Posted on 04/01/2014 5:27:30 PM PDT by Mad Dawgg
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A massive magnitude 8.0 earthquake on Tuesday off the coast of Chile, near the mining port of Iquique, sparked a tsunami warning for all of Latin America's Pacific coast, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.
"An earthquake of this size has the potential to generate a destructive tsunami that can strike coastlines near the epicenter within minutes and more distant coastlines within hours," it said.
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Surf’s up, dude!
OBSERVATIONS OF TSUNAMI ACTIVITY - UPDATED
IPSL.org 2m
Chile quake - IPSL team on the Galápagos have evacuated students. First tsunami waves expected at midnight. All IPSL students are safe.
Maybe they will find the Malaysian airliner surfing on the tsunami!
Yes the Padres are losing to the Dodgers.
CNN news reader just asked if the recent quakes in Los Angles are connected to the quake tonight in Chile...
Landslides block roads as quake off Chile triggers tsunami alert and coastal evacuation http://bbc.in/1i1kD4D pic.twitter.com/hCqqTsRNag
Geogliph hillside figures, old silver mines, Southern Peru Copper, no water to speak of, rough country. Fortunately no big cities I could see on your map. A lot of stone houses which is not too good. A couple of big active volcanos. Prayers, the people in country like that have hard enough lives.
TWITTER:
NOW; areas to be evacuated in the city of Viña del Mar, Tsunami alarms are Sounding
Ask the buffalo that are stampeding from Yellowstone. They seem to know.
The buffalo are smarter than CNN...
BBC World Service 2m
Second wave of Tsunami expected in next ten minutes says BBC DelosReyes on BBCNewsday
Even if it was a 6000 year cycle, and it had been 6400 years, the likelihood of it occurring during our lifetime would probably be the same.
TWEET:
Nicole 4m
Developing: Tsunami waves expected in Talcahuano in 5 minutes
No more than usual.
An 8 pointer is really bad.
No argument there.
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Tweet from Tifani Roberts/Univision:
Tifani Roberts 2m
NOAA: “Sea level readings indicate a tsunami was generated.. It may have been destructive along coasts
And now everyone who has hoped NYC would be nuked by the Muzzies can apologize as well.
You do know that there are more conservatives in California than most other states, don’t you?
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