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To: Las Vegas Ron

If you are looking at the list that is earthquakes that have occurred in the last 12 hours. The one(s) with the expanding red/yellow rings are the most recent. On the map each EQ icon is color coded to denote the severity. The red icons are the worst ones. There is one just off the coast that is the 8.8. There are several others. Zoom up the map a bit so you can easily pick out the multitude of quakes and aftershocks. Click in each one for the details. I don’t know if there are several stations they get info from, or if each icon is a different quake.

From the website, details of the 8.8:

RSOE Emergency and Disaster Information Service
Budapest, Hungary

Summary

A massive magnitude-8.8 earthquake struck near the coast of south-central Chile early on Saturday, shaking buildings and causing blackouts in parts of the capital Santiago, 200 miles away. A tsunami warning was issued for Chile and Peru by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, and a tsunami watch was issued for Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica and Antarctica. Soon after, the U.S. Geological Survey said the quake had generated a tsunami that may have been destructive along the Chilean coast near the epicenter. The USGS said the earthquake struck 56 miles northeast of the city of Concepcion at a depth of 34 miles at 3:34 a.m./1:34 EST. Its magnitude was initially reported at 8.3 then 8.5. An earthquake of magnitude 8 or over is classified as a “great” earthquake that can cause “tremendous damage,” according to the USGS website. The earthquake that devastated Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince on January 12 was rated at magnitude 7.0.

They show 214 dead.


68 posted on 02/27/2010 4:50:07 PM PST by bigheadfred (BE WHO YOU ARE. SAY WHAT YOU FEEL. Those who matter don't mind.Those who mind don't matter)
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To: bigheadfred

Thanks!


71 posted on 02/27/2010 4:57:39 PM PST by Las Vegas Ron ("Because without America, there is no free world" - Canada Free Press - MSM, where are you?)
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