Earthquake in Chile

[OakLeaf]

So glad you're safe! Keeping Chile ... and Haiti ... in my thoughts.

[Zen]

I have never ever heard of a quake of this magnitude.
Certainly makes you think twice about complaining about snow.

That must have been terrifying.

[Trek420]

Chilepepper!!! Yay! Thanks for checking in. Yes, quakes can be terrifying. Hug your boy for us.

[KnottedYet]

Well, the e.q. generated 1ft additional waves should be hitting Seattle right now.

Sirens haven't gone off (I'm a couple hundred yards from shore), so I assume the wave increase is per predictions.

I love me those NOAA scientists! This kind of accuracy was so far beyond our technology back when I was in college and learning about tectonics.

[7rider]

I love me those NOAA scientists!

<<cough, cough>>
Thanks.
(No, I'm not one of those, but I know and work with lots of 'em)

[KnottedYet]

<<cough, cough>>
Thanks.
(No, I'm not one of those, but I know and work with lots of 'em)

I love you, and your coworkers!! Kiss, kiss!! You guys rock!

[7rider]

I have never ever heard of a quake of this magnitude.

The December 26, 2004 earthquake off Indonesia that triggered that tsunami was a 9.0.
Both are dam big.
Glad you're okay.
We have a cycling friend who recently retired to Chile. We're still waiting to hear word from him.

ETA: Just heard from our friend. He, too, was shaken, but he, family and friends are fine. Whew!

[snapdragen]

The Alaskan earthquake in 1964 was huge too, 9.2. The resulting tsunami hit Crescent City California and devastated the downtown area. Scary stuff.

[Zen]

The Alaskan earthquake in 1964 was huge too, 9.2..

I didn't know it was that big.
We moved to Anchorage right after that, they still hadn't rebuilt the schools so we had to go to school in shifts, some in the AM and some in the afternoon.
Six year old Zen was very nervous about earthquakes.

[OakLeaf]

According to The Guardian, this was tied for the fifth strongest earthquake in history.

DH did a little googling about how they determine the magnitude of quakes before modern seismographs... from what he read, they look at geological evidence of the tectonic shift and extrapolate the magnitude of the quakes by comparison to the shifts in more recent, accurately measured quakes.

But 7rider knew that. Love y'all too!

It is abit worrisome that there has been sufficient earthquake activity, including the Haiti disaster in the past few months.

More than a bit.

[maillotpois]

Wow Oak - that is a fascinating article.

[Trek420]

I forget how that exponential thang goes Is an 8.00 100x more than a 7.0 like the one that leveled Haiti? Think so.

Thoughts and prayers to the families of those lost or missing in Chile. Yet it really says something about the infrastructure and preparation of Chile compared with the poverty in Haiti. And that it could have been much worse. Buildings and bridges can and will be rebuilt, thousands of lives are irreplaceable.

http://www.tsunami.org