Magnitude 8.0 quake off Chile sparks tsunami warning along Latin America's Pacific coast

Yahoo News ^ | 4-1-2014

[SueRae]

Whoa. I hadn’t seen that. Animals can sense these (low frequency disturbances? Either way, the buffalo has been around a lot longer than me. If they are moving, I’d trust their instinct. My prayers for those along coastal Chile and adjacent areas. They’re a few time zones away from here on the East and I hope they have safe passage in the daylight. God, please protect those on the sea.

[null and void]

another Chilean EQ thread

[SkyPilot]

Very short phone video at this link, just shows a street at night and people feeling quake.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/strong-earthquake-hits-off-chile/story?id=23151710

Scroll down a bit for video.

[SkyPilot]

[Myrddin]

It ususally erupts every 60,000 years. It has now been 64,000 years.

Every 600,000 years...and it has been 640,000 years. Off by a factor of 10 years. We're still 40,000 years late. I'm 150 miles from Yellowstone (SW).

[Vinylly]

We’ve been getting quite a few earthquakes lately. An 8 pointer is really bad.

[blam]

Well....

12 Signs That Something Big Is Happening To The Earth’s Crust Under North And South America

[SamAdams76]

Are you serious?

[TheArizona]

The statement was not meant to be taken literally. But if it were lets examine it. Most of the people that would be affected by such an event would enjoy watching any like minded freeper die a slow painful death. Such people regard us as lunatics, religious nuts, gun nuts. Our desire for a limited unobtrusive government with low taxes and few regulations is somehow seen as racist sexist bigoted and homophobic. It is seen as insensitive and uncaring. And the dangerous people that have been brainwashed and conditioned to think this way are all to ready hand over their liberty and liberty of their families and their neighbors and the liberty of 100s of millions of people they do not know. It would sadden me the loss of innocent life especially children. However, many believe that a super quake will one day wipe out the west coast. I just hope in the great tragedy something good comes of it.

[Rushmore Rocks]

I stand corrected. Thanks for the clarification.

My keyboard fingers often work with more rapidity than this aging mind.

[Sarah Barracuda]

Our dogs(A Pomeranian/Maltese mix and a Shih Tzu) didnt give us any warning of the quake a few weeks ago, not a peep, actually totally normal, when the quake hit they ran under the table LOL..some dogs will give you advance warning like jump on you and start barking, but that can be confused with “I gotta go outside and do my business” so sometimes its hard to tell

[Cruz_West_Paul2016]

if the west coast gets hit by sunami waves,will Harry Reid blame any damages on the Koch brothers?

[Sarah Barracuda]

I say we sacrifice Pelosi to the Tsunami..it would probably puke water guts

[lonevoice]

freak

[tcrlaf]

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 003 PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS ISSUED AT 0034Z 02 APR 2014 THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS...EXCEPT ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA... WASHINGTON...OREGON AND CALIFORNIA. ... A TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH ARE IN EFFECT ... NOTE REVISED MAGNITUDE OF 8.2 A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CHILE / PERU / ECUADOR A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR COLOMBIA / PANAMA / COSTA RICA / NICARAGUA / EL SALVADOR FOR ALL OTHER AREAS COVERED BY THIS BULLETIN... IT IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY AT THIS TIME. 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 - 2347Z 01 APR 2014 COORDINATES - 19.8 SOUTH 70.8 WEST DEPTH - 10 KM LOCATION - NEAR THE COAST OF NORTHERN CHILE MAGNITUDE - 8.2 MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER ------------------- ----- ------ ----- --------------- ----- MATARANI PE 17.0S 72.1W 0021Z 0.53M / 1.7FT 24MIN ARICA CL 18.5S 70.3W 0014Z 0.93M / 3.1FT 28MIN PATACHE CL 20.8S 70.2W 0015Z 1.51M / 5.0FT 10MIN IQUIQUE CL 20.2S 70.1W 0005Z 2.11M / 6.9FT 12MIN PISAGUA CL 19.6S 70.2W 0004Z 1.73M / 5.7FT 12MIN LAT - LATITUDE (N-NORTH, S-SOUTH) LON - LONGITUDE (E-EAST, W-WEST) TIME - TIME OF THE MEASUREMENT (Z IS UTC IS GREENWICH TIME) AMPL - TSUNAMI AMPLITUDE MEASURED RELATIVE TO NORMAL SEA LEVEL. IT IS ...NOT... CREST-TO-TROUGH WAVE HEIGHT. VALUES ARE GIVEN IN BOTH METERS(M) AND FEET(FT). PER - PERIOD OF TIME IN MINUTES(MIN) FROM ONE WAVE TO THE NEXT. EVALUATION SEA LEVEL READINGS INDICATE A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. IT MAY HAVE BEEN DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS NEAR THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER AND COULD ALSO BE A THREAT TO MORE DISTANT COASTS. AUTHORITIES SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS POSSIBILITY. THIS CENTER WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR SEA LEVEL DATA TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT AND SEVERITY OF THE THREAT. FOR ALL AREAS - WHEN NO MAJOR WAVES ARE OBSERVED FOR TWO HOURS AFTER THE ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL OR DAMAGING WAVES HAVE NOT OCCURRED FOR AT LEAST TWO HOURS THEN LOCAL AUTHORITIES CAN ASSUME THE THREAT IS PASSED. DANGER TO BOATS AND COASTAL STRUCTURES CAN CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS DUE TO RAPID CURRENTS. AS LOCAL CONDITIONS CAN CAUSE A WIDE VARIATION IN TSUNAMI WAVE ACTION THE ALL CLEAR DETERMINATION MUST BE MADE BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES. ESTIMATED INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE ARRIVAL TIMES AT FORECAST POINTS WITHIN THE WARNING AND WATCH AREAS ARE GIVEN BELOW. ACTUAL ARRIVAL TIMES MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE TIME BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR. LOCATION FORECAST POINT COORDINATES ARRIVAL TIME -------------------------------- ------------ ------------ CHILE IQUIQUE 20.2S 289.9E 0002Z 02 APR ARICA 18.5S 289.7E 0011Z 02 APR ANTOFAGASTA 23.3S 289.6E 0017Z 02 APR CALDERA 27.1S 289.2E 0046Z 02 APR COQUIMBO 29.9S 288.6E 0111Z 02 APR VALPARAISO 33.0S 288.4E 0135Z 02 APR TALCAHUANO 36.7S 286.9E 0219Z 02 APR CORRAL 39.8S 286.5E 0251Z 02 APR GOLFO_DE_PENAS 47.1S 285.1E 0403Z 02 APR EASTER_ISLAND 27.1S 250.6E 0532Z 02 APR PUERTO_MONTT 41.5S 287.0E 0546Z 02 APR PERU MOLLENDO 17.1S 288.0E 0021Z 02 APR SAN_JUAN 15.3S 284.8E 0039Z 02 APR LA_PUNTA 12.1S 282.8E 0131Z 02 APR TALARA 4.6S 278.5E 0218Z 02 APR CHIMBOTE 9.0S 281.2E 0225Z 02 APR PIMENTAL 6.9S 280.0E 0250Z 02 APR ECUADOR LA_LIBERTAD 2.2S 278.8E 0239Z 02 APR ESMERELDAS 1.2N 280.2E 0327Z 02 APR BALTRA_ISLAND 0.5S 269.7E 0429Z 02 APR COLOMBIA TUMACO 1.8N 281.1E 0346Z 02 APR BAHIA_SOLANO 6.3N 282.6E 0417Z 02 APR BUENAVENTURA 3.8N 282.8E 0433Z 02 APR PANAMA PUERTO_PINA 7.4N 282.0E 0427Z 02 APR PUNTA_MALA 7.5N 280.0E 0429Z 02 APR PUNTA_BURICA 8.0N 277.1E 0441Z 02 APR COSTA RICA CABO_MATAPALO 8.4N 276.7E 0441Z 02 APR PUERTO_QUEPOS 9.4N 275.8E 0514Z 02 APR CABO_SAN_ELENA 10.9N 274.0E 0531Z 02 APR NICARAGUA SAN_JUAN_DL_SUR 11.2N 274.1E 0557Z 02 APR PUERTO_SANDINO 12.2N 273.2E 0609Z 02 APR CORINTO 12.5N 272.8E 0609Z 02 APR EL SALVADOR ACAJUTLA 13.6N 270.2E 0628Z 02 APR BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. THE TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THE U.S. NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE PRODUCTS FOR ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...WASHINGTON...OREGON...CALIFORNIA.

[advertising guy]

brilliant !

[tcrlaf]

OOPS..
I can never get these things forecasted right.

IN SHORT, a Tsunami wave has been detected.

[captmar-vell]

prayers for the folks in the path,

[Ingtar]

Buffalo trying to get out of Yellowstone would need weeks or months to get far enough away. Scratch that, most likely they would need help from the Muslim Outreachers in Florida.

[tcrlaf]

ESTIMATED INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE ARRIVAL TIMES AT FORECAST POINTS
WITHIN THE WARNING AND WATCH AREAS ARE GIVEN BELOW. ACTUAL
ARRIVAL TIMES MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE
LARGEST. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE TIME BETWEEN
SUCCESSIVE WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.

LOCATION FORECAST POINT COORDINATES ARRIVAL TIME
———————————————— —————— ——————
CHILE IQUIQUE 20.2S 289.9E 0002Z 02 APR
ARICA 18.5S 289.7E 0011Z 02 APR
ANTOFAGASTA 23.3S 289.6E 0017Z 02 APR
CALDERA 27.1S 289.2E 0046Z 02 APR
COQUIMBO 29.9S 288.6E 0111Z 02 APR
VALPARAISO 33.0S 288.4E 0135Z 02 APR
TALCAHUANO 36.7S 286.9E 0219Z 02 APR
CORRAL 39.8S 286.5E 0251Z 02 APR
GOLFO_DE_PENAS 47.1S 285.1E 0403Z 02 APR
EASTER_ISLAND 27.1S 250.6E 0532Z 02 APR
PUERTO_MONTT 41.5S 287.0E 0546Z 02 APR
PERU MOLLENDO 17.1S 288.0E 0021Z 02 APR
SAN_JUAN 15.3S 284.8E 0039Z 02 APR
LA_PUNTA 12.1S 282.8E 0131Z 02 APR
TALARA 4.6S 278.5E 0218Z 02 APR
CHIMBOTE 9.0S 281.2E 0225Z 02 APR
PIMENTAL 6.9S 280.0E 0250Z 02 APR
ECUADOR LA_LIBERTAD 2.2S 278.8E 0239Z 02 APR
ESMERELDAS 1.2N 280.2E 0327Z 02 APR
BALTRA_ISLAND 0.5S 269.7E 0429Z 02 APR
COLOMBIA TUMACO 1.8N 281.1E 0346Z 02 APR
BAHIA_SOLANO 6.3N 282.6E 0417Z 02 APR
BUENAVENTURA 3.8N 282.8E 0433Z 02 APR
PANAMA PUERTO_PINA 7.4N 282.0E 0427Z 02 APR
PUNTA_MALA 7.5N 280.0E 0429Z 02 APR
PUNTA_BURICA 8.0N 277.1E 0441Z 02 APR
COSTA RICA CABO_MATAPALO 8.4N 276.7E 0441Z 02 APR
PUERTO_QUEPOS 9.4N 275.8E 0514Z 02 APR
CABO_SAN_ELENA 10.9N 274.0E 0531Z 02 APR
NICARAGUA SAN_JUAN_DL_SUR 11.2N 274.1E 0557Z 02 APR
PUERTO_SANDINO 12.2N 273.2E 0609Z 02 APR
CORINTO 12.5N 272.8E 0609Z 02 APR
EL SALVADOR ACAJUTLA 13.6N 270.2E 0628Z 02 APR

BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.
THE TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE.