Tsunami alert as Chile hit by powerful earthquake

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Post by hanoz » Wed, Sep 16, 2015, 11:29 PM UTC

Tsunami alert as Chile hit by powerful earthquake
bbc.co.uk

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#2

Post by crorella » Wed, Sep 16, 2015, 11:43 PM UTC

A video from ~600KMs south of the epicenter. https://twitter.com/jorge_cerda_/status/644284954923417605

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Post by brobinson » Wed, Sep 16, 2015, 11:51 PM UTC

crorella wrote: post #2

A video from ~600KMs south of the epicenter. https://twitter.com/jorge_cerda_/status/644284954923417605

Direct link: https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/644284669375197184/pu/v...

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Post by henpa » Wed, Sep 16, 2015, 11:54 PM UTC

I live on a 11th floor apartment in Sao Paulo, Brazil (near Av. Paulista), and I felt this quake very slightly! It was very subtle and I thought first that I was just feeling dizzy or something. Then I searched for "terremoto" (earthquake in spanish) on Twitter and then I found a bunch of posts. Isn't it crazy that I could feel this from over here?

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Post by acdanger » Wed, Sep 16, 2015, 11:54 PM UTC

It's now being reported as an 8.3 earthquake, not 7.9/7.3 as reported in the article.

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Post by Scoundreller » Wed, Sep 16, 2015, 11:56 PM UTC

USGS Event page here: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20003k7a#...

Edit: Magnitude 6.4 aftershock event page here: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20003k7w#...

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Post by Scoundreller » Wed, Sep 16, 2015, 11:57 PM UTC

Not a bad idea to setup an email alert at the USGS Earthquake Notification Service for your area if you're in a coastal location:

https://sslearthquake.usgs.gov/ens/

(or if you're not and want to get news of this kind of thing sooner)

Has anyone created an app that checks against your phone's GPS location automatically?

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Post by austenallred » Thu, Sep 17, 2015, 12:00 AM UTC

crorella wrote: post #2

A video from ~600KMs south of the epicenter. https://twitter.com/jorge_cerda_/status/644284954923417605

Another from CNN Chile https://twitter.com/grasswire/status/644292083423928320

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Post by henpa » Thu, Sep 17, 2015, 12:02 AM UTC

henpa wrote: post #4

I live on a 11th floor apartment in Sao Paulo, Brazil (near Av. Paulista), and I felt this quake very slightly! It was very subtle and I thought first that I was just feeling dizzy or something. Then I searched for "terremoto" (earthquake in spanish) on Twitter and then I found a bunch of posts. Isn't it crazy that I could feel this from over here?

According to Google Maps, I'm approx 2500 kilometers (1600 miles) from the epicenter.

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Post by rndn » Thu, Sep 17, 2015, 12:03 AM UTC

As always, TheEarthquakeGuy provides clear and up-to-date information on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/3l8fse/79magnitu...