Major quake off the coast of Chile JUST NOW (7.0)

[nadinbrzezinski]

Last edited Sun Mar 16, 2014, 07:43 PM - Edit history (1)

Event Time

2014-03-16 21:17:32 UTC
2014-03-16 16:17:32 UTC-05:00 at epicenter
2014-03-16 14:17:32 UTC-07:00 system time
Location

19.900°S 70.700°W depth=33.0km (20.5mi)

Nearby Cities

68km (42mi) WNW of Iquique, Chile
163km (101mi) SSW of Arica, Chile
215km (134mi) SSW of Tacna, Peru
248km (154mi) NNW of Tocopilla, Chile
462km (287mi) SW of La Paz, Bolivia
Related Links

Additional earthquake information for Chile
View location in Google Maps
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/

EMAIl

M7.0 - NEAR THE COAST OF TARAPACA, CHILE

Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude 7.0
Date-Time
16 Mar 2014 21:16:33 UTC
16 Mar 2014 16:16:33 near epicenter
16 Mar 2014 13:16:33 standard time in your timezone
Location 19.842S 70.569W
Depth 35 km
Distances
61 km (37 mi) NW of Iquique, Chile
153 km (94 mi) S of Arica, Chile
206 km (127 mi) S of Tacna, Peru
252 km (156 mi) N of Tocopilla, Chile
449 km (278 mi) SW of La Paz, Bolivia
Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 0.0 km; Vertical 1.9 km
Parameters Nph = 71; Dmin = 279.5 km; Rmss = 1.32 seconds; Gp = 59°
Version = B
Event ID us c000ndnj

[hrmjustin]

1. On twitter it says 7.0.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. Yeah, it is just getting that info

from the new interface is a pain. Once I get the email, will update the full info

The good news, Chile has a high resiliency status, due to advanced engineering.

[hrmjustin]

3. It also said tsunami not likely.

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. Good, I got this straight from my App

It chirped with both USGS and their own earthquake agency.

[hrmjustin]

5. I follow Earthquakes Tsunamis on twitter.

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. On my own, I do

but the feed I have opened is the work feed right now. So I just added USGS

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. Following a #terremotochile right now

preventive evacuation of low lying areas in the north for possible local tsunami

Ricardo Ospina ‏@ricarospina 4m
Hay evacuación preventiva de poblaciones costeras en norte de Chile ante posible tsunami tras terremoto 7 grados en O. Pacífico @bluradioco
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[nadinbrzezinski]

7. And right on time, from the Tsunami center

000
WEPA42 PHEB 162123
TIBPAC

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 2123Z 16 MAR 2014

THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC
OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS...EXCEPT ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...
WASHINGTON...OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.

... TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN ...

THIS BULLETIN IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY.

THIS BULLETIN IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. ONLY
NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE
DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND
ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 2117Z 16 MAR 2014
COORDINATES - 19.9 SOUTH 70.7 WEST
DEPTH - 33 KM
LOCATION - NEAR THE COAST OF NORTHERN CHILE
MAGNITUDE - 7.0

EVALUATION

NO DESTRUCTIVE WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI THREAT EXISTS BASED ON
HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DATA.

HOWEVER - EARTHQUAKES OF THIS SIZE SOMETIMES GENERATE LOCAL
TSUNAMIS THAT CAN BE DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS LOCATED WITHIN
A HUNDRED KILOMETERS OF THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. AUTHORITIES
IN THE REGION OF THE EPICENTER SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS
POSSIBILITY AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE PRODUCTS
FOR ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...WASHINGTON...OREGON...CALIFORNIA.

[Cleita]

9. Fortunately, it's a sparsely populated area. eom

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. And good engineering

[seveneyes]

11. And 20 miles deep

Helps spread it around a bit before terra firma.

[nadinbrzezinski]

12. Many, many things

right now following the twitter. And apart of the usual... and evacuations of low lying areas for a minor possible local tsunami, no reports of damage. Twitter can be really useful

[nadinbrzezinski]

13. And while possible, this is irresponsible

Reportero Para CNN ‏@SosVenezuelaCNN 2m
RT@INFORMADORCHILE: ESTE PODRÍA SER UN PRECURSOR DE UN GRAN TERREMOTO EN EL NORTE DE CHILE 7.0 MG ALERTA DE TSUNAMI pic.twitter.com/tpwyTfgTWO

This could be a precursor to a greater quake in the north of chile, local alert for tsunami.

Yes, it is possible. And here in San Diego, every time we have Professor Abbott explain this on the TV, for as long as I remember. but over the twitter, at 144 characters...

Professor Abbott is a geologist at SDSU.

[sad-cafe]

14. Kansas had one too

and that is inside the USA

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. Tsunami Alert Two

000
WEPA42 PHEB 162226
TIBPAC

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 002
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 2226Z 16 MAR 2014

THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC
OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS...EXCEPT ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...
WASHINGTON...OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.

... TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN ...

THIS BULLETIN IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY.

THIS BULLETIN IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. ONLY
NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE
DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND
ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS
NOTE REVISED MAGNITUDE.

ORIGIN TIME - 2117Z 16 MAR 2014
COORDINATES - 19.9 SOUTH 70.6 WEST
DEPTH - 20 KM
LOCATION - NEAR THE COAST OF NORTHERN CHILE
MAGNITUDE - 6.7

MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY

GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER
------------------- ----- ------ ----- --------------- -----
PATACHE CL 20.8S 70.2W 2152Z 0.28M / 0.9FT 06MIN
PISAGUA CL 19.6S 70.2W 2146Z 0.16M / 0.5FT 06MIN
IQUIQUE CL 20.2S 70.1W 2141Z 0.17M / 0.5FT 06MIN

LAT - LATITUDE (N-NORTH, S-SOUTH)
LON - LONGITUDE (E-EAST, W-WEST)
TIME - TIME OF THE MEASUREMENT (Z IS UTC IS GREENWICH TIME)
AMPL - TSUNAMI AMPLITUDE MEASURED RELATIVE TO NORMAL SEA LEVEL.
IT IS ...NOT... CREST-TO-TROUGH WAVE HEIGHT.
VALUES ARE GIVEN IN BOTH METERS(M) AND FEET(FT).
PER - PERIOD OF TIME IN MINUTES(MIN) FROM ONE WAVE TO THE NEXT.

EVALUATION

SEA LEVEL READINGS INDICATE A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. IT MAY HAVE
BEEN DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS WITHIN 200 KM of THE EARTHQUAKE
EPICENTER. FOR THOSE AREAS - WHEN NO MAJOR WAVES ARE OBSERVED FOR
TWO HOURS AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE THEN LOCAL AUTHORITIES CAN ASSUME
THE THREAT IS PASSED. DANGER TO BOATS AND COASTAL STRUCTURES CAN
CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS DUE TO THE RAPID CURRENTS. AS LOCAL
CONDITIONS CAN CAUSE A WIDE VARIATION IN TSUNAMI WAVE ACTION THE
ALL CLEAR DETERMINATION MUST BE MADE BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES.

NO TSUNAMI THREAT EXISTS FOR OTHER COASTAL AREAS IN THE PACIFIC
ALTHOUGH SOME OTHER AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE SMALL NON-DESTRUCTIVE
SEA LEVEL CHANGES LASTING UP TO SEVERAL HOURS.
THIS WILL BE THE FINAL BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE PRODUCTS
FOR ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...WASHINGTON...OREGON...CALIFORNIA.

[malaise]

16. Damn

Hope there was very little damage on land

[nadinbrzezinski]

17. From the twitter feed there was none reported

but they were wise to evacuate, as there was a local tsunami generated 

[malaise]

18. It's always wise to evacuate

Better safe than dead

[nadinbrzezinski]

19. Chile has an extremely robust civil defense apparatus

we could take lessons to be honest

[malaise]

20. Most people in our hemisphere have borrowed from the Cuban

model. Chile is up there with the best of plans.

[nadinbrzezinski]

21. Mexico borrowed from FEMA

and then improved on it.



Another place that we could now take lessons from

[nadinbrzezinski]

22. photo of evacuations in Chile

:large

[Brother Buzz]

23. Smart edit

Looked like you were Hell-bent on pooping in your own litter box