Earthquake, estimated at magnitude 8.0, recorded 83 kilometers NW of Chile

[Hissyspit]

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Source: NBC News

@BreakingNews: Major earthquake, estimated at magnitude 8.0, recorded 83 kilometers northwest of Iquique, Chile - @USGS http://t.co/LXG71O2CQi

CNN Breaking News - 8.0-magnitude quake strikes off Chile's coast, USGS says. Tsunami warning issued for Chile, Peru and Ecuador. Reply STOP 2 unsub

Read more: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/at00n3dm1y#summary

[Duckhunter935]

1. thats a big un

[jwirr]

2. The last one they had was about that big also.

[happyslug]

15. Chile gets at about one earthquake a year greater then 6.0

Chile

1730 07 08 - Valparaiso, Chile - M 8.7 Fatalities 5
1835 02 20 - Concepcion, Chile - M 8.2 Fatalities 500
1868 08 13 - Arica, Peru (now Chile) - M 9.0 Fatalities 25,000
1877 05 10 - Offshore Tarapaca, Chile - M 8.3 Fatalities 34
1906 08 17 - Valparaiso, Chile - M 8.2 Fatalities 3,882
1922 11 11 - Chile-Argentina Border - M 8.5
1928 12 01 - Talca, Chile - M 7.6 Fatalities 225
1939 01 25 - Chillan, Chile - M 7.8 Fatalities 28,000
1943 04 06 - Illapel - Salamanca, Chile - M 8.2 Fatalities 25
1960 05 21 - Arauco Peninsula, Chile - M 7.9
1960 05 22 - Chile - M 9.5 Fatalities 1,655
1965 02 23 - Taltal, Chile - M 7.0 Fatalities 1
1965 03 28 - La Ligua, Chile - M 7.4 Fatalities 400
1971 07 09 - Valparaiso region, Chile - M 7.5 Fatalities 90
1985 03 03 - offshore Valparaiso, Chile - M 7.8 Fatalities 177
1998 01 30 - Near Coast of Northern Chile - M 7.1
2002 06 18 - Chile-Argentina Border Region - M 6.6
2003 06 20 - Near the Coast of Central Chile - M 6.8
2004 05 03 - Bio-Bio, Chile - M 6.6
2005 06 13 - Tarapaca, Chile - M 7.8 Fatalities 11
2007 11 14 - Antofagasta, Chile - M 7.7 Fatalities 2
2007 12 16 - Antofagasta, Chile - M 6.7
2008 02 04 - Tarapaca, Chile - M 6.3
2009 11 13 - Offshore Tarapaca, Chile - M 6.5
2010 02 27 - Offshore Bio-Bio, Chile - M 8.8 Fatalities 547

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/world/historical_country.php#chile

[SunSeeker]

3. Brutal. Tsunami warnings have been issued for Chile, Peru and Ecuador.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/01/chile-earthquake-2014_n_5073081.html

[Dustlawyer]

4. Were they Fracking nearby?

[longship]

10. What in the Sam Hell are you suggesting?

That somebody's fracking in the midst of the Pacific Ocean?

Or that all earthquakes, all over the world are generated by... fracking?

Both of these propositions are ridiculous.

Earthquake! Aha! Fracking!
Really?

Sorry. But this meme needs to die.

[Renew Deal]

11. Was it the Bush Earthquake Machine?

[longship]

14. I thought I heard it was the Japanese mafia.

Or maybe they control just the weather.

One never knows with these things. So many conspiracies. Hard to keep track of them all.

Myself, I am with David Icke. I think it's all lizard aliens. Or, just maybe the Illuminati.

ARRRRGH! Can't stand it anymore. They're everywhere!

:runaroundwithhaironfire:

[aggiesal]

21. It's called sarcasm ...

Really quite funny.
Don't be so serious.

[longship]

22. One cannot be too sure.

Somebody here on DU was suggesting the 5.1 in SoCal the other day was fracking.

Gotta nip that shit in the bud. It's just plain ignorance.

[starroute]

5. Maps

[Faux pas]

6. Can't even imagine an 8.0

felt a 7.0 from 80 miles away in SoCal once. Screw getting in the doorway, you can't move without falling.

[blm]

9. I was a little more than a mile from Northridge epicenter

in my area it was a 7.8 and as violent an experience one could imagine, even though official records said 6.9 (insurance/governmental reasons). I still have the scars from 3 surgeries and slight limp 20 years later. Many died.

An 8 would be incredibly violent.

[Faux pas]

13. Very scary! So sorry for your injuries.

I lived 64 miles away from Northridge for that one.

[Scootaloo]

18. I've seen the damage the 9.2 caused in Alaska, back in '64

There are forests of dead trees up mountainsides, where the tsunami flooded in and poisoned the soil with salt.

I can't even fathom what it was like to live through it.

[blm]

7. Oh damn. That is devastating.

A lot of people die when it is near 7. An 8 would be epic.

[amandabeech]

8. This is not a heavily populated area.

The bigger problem may be a Tsnami.

Lots of activity on the Pacific Rim lately. You have to wonder what will be next.

[Jesus Malverde]

12. Terrible! - They've been predicting it, with swarms of earthquakes...nt

[RussBLib]

16. they've been predicting a Yellowstone super volcano

which, if it erupted as they have theorized, would be pretty cataclysmic. could cause a decade, or more, of no sunlight. the no warning aspect makes them extra nasty.

[mc51tc]

17. Watch live CNN Chile video

http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/cvplive/cvpstream2.html

Live video from CNN Chile - no sound yet.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

20. At least the power is still on.

[elias7]

19. They'd been predicting this based on seismic activity

For the past few weeks, I think.

[Lasher]

23. Locking duplicate

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