Chile Earthquake

[Ash]

http://www.aolnews.com/world/articl...s.com/world/article/chile-earthquake/19376192

 

[Aqua Sanctuary]

... What in the world is going on, all these earthquakes. This is horrible.

 

[bitteraspects]

yeah, ive been spending the morning calling friends and family here in hawaii who live down at sea level warning them about the potential tsunami.

 

[TTTT]

is it as bad as haiti?

 

[bitteraspects]

worse.
the one in Haiti was a 7.0
the one this morning in Chile was an 8.8

To put it in a little bit of perspective, the 7.0 earthquake in Haiti has a seismic energy yield of 32 megatons, while this 8.8 earthquake measures more than 5.6 gig tons. There aren't many earthquakes that have been measured in the history of measuring these quakes, which includes an 8.5 in Sumatra, Indonesia in 2007, a 9.2 that happened in Anchorage in 1964, a 9.5 in Chile during 1960, and a 9.0 in Portugal back in 1755. That is it for earthquakes that have hit land that have measured above 8.5, but there were probably more that came along back before the measurements were put into place. It really puts into perspective what has just taken place in Chile

 

[Lupin]

Hawaii is apparently bracing for a tsunami anytime soon. Just got the news at Yahoo homepage. It happened to Japan before when Chile was struck by earthquake and tsunami carried a thousand miles across Pacific Ocean.

 

[bitteraspects]

yup. the sirens just went off about 10 minutes ago. people are all rushing to the stores for supplies.

http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20100227/BREAKING01/100227015/1352

luckily im up here on a mountain

 

[Warborg]

This isn't good

 

[Gr8KarmaSF]

4 more hours and it hits Hawaii. Just got off the phone with friends and family, they are all evacuating heading for higher ground. At least they have some notice but the gridlock must be insane!!!

 

[bitteraspects]

yeah, traffic is starting to get pretty bad.
luckily, theyre saying that the wave will likely only be around 39" max when it hits oahu. but we will see.
keeping our fingers crossed.

i already have my generators and DC backup pumps out and ready just in case