Massive earthquake, aftershocks rattle Chile

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27 Feb 2010, 5:22 pm

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What I find striking is how little damage there was given it was an 8.8 quake (orders of magnitude bigger than that in Haiti). I suspect the Chileans have some of the best civil engineers in the world (or the strictest building codes). My sympathies to anyone affected.

Chile has some the strictest building codes. Ever since the 1960 9.5 earthquake, they largest earthquake in history they became serious about earthquakes. Chile is a lot more prepared for earthquakes then Haiti is. Chile has had 8 eathquakes of 7+ in Magnitude since the 1960 one, including the one today.

The Tsunami just hit hilo with 3 foot waves so far.

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28 Feb 2010, 1:18 am

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Could only mean one thing....

((((Global Warming))))

Global warming doesn't apply to earthquakes and tsunamis. Earthquakes are caused by pressure from under the earth's surface being released, and the magnitude of the earthquake depends on how much pressure is being released, and the type of seismic fault involved.

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28 Feb 2010, 1:21 am

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Chile also has a top-notch emergency management/response system, which is why only 200-300 people have died so far.

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28 Feb 2010, 2:32 am

Mainichi wrote:

pbcoll wrote:

Their earthquake and progressive collapse codes are second to none. I went to see a Chilean professor once give a lecture on blast damage.

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28 Feb 2010, 9:38 am

I wish ours were as good! Or even half as good. When the San Andreas (or whichever one) finally ruptures, there will be one hell of a mess.

I, personally, (sorry Merle) think it'll be the Cascadia Subduction Zone that goes first here, tho.

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28 Feb 2010, 11:58 am

Chile still has the whole West Coast all to themselves! :p

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28 Feb 2010, 2:07 pm

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Chile also has a top-notch emergency management/response system, which is why only 200-300 people have died so far.

Chile is not Haiti.

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01 Mar 2010, 11:50 am

Okay, so now that we know that earthquake can happen ANYWHERE, I dont see why more nations aren't making a bigger effort to earthquake proof their buildings. Japan and Chile have building restrictions for this because they're so earthquake prone, but now with big earthquakes happening in unusual places like China and Haiti, you'd think people would start paying attention now.

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01 Mar 2010, 12:25 pm

MissConstrue wrote:

Could only mean one thing....

((((Global Warming))))

Earthquakes have absolutely zilch to do with climate change. Think about it for a second...

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01 Mar 2010, 7:13 pm

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Tim_Tex wrote:

Chile also has a top-notch emergency management/response system, which is why only 200-300 people have died so far.

Chile is not Haiti.

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True, Chile is per capita the wealthiest country in Latin America, and Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. However I think many First World cities would be reduced to piles of rubble if hit by an 8.8 earthquake. I think the reasons why Chile has coped so much better than Haiti with an earthquake 500 times as powerful as that which hit Haiti are essentially the same ones why Chile is so much more prosperous than Haiti.

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03 Mar 2010, 2:42 am

Yep. Global Warming.

One Degree causes the surface to swell, and it has to go somewhere.

A millimeter per kilometer adds up.

That wet part of the Pacific Plate that just slid under is now cooking up a volcano.

Volcanos shoot out ash, that blocks sunlight, and cools thing off.

It is a self regulating system.

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03 Mar 2010, 10:44 am

Apparently this earthquake changed the rotation of the earth, so now our days will for ever be 1.26 milliseconds shorter than before.

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03 Mar 2010, 11:21 am

Last news, burglaries are going on in Chile or at least its biggest towns. =/

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03 Mar 2010, 5:13 pm

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Apparently this earthquake changed the rotation of the earth, so now our days will for ever be 1.26 milliseconds shorter than before.

When I read that, my reaction was "Awesome!" It just shows how powerful earthquakes can be, which is something to remember as I'm in southern California which has the part of the San Andreas fault that is overdue for an 8 quake. That, and there are many smaller earthquake faults that can cause a 6 or 7 quake at the most, and often, those run right through urban areas like downtown Los Angeles. I'm not too concerned about a tsunami because I'm inland, with high ground between me and the ocean, plus my city has a breakwater that protects the port and local beach.

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03 Mar 2010, 6:10 pm

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Barbary wrote:

Apparently this earthquake changed the rotation of the earth, so now our days will for ever be 1.26 milliseconds shorter than before.

I hope not but probably one day a massive earthquake will hit California. It happened in 1907 and San Francisco was flattened.

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03 Mar 2010, 8:13 pm

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I hope not but probably one day a massive earthquake will hit California. It happened in 1907 and San Francisco was flattened.

1906. And most of the damage was either fire damage or buildings being dynamited to serve as a fire break.

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