Salta is in the NW corner of Argentina. Concepcion, Chile is quite a bit to the South and west.
Posted on 02/27/2010 1:54:47 PM PST by Red in Blue PA
2 killed so far.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Seismologist expert says there is “no relation” between the Salta, Argentina quake and the Chile quake, they’re on different tectonic plates. Chile is on the Naxca plate; Argenitina is on the South American plate, according to Alejandro Guzman, Director of the National Institute of Seismic Prevention.
http://www.clarin.com/diario/2010/02/27/um/m-02149237.htm
Alejandro Giuliano, director del Instituto Nacional de Prevención Sísmica (INPRES) explicó a Clarín que el sismo de 8,8 grados en la escala de Richter que se produjo en Chile durante la madrugada no “tiene ninguna relación” con el que ocurrió al mediodía en la provincia argentina de Salta y que se sintió con fuerza en Jujuy, Tucumán y en La Rioja.
El sismo de Salta tuvo su epicentro 15 kilómetros al sudoeste de la capital, tuvo una magnitud de 6,1 en la escala de Richter y dejó un saldo de dos muertos.
“La Tierra está dividida en 12 placas tectónicas. La chilena, es la placa de Nazca; la argentina es la placa Sudamericana. La interacción entre estas dos placas fue la responsable de la formación de la Cordillera de los Andes. Pero cuando se producen los pliegues también se provocan fracturas, por eso el oeste argentino está ampliamente fracturado. Eso hace que haya fallas activas en nuestra placa. De estas fallas provino el sismo en Argentina, no de la interacción con la placa chilena. No tienen relación porque son ambientes tectónicos diferentes”, explicó el experto.
De hecho, ambos sismos no coincidieron en el horario: el de Chile ocurrió de madrugada y el de Salta, a las 12.45 de hoy. Sin embargo, el temblor que se sintió en Mendoza, San Juan, Río Negro, Bahía Blanca, La Rioja (donde se sintieron los dos), Córdoba y hasta en las torres más altas de la ciudad de Buenos Aires, sí fueron consecuencia del “temblor importado de Chile”, aunque atenuado por la distancia.
Yes, it could.
oh snot! Mother Nature sure is pissed!
Nice size quake a few minutes ago in Oklahoma again@
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/us2010tfe4.php
http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/neic_tfc3_cy.gif
However, I would not think that one could say that it was not directly or indirectly related to the Chile Quake.
Subduction thrust quakes involve normally two plates...lol
In this case the south american and nazca.
Salta is in the NW corner of Argentina. Concepcion, Chile is quite a bit to the South and west.
For your amusement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFtI-h_tXB4
That’s kind of what I thought, too, but the gist of what I got from that guy is that the Salta quake is just along a fault line that’s well on the South American plate. I don’t know the seismology, so I just present it as the “expert” says it.
She said their house is coming apart, it is a very old historical type home. I told her I would be putting my things in a POD a going somewhere else.
Think she may put seat belts on her bed and recliner.
To me(layperson)the effects are obvious...lol
Yes, I have noticed them, I think three this past week or so. I read a brief note a few months back that they are trying to tie them to the oilfields, and the emptying of them.
Not sure about all that hopefully that thinking does not gain hold.
Let's blame Zero first!
Zero's fault! :D
Awesome site. Thanks for posting.
Viewing that site will keep you up at night. There’s even a nuclear incident reported in CT.
I heard about that rumor. Not sure what to make of it, and not counting it out.
No, you are not the only one. There seems to be a certain type of Freeper who never has an important or relevant thought related to any given post but just can't resist posting adolescent attempts at humor. It dilutes and disrupts the very purpose of this forum.
You are welcome. But not for the future sleepless nights. :-)
lots of them hitting now. Chili had something like 53 aftershocks, some significant.
A lot of activity now.
I wouldn’t want to be in California right now. But I would like Pelosi there.
Take care california Freepers
Now that's a keeper!
Those tectonic plates have been active lately!
Erlier repots were an 8.8...HUGE difference.
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