On Feb 27, 2010, at 7:49 AM, Jorge Amodio wrote:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/02/27/chile.quake/index.html?hpt=T1
On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 6:47 AM, Larry Sheldon <LarrySheldon@cox.net> wrote:
On 2/27/2010 1:20 AM, chaim.rieger@gmail.com wrote:
Gettingreports of loss of connectivity to parts of chile
They had an 8.5 a short while ago.
At that magnitude, I don't know how significant .3 is, but from the USGS:
They use the magnitude moment scale (Mw), and 0.3 magnitudes means 2.8 times the energy. Mw = 8.8 is equivalent to maybe 5 Teratons of TNT. Regards Marshall
== PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT ==
***This event has been revised.
Region: OFFSHORE MAULE, CHILE Geographic coordinates: 35.846S, 72.718W Magnitude: 8.8 Mw Depth: 35 km Universal Time (UTC): 27 Feb 2010 06:34:14 Time near the Epicenter: 27 Feb 2010 03:34:14 Local standard time in your area: 27 Feb 2010 00:34:14
Location with respect to nearby cities: 104 km (65 miles) WSW (246 degrees) of Talca, Chile 114 km (71 miles) NNE (15 degrees) of Concepcion, Chile 321 km (200 miles) SW (215 degrees) of SANTIAGO, Chile
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