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by **janni** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 4:41 pm

Ya, it's been a very unstable day as far as the ground goes around here. I've headed outside more than once.

Heard that the ports closed, all at the pier working vessels had to leave the port area and go into deep sea, due to the tsunami warning. The tsunami warning is for 4 hours, so, except for ongoing aftershakes, should be back to normalcy soon.

by **gregf** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 4:50 pm

That one we just had was a 5.8, same region as the others.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ ... 833568.php

by **eeuunikkeiexpat** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 4:59 pm

I was talking to someone in Santiago when that one happened and the call terminated itself (se terminó).

San Antonio is actually right on the periphery of the primary shake zone circle of those quakes.

The Lo Gallardo bridge was closed to vehicle traffic earlier after today's big shake except for peotonal traffic. Looks like that too has stopped and the engineers are studying it at the moment. So Santo Domingo is cutoff once again.

by **gregf** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 5:13 pm

Another good shake righ there... waiting for the report...

by **admin** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 6:16 pm

== PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT ==

***This event supersedes event AT00833828.

Region: LIBERTADOR O'HIGGINS, CHILE
Geographic coordinates: 34.327S, 71.680W
Magnitude: 5.8 Mb
Depth: 2 km
Universal Time (UTC): 11 Mar 2010 20:11:20
Time near the Epicenter: 11 Mar 2010 17:11:20
Local standard time in your area: 11 Mar 2010 16:11:20

Location with respect to nearby cities:
127 km (79 miles) N (359 degrees) of Talca, Chile
131 km (82 miles) SW (225 degrees) of SANTIAGO, Chile
138 km (86 miles) S (180 degrees) of Valparaiso, Chile

by **admin** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 6:17 pm

If that one was any shallower, it would not qualify as an earthquake because it would not be in the earth.

by **Atlantis** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 7:03 pm

I seem to miss all the excitement from the other side of the world. It all happens while I'm sleeping. This from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center:

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 1453Z 11 MAR 2010

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

... TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN ...

THIS BULLETIN IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY.

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 - 1440Z 11 MAR 2010
COORDINATES - 34.1 SOUTH 71.8 WEST
DEPTH - 10 KM
LOCATION - NEAR COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE
MAGNITUDE - 7.2

EVALUATION

NO DESTRUCTIVE WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI THREAT EXISTS BASED ON
HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DATA.

HOWEVER - EARTHQUAKES OF THIS SIZE SOMETIMES GENERATE LOCAL
TSUNAMIS THAT CAN BE DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS LOCATED WITHIN
A HUNDRED KILOMETERS OF THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. AUTHORITIES
IN THE REGION OF THE EPICENTER SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS
POSSIBILITY AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

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

by **admin** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 7:41 pm

we just had a good 30 second shake in temuco. waiting for spam from the USGS

by **eeuunikkeiexpat** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 7:43 pm

There is a point where all the "experts" saying this is normal begins to bring doubt that it is "normal." :alien:

-E

by **gregf** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 8:52 pm

eeuunikkeiexpat wrote:There is a point where all the "experts" saying this is normal begins to bring doubt that it is "normal."

-E

haha exactly! I barely felt those last bumps, looks like they were further south towards Temuco.

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