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5.7 off the coast about 30 miles just north of vina.

I also got an alert this morning for a 6.7 in northern chile.

== PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT ==

***This event supersedes event PT07350631.


Region: ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE
Geographic coordinates: 22.555S, 69.984W
Magnitude: 6.7 Mw
Depth: 54 km
Universal Time (UTC): 16 Dec 2007 08:09:20
Time near the Epicenter: 16 Dec 2007 05:09:20
Local standard time in your area: 16 Dec 2007 04:09:20

Location with respect to nearby cities:
109 km (68 miles) W (267 degrees) of Calama, Chile
130 km (81 miles) NNE (18 degrees) of Antofagasta, Chile
257 km (160 miles) S (177 degrees) of Iquique, Chile
1219 km (757 miles) N (3 degrees) of SANTIAGO, Chile


ADDITIONAL EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
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event ID : US 2007kzaf

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist at NEIC
For subsequent updates, maps, and technical information, see:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/rec ... 07kzaf.php
or
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/

National Earthquake Information Center
U.S. Geological Survey
http://neic.usgs.gov

== PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT ==

***This event has been revised.


Region: OFFSHORE VALPARAISO, CHILE
Geographic coordinates: 32.681S, 71.472W
Magnitude: 5.8 Mw
Depth: 32 km
Universal Time (UTC): 15 Dec 2007 18:22:28
Time near the Epicenter: 15 Dec 2007 15:22:28
Local standard time in your area: 15 Dec 2007 14:22:28

Location with respect to nearby cities:
48 km (30 miles) NNE (22 degrees) of Valparaiso, Chile
118 km (73 miles) NW (320 degrees) of SANTIAGO, Chile
249 km (155 miles) W (274 degrees) of Mendoza, Argentina


ADDITIONAL EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
________________________________
event ID : US 2007kya9

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http://earthquake.usgs.gov/

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U.S. Geological Survey
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I talked to a friend in vina that lives on the 17 floor of a building. She said it was a rather up and down ride for about 30-60 seconds.

She also said that everyone on the beach started running for the hills, even though there was no tsunami warning or danger.

Another member had posted the instructions before on the forum for setting up alerts. They seem to work nicely. If you go to the addresses above, and create an account you can have alerts emailed you. If you have a phone that has email say through Movistar or some other company in Chile, then you can get real time alerts.

I got a series of them with updates while I was out of the office yesterday in the hour following the quakes around Vina.

I have mine set to any earthquake in Chile, larger than a 5.0 .

There are also signs typically in most towns on the hill that indicate the line where you are safe.

Vina is kind of funny after National geographic used them a few years ago for a computer generated model of a Tsunami disaster. Now everyone in the area is paranoid about Tsunami's.


Are natural disasters a threat in Chile. Of course, but so are they everywhere in the World. I am still more worried about the human disasters.