[Zakeet]

Juan Fernandez Island was the place where Alexander Selkirk was stranded. His story would become the inspiration for Robinson Crusoe.

You should also be advised the source's server is apparently having some bandwidth issues.

[codercpc]

How populous is that island?

[rintense]

Wow...

[mylife]

Holy Crap!

Prayers up for the good people of Chile.

[Godebert]

I don’t think this report has been confirmed.

[mware]

The islands are mainly known for having been the home to the sailor Alexander Selkirk for four years, which may have inspired the novel Robinson Crusoe.

The islands have an area of 181 km2 (70 sq mi), of which 93 km2 (36 sq mi) are taken up by Robinson Crusoe (together with Santa Clara), and 33 km2 (13 sq mi) by Alexander Selkirk.

The population is 633 (all on Robinson Crusoe); of those 598 reside in the capital, San Juan Bautista, on Cumberland Bay on the north coast of the island (2002 census).

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Zakeet.

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[P.O.E.]

Prayers up.

[KarlInOhio]

Any reports on the exact time it hit so we can see how fast it is moving from the epicenter?

[BlueDragon]

here's a link that will avoid clogging USGS servershttp://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/27/latest-updates-on-earthquake-in-chile/

THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS…EXCEPT ALASKA…BRITISH COLUMBIA… WASHINGTON…OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.

9:38 a.m. |The Tsunami Warning,
[from http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/?region=1

The bulletin says: SEA LEVEL READINGS CONFIRM THAT A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED WHICH COULD CAUSE WIDESPREAD DAMAGE. AUTHORITIES SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS THREAT. THIS CENTER WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR SEA LEVEL DATA TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT AND SEVERITY OF THE THREAT.

A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR: CHILE / PERU / ECUADOR / COLOMBIA / ANTARCTICA / PANAMA / COSTA RICA / NICARAGUA / PITCAIRN / HONDURAS / EL SALVADOR / GUATEMALA / FR. POLYNESIA / MEXICO / COOK ISLANDS / KIRIBATI / KERMADEC IS / NIUE / NEW ZEALAND / TONGA / AMERICAN SAMOA / SAMOA / JARVIS IS. / WALLIS-FUTUNA / TOKELAU / FIJI / AUSTRALIA / HAWAII / PALMYRA IS. / TUVALU / VANUATU / HOWLAND-BAKER / NEW CALEDONIA / JOHNSTON IS. / SOLOMON IS. / NAURU / MARSHALL IS. / MIDWAY IS. / KOSRAE / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / POHNPEI / WAKE IS. / CHUUK / RUSSIA / MARCUS IS. / INDONESIA / N. MARIANAS / GUAM / YAP / BELAU / JAPAN / PHILIPPINES / CHINESE TAIPEI

[Scotsman will be Free]

An obvious example of global warming.

[SlowBoat407]

We’re getting this news from “Hollywood Backstage”??

Any celebrities injured?

[oldleft]

130 feet?!? If true, that’s a monster, one of the largest, if not he largest, ever recorded. They need to evacuate ALL the beaches in Mexico and Hawaii right now and wait until the threat passes before reopening them.

For reference, the tsunami in Thailand was about 20 feet.

[DollyCali]

[SkyPilot]

A wave of 130 feet is of Biblical proportions. A 100 foot wave is the size of a 10 story building.

Upon hearing of the magnitude of this quake, I pondered how the Richter scale is logarithmic, and not linear.

Most of the reporters who seem to be covering this quake do not seem to grasp this concept. The them, an 8.8 quake is "one digit greater" than a 7.8 quake, which is one digit bigger than a 6.8 quake.

Not so. The difference in power of one gradient on the Richter scale is incredible.

[Between the Lines]

130 foot Tsunami wave has hit Juan Fernandez Island swallowing the Island

Juan Fernandez Island is very mountainous and reaches a height of 6562 feet. I doubt it was "swallowed". All of the Chilean Islands are very mountainous.

[JRios1968]

[Mr. Jeeves]

Main thread has a quote from the government on Juan Fernandez - says it was actually 3 meters/10 feet.

[Chode]

next it'll be those Evil Offshore Oil Wells fault...

[Freddd]

Oh let me give an unconfirmed report,

It was 300 feet high!

[NavyCanDo]

Will Hawaii be at High or Low Tide?