Mag. 8.3 - 55km W of Illapel, Chile

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Mag. 8.3 - 55km W of Illapel, Chile Sept 16, 2015 17:35:09 GMT -6 Nugget, kdog, and 3 more like this

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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2015 17:35:09 GMT -6

It's a BIG one!

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2015-09-16 22:54:31 (UTC)
2015-09-16 17:54:31 (UTC-05:00) in your timezone

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55km (34mi) W of Illapel, Chile
76km (47mi) WNW of Salamanca, Chile
108km (67mi) NNW of La Ligua, Chile
121km (75mi) SSW of Ovalle, Chile
232km (144mi) NNW of Santiago, Chile

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Here is hoping a lot of people weren't just casualties. It just happened, so details are scarce and so is light at this time of the day.

Deleted Deleted Member Posts: 0	Mag. 8.3 - 55km W of Illapel, Chile Sept 16, 2015 17:36:54 GMT -6 Nugget, Mystic Wanderer, and 2 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2015 17:36:54 GMT -6 Damnit.. The whole global heliplot network is down. GSN Heliplots Here is a read from latest activity in that region, also from USGS.
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Mag. 8.3 - 55km W of Illapel, Chile Sept 16, 2015 17:45:45 GMT -6 Mystic Wanderer, Glencairn, and 1 more like this

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Post by Nugget on Sept 16, 2015 17:45:45 GMT -6

Funny how networks go down in the middle of an event. I saw that a lot with the fires this summer; they'd go down for a day, and the next day you'd see just how bad it was. On better days, they didn't seem to have any problem.

Suppose it's because of too much traffic?

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Nugget Guide Writer Summa Cum Laude Posts: 2,911	Mag. 8.3 - 55km W of Illapel, Chile Sept 16, 2015 17:55:59 GMT -6 Mystic Wanderer, Glencairn, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Nugget on Sept 16, 2015 17:55:59 GMT -6 Oh,dear; Illapel has a population of 30,000. I dread hearing the reports....

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Mag. 8.3 - 55km W of Illapel, Chile Sept 16, 2015 18:11:26 GMT -6 Nugget, Mystic Wanderer, and 1 more like this

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No.. I don't think it has anything to do with traffic. Factcc.net is my site, and if you look under Natural - Quakes - Earthquakes to the Heliplots, you'll see both American and Globals are down, every station. I've watched larger events happen with those up and running fine. It is odd the net is down now.

Although I haven't been paying close enough attention to know if it went down today or a few days ago, either.

*Folks are welcome to check out my site. Don't sign up for it. Membership gets nothing, and it's a dead feature never developed. Also, that site is subject to take down without notice, and won't even be up much longer..either way. Play while its there, if you like tho. No forums or anything else like that. Just data displays.

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Mag. 8.3 - 55km W of Illapel, Chile Sept 16, 2015 18:26:17 GMT -6 Nugget, Mystic Wanderer, and 2 more like this

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From the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center:

TSUNAMI THREAT FORECAST...UPDATED
---------------------------------

* TSUNAMI WAVES REACHING MORE THAN 3 METERS ABOVE THE TIDE
LEVEL ARE POSSIBLE ALONG SOME COASTS OF

CHILE.

* TSUNAMI WAVES REACHING 1 TO 3 METERS ABOVE THE TIDE LEVEL ARE
POSSIBLE ALONG SOME COASTS OF

FRENCH POLYNESIA.

* TSUNAMI WAVES REACHING 0.3 TO 1 METERS ABOVE THE TIDE LEVEL
ARE POSSIBLE FOR SOME COASTS OF

MEXICO... ECUADOR... PERU... ANTARCTICA... JAPAN... NEW
CALEDONIA... NEW ZEALAND... MARSHALL ISLANDS... FIJI... SAMOA...
AMERICAN SAMOA... COOK ISLANDS... TOKELAU... VANUATU...
KIRIBATI... JOHNSTON ISLAND... PALMYRA ISLAND... HOWLAND AND
BAKER... TONGA... WALLIS AND FUTUNA... PITCAIRN ISLANDS...
NIUE... SOLOMON ISLANDS... RUSSIA... HAWAII... AND NW HAWAIIAN
ISLANDS.

* TSUNAMI WAVES ARE FORECAST TO BE LESS THAN 0.3 METERS ABOVE
THE TIDE LEVEL FOR THE COASTS OF

EL SALVADOR... GUATEMALA... HONDURAS... COSTA RICA...
NICARAGUA... PANAMA... COLOMBIA... AUSTRALIA... PHILIPPINES...
TAIWAN... CHINA... NORTHERN MARIANAS... GUAM... PALAU... YAP...
POHNPEI... CHUUK... KOSRAE... NAURU... WAKE ISLAND... MIDWAY
ISLAND... JARVIS ISLAND... TUVALU... PAPUA NEW GUINEA...
INDONESIA... VIETNAM... MALAYSIA... AND BRUNEI.

* ACTUAL AMPLITUDES AT THE COAST MAY VARY FROM FORECAST
AMPLITUDES DUE TO UNCERTAINTIES IN THE FORECAST AND LOCAL
FEATURES. IN PARTICULAR MAXIMUM TSUNAMI AMPLITUDES ON ATOLLS
WILL LIKELY BE MUCH SMALLER THAN THE FORECAST INDICATES.

* FOR OTHER AREAS COVERED BY THIS PRODUCT A FORECAST HAS NOT
YET BEEN COMPUTED. THE FORECAST WILL BE EXPANDED AS NECESSARY
IN SUBSEQUENT PRODUCTS.

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Mag. 8.3 - 55km W of Illapel, Chile Sept 16, 2015 18:54:51 GMT -6 Mystic Wanderer, Glencairn, and 1 more like this

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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2015 18:54:51 GMT -6

Oh.. Crap.. This one IS generating waves.

TSUNAMI OBSERVATIONS
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* THE FOLLOWING ARE TSUNAMI WAVE OBSERVATIONS FROM COASTAL
AND/OR DEEP-OCEAN SEA LEVEL GAUGES AT THE INDICATED LOCATIONS.
THE MAXIMUM TSUNAMI HEIGHT IS MEASURED WITH RESPECT TO THE
NORMAL TIDE LEVEL.

GAUGE TIME OF MAXIMUM WAVE
COORDINATES MEASURE TSUNAMI PERIOD
GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON (UTC) HEIGHT (MIN)
-------------------------------------------------------------
VALPARAISO CL ------------------- 1.62M/ 5.3FT 40
CHANARAL CL ------------------- 0.67M/ 2.2FT 34
JUAN FERNANDEZ ------------------- 0.97M/ 3.2FT 08
COQUIMBO CL ------------------- 3.11M/10.2FT 20
BUCALEMU CL ------------------- 0.46M/ 1.5FT 24
CALDERA CL ------------------- 0.50M/ 1.6FT 30
SAN ANTONIO CL ------------------- 0.86M/ 2.8FT 18
DART ------------------- 0.12M/ 0.4FT 36

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Deleted Deleted Member Posts: 0	Mag. 8.3 - 55km W of Illapel, Chile Sept 16, 2015 19:06:44 GMT -6 Nugget, Mystic Wanderer, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2015 19:06:44 GMT -6 For what it is worth in update? RSOE is showing things are settling, with progressively smaller quakes coming now. The last one was 5.0 at Coquimbo. RSOE Disaster Index

Deleted Deleted Member Posts: 0	Mag. 8.3 - 55km W of Illapel, Chile Sept 16, 2015 19:21:09 GMT -6 Mystic Wanderer and Glencairn like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2015 19:21:09 GMT -6 Tsunami Update:

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Mag. 8.3 - 55km W of Illapel, Chile Sept 16, 2015 19:29:33 GMT -6 Nugget, Mystic Wanderer, and 1 more like this

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Post by minstrel63 on Sept 16, 2015 19:29:33 GMT -6

If anyone can be conditioned to earthquakes, it would be the Chileans... imo

The country is suited to handle large impacts that might dwarf another nation, but because of the length of the nation, only affects maybe 15% at a time.

Not to downplay the severity and terror...but, my bet is on Chile surviving, and...'hope I am correct

:dunno:

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Mag. 8.3 - 55km W of Illapel, Chile Sept 16, 2015 19:34:29 GMT -6 Nugget, Mystic Wanderer, and 2 more like this

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Sept 16, 2015 19:29:33 GMT -6 minstrel63 said:

If anyone can be conditioned to earthquakes, it would be the Chileans... imo

The country is suited to handle large impacts that might dwarf another nation, but because of the length of the nation, only affects maybe 15% at a time.

Not to downplay the severity and terror...but, my bet is on Chile surviving, and...'hope I am correct

:dunno:

So far, you look correct. I'm watching between several different feeds and sources to see reports, and nothing (thus far) is suggesting more than some property damage like stores with trashed inventories and minor structural damage. Of course, it's a long long way from all areas reporting in too, I'm sure.

The news looks half way decent so far tho?

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Mag. 8.3 - 55km W of Illapel, Chile Sept 16, 2015 20:07:33 GMT -6 Nugget, Glencairn, and 1 more like this

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Post by Mystic Wanderer on Sept 16, 2015 20:07:33 GMT -6

@wrabbit2000,Nugget,dirkgently,kdog,minstrel63,

Reports of 1 dead and 15 injured at this time:

Chile's government urged residents to evacuate the coastline. The mayor of Illapel, which is near the epicenter, said on a radio broadcast that one person had been killed by a collapsing wall, and 15 others were reported injured. Some homes were damaged as well.

Looks like Hawaii could be impacted.

Hazardous tsunami waves from the quake were possible along the coasts of Chile and Peru within the next several hours, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said. A tsunami watch was also issued for Hawaii.

Peruvian authorities said waves of less than 1 meter (3 feet) could hit the country's southern shoreline at 8:30 p.m. local time (2130 ET) and urged people to avoid coastal areas.
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If tsunami waves impact Hawaii, the estimated earliest arrival time would be 3:06 a.m. Hawaii Standard Time (0906 ET) on Thursday, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.

Less than an hour after the initial earthquake, three aftershocks all greater than magnitudes 6.1 struck the region, USGS reported.

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