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8.8 Earthquake in Chile [Update at #277]
KFI LA http://www.kfiam640.com/pages/jk2010.html ^

Posted on 02/26/2010 11:01:09 PM PST by dragnet2

On the radio KFI LA..


TOPICS: Breaking News; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chile; chileearthquake; earthquake; eq; hawaii; ringoffire; tsunami; usgs
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To: dragnet2
8.3 quake offshore of Chile
21 posted on 02/26/2010 11:06:24 PM PST by Myrddin
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To: dragnet2

197 miles from Santiago. ... and downgraded a little bit to an 8.3.


22 posted on 02/26/2010 11:07:18 PM PST by MediaMole
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To: dragnet2
USGS: Magnitude 8.3 - BIO-BIO, CHILE

339 km (210 miles) SSW (211°) from SANTIAGO, Chile


23 posted on 02/26/2010 11:07:53 PM PST by Zakeet (Patches Kennedy isn't running for Congress again for medical reasons -- voters are sick of him)
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To: MediaMole

Wow. We’ve had 3 recent earthquakes. Haiti, Japan, and now Chili.


24 posted on 02/26/2010 11:07:56 PM PST by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: winoneforthegipper

ping this first


25 posted on 02/26/2010 11:08:53 PM PST by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric cartman voice* 'I love you guys')
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To: MediaMole

Oh no!


26 posted on 02/26/2010 11:09:17 PM PST by unkus
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To: MediaMole
Big enough to even be measured up here in Washington.

Mt. Rainier-Longmire USGS seismocorder

27 posted on 02/26/2010 11:09:18 PM PST by hoagy62 (.)
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To: BurbankKarl; Ernest_at_the_Beach

8.3 is hard to fathom.

Dear Lord.


28 posted on 02/26/2010 11:09:21 PM PST by onyx (BE A MONTHLY DONOR - I AM)
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To: dragnet2

SANTIAGO, Chile (Reuters) - A massive magnitude-8.3 earthquake struck near Concepcion, Chile early on Saturday, USGS reported, shaking buildings and causing blackouts in parts of the capital of Santiago.

A Reuters witness reported shaking buildings and loss of electricity in Santiago.


29 posted on 02/26/2010 11:09:28 PM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: MediaMole

Looks like it centered close to Concepcion

Source:

11th largest commune in the country, with a population of 212,003


30 posted on 02/26/2010 11:10:06 PM PST by dragnet2 (The private sector is being gang raped by government and government unions.)
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To: bd476; Godzilla

ping.


31 posted on 02/26/2010 11:10:38 PM PST by Cindy
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To: dragnet2

Holy crap. That’s huge.


32 posted on 02/26/2010 11:11:17 PM PST by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: dragnet2

Any live links to Chilean newspapers? I can’t get any to load.


33 posted on 02/26/2010 11:11:31 PM PST by thecodont
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To: dragnet2

Damn! What in the last 100 years was ever near that magnitude?


34 posted on 02/26/2010 11:11:56 PM PST by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
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To: BurbankKarl

Yep. There won’t be anything left when ours hits.


35 posted on 02/26/2010 11:11:57 PM PST by truthkeeper ("Why oh why didn't I take the blue pill?")
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To: dragnet2
A massive earthquake of 8.5 magnitude has struck close to

the city of Concepcion in Chile. The United States Geological Survey said the earthquake struck at 0634 GMT on Saturday at a depth of 55km (34.2 miles). Concepcion is the second largest city in the country, about 450km south of Santiago. The US government said a tsunami warning has been issued for Chile, Peru and Ecuador.

36 posted on 02/26/2010 11:12:48 PM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: dragnet2

Yikes. Prayers for safety.


37 posted on 02/26/2010 11:13:03 PM PST by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: truthkeeper

Central CA a little shaky right on the heels of this one.


38 posted on 02/26/2010 11:13:04 PM PST by John W
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To: dragnet2

ABC TV just reported 8.5 too


39 posted on 02/26/2010 11:13:43 PM PST by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: Liberty Valance

Thank the Lord it was shaking, not collapsing buildings.

I ponder the effect on Nino/Nina.

Prayers up.


40 posted on 02/26/2010 11:13:57 PM PST by txhurl
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