17 AM at epicenter

Location 35.826°S, 72.669°W
Depth 59.4 km (36.9 miles)
Region OFFSHORE MAULE, CHILE
Distances

* 99 km (62 miles) WSW (246°) from Talca, Chile
* 117 km (73 miles) NNE (17°) from Concepcion, Chile
* 317 km (197 miles) SW (215°) from SANTIAGO, Chile

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 10.6 km (6.6 miles); depth +/- 40 km (24.9 miles)
Parameters NST=220, Nph=220, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.09 sec, Gp= 36°,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6
Source

* U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center:
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

Event ID us2010tfan

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reply to post by ashnomadonte


The largest earthquake ever recorded in history was a 9.5 in Chile in 1960.

The earthquake's rupture zone was 800 km long, stretching from Talca (35° S) to Chiloé Archipelago (43° S). The rupture velocity has been estimated as 3.5 km per second.
en.wikipedia.org...

I think I heard this one was 250 miles away from Santiago.

reply to post by Republican08


I agree if this is true there are going to be a bunch of dead people if it was anywhere near humans.

hope we don't get a tsunami here in S.F

reply to post by Vitchilo


I have

third, 27.02.2010 - 06:34:16 8.5 South America Chile Region del Maule Cauquenes

second, 27.02.2010 - 06:34:14 6.8 South America Chile Region del Biobio Tome

first, 27.02.2010 - 06:34:13 8.5 South America Chile Region del Maule Cauquen

All within 3 seconds.....I don't know how long they lasted.

Oh wow.. and 8.5 is absolutely huge.

some of you may not know how the scale actually works. It's not like a hurricane where you move into a different category from a small mph change with no change really noticed.
wiki richter scale

According to Wiki, there's only 1 per year at this size recorded per year and is a great magnitude greater than a 7. I truly hope this is as far from as many people as possible.

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first 7.0 japan than 8.5 chile where will the next quake hit? should everyone in calli get on life jackets?

what is going on guys?

i don't like all these earthquakes

Tsunami detected!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

27.02.2010 06:44:54


Expanding Regional Tsunami Warning



Near Coast Of Central Chile M 8.5 55 km -36.1 -72.6


Tsunami Detected Yes

reply to post by 517.101


god I hope it is small and I hope that people will have time to get in land a little

Here it is.

SUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 0646Z 27 FEB 2010

THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC
OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS...EXCEPT ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...
WASHINGTON...OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.

... A TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH ARE IN EFFECT ...

A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR

CHILE / PERU

A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR

ECUADOR

FOR ALL OTHER AREAS COVERED BY THIS BULLETIN... IT IS FOR
INFORMATION ONLY AT THIS TIME.

THIS BULLETIN IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. ONLY
NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE
DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND
ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 0634Z 27 FEB 2010
COORDINATES - 36.1 SOUTH 72.6 WEST
DEPTH - 55 KM
LOCATION - NEAR COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE
MAGNITUDE - 8.5

EVALUATION

IT IS NOT KNOWN THAT A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. THIS WARNING IS
BASED ONLY ON THE EARTHQUAKE EVALUATION. AN EARTHQUAKE OF THIS
SIZE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE A DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI THAT CAN
STRIKE COASTLINES NEAR THE EPICENTER WITHIN MINUTES AND MORE
DISTANT COASTLINES WITHIN HOURS. AUTHORITIES SHOULD TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS POSSIBILITY. THIS CENTER
WILL MONITOR SEA LEVEL DATA FROM GAUGES NEAR THE EARTHQUAKE TO
DETERMINE IF A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED AND ESTIMATE THE SEVERITY OF
THE THREAT.

ESTIMATED INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE ARRIVAL TIMES AT FORECAST POINTS
WITHIN THE WARNING AND WATCH AREAS ARE GIVEN BELOW. ACTUAL
ARRIVAL TIMES MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE
LARGEST. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE TIME BETWEEN
SUCCESSIVE WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.

LOCATION FORECAST POINT COORDINATES ARRIVAL TIME
-------------------------------- ------------ ------------
CHILE TALCAHUANO 36.7S 73.1W 0729Z 27 FEB
VALPARAISO 33.0S 71.6W 0739Z 27 FEB
COQUIMBO 29.9S 71.3W 0801Z 27 FEB
CORRAL 39.8S 73.5W 0810Z 27 FEB
CALDERA 27.1S 70.8W 0821Z 27 FEB
ANTOFAGASTA 23.3S 70.4W 0844Z 27 FEB
IQUIQUE 20.2S 70.1W 0911Z 27 FEB
ARICA 18.5S 70.3W 0929Z 27 FEB
GOLFO DE PENAS 47.1S 74.9W 0934Z 27 FEB
PUERTO MONTT 41.5S 73.0W 1052Z 27 FEB
EASTER IS. 27.1S 109.4W 1205Z 27 FEB
PUNTA ARENAS 53.2S 70.9W 1213Z 27 FEB
PERU MOLLENDO 17.1S 72.0W 0936Z 27 FEB
SAN JUAN 15.3S 75.2W 0952Z 27 FEB
LA PUNTA 12.1S 77.2W 1045Z 27 FEB
PIMENTAL 6.9S 80.0W 1114Z 27 FEB
TALARA 4.6S 81.5W 1127Z 27 FEB
CHIMBOTE 9.0S 78.8W 1132Z 27 FEB
ECUADOR LA LIBERTAD 2.2S 81.2W 1202Z 27 FEB
ESMERELDAS 1.2N 79.8W 1234Z 27 FEB

BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.
THE TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE.

THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE PRODUCTS
FOR ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...WASHINGTON...OREGON...CALIFORNIA.

Yeah they changed it at EMSC... it's now 8.3... confirmed.

This is kinda scary...

I think we'll see a bunch of big earthquakes and big solar storms, peaking mid-2012 to mid-2013...

Originally posted by Mr Sunchine
reply to post by Republican08

 

I agree if this is true there are going to be a bunch of dead people if it was anywhere near humans.

Why did you foe me then?