8.8 Earthquake hits Chile

kidman232 · Feb 27, 2010

lots of damage and a tsunami has been set off.

2PLAYSMAX · Feb 27, 2010

WTF

Dam

Fishhead · Feb 27, 2010

Get ready to donate.......geezus.

My suggestion........send your money to Biloxi to help the hurricane victims.

FairWarning · Feb 27, 2010

fishhead said:
get ready to donate.......geezus.

My suggestion........send your money to biloxi to help the hurricane victims.

VIEJODINOSAUR · Feb 27, 2010

Mother Nature can be an asshole....I feel for the victims...

douglas · Feb 27, 2010

They are saying Tsunami warnings for Hawaii.

Objection · Feb 27, 2010

A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED THAT COULD CAUSE DAMAGE ALONG
COASTLINES OF ALL ISLANDS IN THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION
SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY

THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIME IN HAWAII OF THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS

1119 AM HST SAT 27 FEB 2010

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donkeybucks · Feb 27, 2010

"For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these [are] the beginning of sorrows." Matthew 24:7-8

kidman232 · Feb 27, 2010

any updates on this been at work all day

Doug · Feb 27, 2010

Was it really an 8.8 ?

I think that must be wrong ?

That would level the place, worse than Haiti ?

Objection · Feb 27, 2010

TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WARNING SUPPLEMENT

A TSUNAMI WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII.

EVALUATION

A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED THAT COULD CAUSE DAMAGE ALONG
COASTLINES OF ALL ISLANDS IN THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION
SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY.

THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIME IN HAWAII OF THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS

1105 AM HST SAT 27 FEB 2010

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kidman232 · Feb 27, 2010

Doug said:
Was it really an 8.8 ?

I think that must be wrong ?

That would level the place, worse than Haiti ?

A massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake rocked Chile early Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, killing at least 147 people and triggering tsunami warnings for the entire Pacific basin.

chile, from a quality of structure stand point is probably vastly ahead of Haiti

Objection · Feb 27, 2010

They've had 11 aftershocks in the first 2 and half hours after the earthquake 5 of them measured 6.0 or higher.

Doug · Feb 27, 2010

kidman232 said:
A massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake rocked Chile early Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, killing at least 147 people and triggering tsunami warnings for the entire Pacific basin.

chile, from a quality of structure stand point is probably vastly ahead of Haiti

WAY stronger, though !

Haiti was a 7, an 8 is 10X stronger than a 7, a 9 is 100X stronger than a 7.

almost a 9, here.. that has to be huge, way bigger than the the one that hit SF in the WS around 1990, and that did some serious damage / lives lost.

celticGreen+ · Feb 27, 2010

did it hit near a major city? maybe the area is not as densely populated?

KingofNicotine · Feb 27, 2010

Hope for Chile telethon coming up next.

Stylez · Feb 27, 2010

So the first of the Tsunami's are to hit Hawaii in the Next hour. Anyone know the projected size of the tsunami's?

ProPokerPlayer · Feb 27, 2010

8 FT WAVE FOR THE 1ST 1....Hawaii news says they will be more lasting all day as their have been over 50 aftershocks including a 6.5 in the last hour.

Anybody have any good hawaii webcam links?? News isnt showing much in the way of ocean shots..

lefty357 · Feb 27, 2010

celticGreen+ · Feb 27, 2010

started reading the wikipedia article on the tsunami in the Indian Ocean a few years ago (and the earthquake that caused it). Scary stuff in terms of sheer magnitude:

With a magnitude of between 9.1 and 9.3, it is the second largest earthquake ever recorded on a seismograph. This earthquake had the longest duration of faulting ever observed, between 8.3 and 10 minutes. It caused the entire planet to vibrate as much as 1 cm (0.4 inches)[5] and triggered other earthquakes as far away as Alaska.[6]