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Earthquake Strikes Off Chile's Coast
Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2014 7:40 pm
by neeters_guy
(CNN; updated 9:35 AM EDT, Wed April 2, 2014) -- A mighty 8.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of northern Chile late Tuesday, triggering small landslides, cutting power and generating a tsunami.
The quake struck about 8:46 p.m. local time, some 60 miles northwest of Iquique. It had a depth of 12.5 miles, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Hope Selgin and other forum members from Chile are doing okay.
Re: Earthquake Strikes Off Chile's Coast
Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2014 7:44 pm
by Danimal
neeters_guy wrote:Hope Selgin and other forum members from Chile are doing okay.
Agreed, hopefully someone can check in and let us know...
Re: Earthquake Strikes Off Chile's Coast
Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2014 9:20 pm
by VĂctor Paredes
Thank you very much, guys. I'm fine. The earthquake was in the northern part of my thin country (I'm in Santiago, closer to the half). I don't have too much information right now, but it seems it wasn't so rude as the last earthquake of 2010. Of course it's a tragedy, but there were a lot of smaller earthquakes this weeks, so people were expecting a bigger one any time soon. And the evacuation for an eventual tsunami worked well.
Re: Earthquake Strikes Off Chile's Coast
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2014 3:32 am
by Danimal
No Victor, thank YOU for the update. We're certainly all glad you're OK and hope everything stays that way.
Re: Earthquake Strikes Off Chile's Coast
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2014 4:51 am
by funksmaname
Glad you're alright
We've got family and friends over there too... thoughts are with you earthquake-buddy