8.8 quake in chile, tusnami's confirmed heading to hawaii

[MrBlah]

wow that's a big one, 8.8 quake in chile, tusnami's are confirmed heading towards hawaii, will hit around 11am

there was also a 7.0 in okinawa

[SlimDizzleATL]

Madness

[GEORGIADAWG]

I heard about the one off the coast of Okimawa. I spent a good bit of time there. I hadn't heard about the one in Chile.

[MrBlah]

the chile quake is 798 times more powerful than the quake in Okinawa or the one in haiti, do you think we will rush there to help them?

[wbeck257]

the chile quake is 798 times more powerful than the quake in Okinawa or the one in haiti, do you think we will rush there to help them?

Probably not -- just cause it was bigger doesn't mean the damage will be as severe. And from the initial reports they say it was 63 times stronger than the Haiti quake, but much, much deeper.

MAG UTC DATE-TIME LATdeg LONdeg DEPTHkm Region
MAP 8.8 2010/02/27 06:34:15 -35.846 -72.719 35.0 OFFSHORE MAULE, CHILE
MAP 7.0 2010/02/26 20:31:27 25.902 128.417 22.0 RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN

The 7.0 that rocked Haiti was only 13km deep...

[MrBlah]

the pictures show massive devastation, the earth ripped open in some places

how long till obama gives more of our money away

[eddie98]

the damage might not be as bad as in Haiti, they have better infrastructure and technology but still things can come down. Hope they get the same help/response from everyone.

[MrBlah]

now they say 500 times stronger


In order to grasp the magnitude of this quake, a geophysicist, told NBC News that the quake released 500 times the energy of the haiti earthquake.

the pictures look pretty bad, as bad as haiti but they have much better building codes and they are not living as densely

[wallypiper]

Pictures of buildings that weren't damaged don't make the news. Reports are that damage is relatively light and Chile is much better equipped to handle the situation compared to Haiti which was unequipped.

[TroyBoy30]

yes no yes no yes no

[MrBlah]

Pictures of buildings that weren't damaged don't make the news. Reports are that damage is relatively light and Chile is much better equipped to handle the situation compared to Haiti which was unequipped.

what reports said light damage? Everything I've seen/heard said massive damage

[wallypiper]

There are numerous stories comparing the situation in Chile to Haiti and offering explanations of why the damage in Chile is much less than it was in Haiti. It basically boils down to better buildings and better preparedness since Chile has a history of earthquakes and a functional government, at least compared to Haiti. It's certainly a relative thing. There's lots of damage but it isn't "shut down the country, all services are gone, total collapse" sort of damage. It's localized, with Concepcion being hardest hit, instead of Santiago where the government is centered. I guess if it hadn't been for Haiti, it would look a lot worse.

[highside]

There are numerous stories comparing the situation in Chile to Haiti and offering explanations of why the damage in Chile is much less than it was in Haiti. It basically boils down to better buildings and better preparedness since Chile has a history of earthquakes and a functional government, at least compared to Haiti. It's certainly a relative thing. There's lots of damage but it isn't "shut down the country, all services are gone, total collapse" sort of damage. It's localized, with Concepcion being hardest hit, instead of Santiago where the government is centered. I guess if it hadn't been for Haiti, it would look a lot worse.

Haiti makes anything look better, unfortunately.

[jtryz]

now were heading to South america with our tax dollars going to work. wish we would spend it in medical for us and teachers........ but why when we can always be a prt of something else. :(




dont get me wrong, helping is great but we dont even help ourselves

[MrBlah]

66.6 exajoules liberated by this weekend's earthquake in Chile: NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory says that days will now be shorter because the quake shifted Earth's axis by three inches.

The change—which can only be measured thanks to computer models—will result in days that are 1.26 microseconds shorter than before. That's 0.00000126 seconds shorter. There may have been more visible changes, like islands changing its position. One of them, Santa María, may have raised two meters after the shattering land move.

[jtryz]

thats alot of info, does it make any real change