Magnitude 8.8 Offshore Maule, Chile

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This is my favorite thing about ATS, and something I give it huge credit for. There are so many members scanning sources that you get news faster then anywhere else. If I want a quick run down of the day, I scroll the recent posts. Then you get the debate and some good(or not so good ) opinions from people with varying interests and backgrounds to add.

And only once, have I been able to get a news report in before someone else. It has almost become a game. *laughs*

Obviously the pacific plate is moving.
The ring of fire is just being active. Which is why there is stuff going on in Cali as well as Chili.

www.theglobeandmail.com...

This link is the warning zone for our east coast and the islands surrounding us:

www.bom.gov.au...

reply to post by packinhit


The NOAA have been saying that it is not just ONE wave but a series of surges

Keep us updated on that situation if it does rise higher.

I do hope the people were able to move away.

anyone else watching the cnn guy right now? hes talking about the waves of the tsunami" wrapping around" all the islands, not just hitting the eastern coasts. i hope they're just over estimating this. crazyness!!!

Originally posted by JakiusFogg

Originally posted by BRITWARRIOR
It was just this minite reported on sky news,


That was my first thoughts aswell, thats why i put in the google map link i couldnt make sense of it, but maybe it has something to do with the seabed

thos islands are largely uninhabeted

Have a look at the wave progression map on the Sky Website you will see what I mean

NZ is around 12h HW is at around 15H

LOL i was just coming back to post the image

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I dont think they are, it's said that on these small islands the waves will engulf the islands around the coast regardless of the initial direction of the tsunami!

Indeed worrying stuff

Latin desk of CNN saying justice minister - Chile trying to figure out how to deal with problems caused by qauke in their prisons.

At least 200 inmates have escaped from one,

Riots and ettempted mass escapes at others.

One escaped inmate set 5 houses on fire??? wtf nutter

Kind Regards,

Elf

Originally posted by JakiusFogg
reply to post by thugz4real

 

I dont think they are, it's said that on these small islands the waves will engulf the islands around the coast regardless of the initial direction of the tsunami!

Indeed worrying stuff

Hey so far, the waves furthest from the epicentre have not exceeded half a metre, I wouldnt stress to much (although nobody should remain complacent), even though a tsunami is imminent

reply to post by OzWeatherman

No Oz.
HIVA OA MARQUESAS 9.8S 139.0W 1741Z 1.79M / 5.9FT 12MIN

Originally posted by mslag67
Cecilia Lagos a journalist from Chile was just on CNN talking about how she was laying in bed awake as it was happening. It is not uncommon for there to be tremors but it didn't stop in got louder and as she was looking out the window she noticed the sky was changing color. Her expression on her face was as if it doesn't happen regularly.
Does anyone have this experience during Earthquakes?

I have heard of strange electical charges and lightening with earthquakes. I have also read that weather satellites seem to notice strange cloud formations where the clouds part over the fault line around the time of the quake. Someone noted a really bad thunderstorm at the time of the quake, but I don't know where they were.

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It did hit 6ft in the Marquis islands.

Personally I don't care if it turns out to be nothing more than a trickle. If one person is helped and gets information in a worst case scenario. and people are more educted by our efforts. then thats great

otherwise we're just a bunch of people with nothing better to do on a saturday!!!

Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by OzWeatherman

 

No Oz.
HIVA OA MARQUESAS 9.8S 139.0W 1741Z 1.79M / 5.9FT 12MIN

Cheers Phage, Im about 3 or 4 minutes from getting an updated list from our JATWC....will post that when it comes through

Tsunami hits French Polynesia, little damage
From correspondents in Papeete From: AFP February 28, 2010 6:23AM
A WEAL tsunami has hit French Polynesia but there's no major damage, as road traffic in areas close to the sea was suspended in a tsunami alert following the quake in Chile.
Huge waves struck the Gambier archipelago at 6:30am local time (3:30am AEDT Sunday), the high commissioner's office in Papeete said, as the tsunami raced across the Pacific.

The Marquise islands, northeast of Polynesia, were hit between 7am and 8am by a series of two-metre waves which damaged some boats, but no one was hurt, officials said.

Between the waves the sea withdrew around 15 metres, causing rip currents.

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The phenomena of "earthquake lights" is known but not understood.

I am trying to get meteorlogocal info and el nino information to see if there is anything out of the ordinary at this time.

Does anyone have any more info on the ciurrent CME activity?

Originally posted by JustMike

Originally posted by jonny2410
If we are being honest this has turned out to be a non-event and so will the smallish tsunami. The only noteworthy thing is the size, 8.8

Speak for yourself and don't include "me" in your "we".

If you consider that the tragic and horrible deaths of children, men and women, the injuries to many others, the huge destruction of property and infrastructure and the untold fear, grief, uncertainty and misery that is afflicting not only Chileans but others as well is a "non-event", then all I can say is that your opinion shows either a total lack of understanding of the magnitude of this tragedy or utter callousness towards your fellow humans -- or both.

And that's me being honest.

Mike

Hear Hear Mike. 100% with you on that. No loss of live is a non event.

reply to post by JakiusFogg

The solar wind is very calm and there is very little geomagnetic activity.
www.swpc.noaa.gov...

reply to post by PennyQ


Relieved to hear that. They are so low lying I thought they might have problems.