Earthquake in Chile 8,8 and in Japan 7,3

Not long ago Haiti we surprised with the violence of the earthquake that Port-au-Prince took place cercade. Today, “an earthquake of 8,8 grade s of the Richter scale has shaken today the Chilean region of Bio Bio, approximately 300 kilometers to the south of Santiago, according to the last report of the Geologic Institute of the United States (USGS). The American institute has given like magnitude this terrremoto 8,8 on the Richter scale“. Information updated here.

“The earthquake, of a minute of duration, could feel in the capital, which remained in the dark, as Efe could state. Also, the telephone communications remained discontinuous largely of Santiago de Chile, as informs Reuters.”

“Nevertheless, the USGS pointed out that the epicenter of the quake was located in the sea, in Maule, to 59,4 kilometers deep, by what expressed a tsunami alert for this country and Peru, as well as another alert “in alertness grade” for Ecuador.

“The Center of Notices of the Pacific Ocean of the USA extended today the tsunami alert in alertness grade for Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica and the Antarctica, in addition to Ecuador, included initially, after the earthquake of 8,8 grades on the Richter scale registered in Chile.”

“The tsunami alert is supported for Chile and Peru, the countries that at first might NOAA turns more affected by the giant wave, according to the last bulletin of the Center of Warning of Tsunami for the Pacific Ocean, of the National government of Ambience and Oceans (for his acronym in English).”

“The observation of the sea level indicates that the tsunami has been generated. It can be more destructive on the coasts near to the epicenter of the earthquake and it might be also a threat for more distant coasts”, he explains himself on the web page of the NOAA.”

“ TO TSUNAMI ADVISORY CONTINUE IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII.

AN EARTHQUAKE IS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS ORIGIN STEAL - 0834 PM HST 26 FEB 2010 COORDINATES - 36.1 SOUTH 72.6 WEST LOCATION - NEAR COAST CENTRAL OF CHILE MAGNITUDE - 8.8 MOMENT MAGNITUDE - 8.4 RICHTER (MS) MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON STEALS AMPL PER-------------------------------------------------------CAULDRON CL 27.1S 70.8W 0843Z 0.45M / 1.5FT 20MIN ANTOFAGASTA CL 23.2S 70.4W 0832Z 0.40M / 1.3FT 58MIN TALCAHUANO CL 36.7S 73.4W 0653Z 2.34M / 7.7FT 88MIN COQUIMBO CL 30.0S 71.3W 0852Z 1.32M / 4.3FT 30MIN CORRAL CL 39.9S 73.4W 0739Z 0.90M / 2.9FT 16MIN SAN FELIX CL 26.3S 80.1W 0815Z 0.53M / 1.7FT 08MIN VALPARAISO CL 33.0S 71.6W 0708Z 1.29M / 4.2FT 20MIN LAT - LATITUDE (N-NORTH, S-SOUTH) LON - LONGITUDE (E-EAST, W-WEST) STEALS - STEALS OF THE MEASUREMENT (Z IS UTC IS GREENWICH STEALS) AMPL - TSUNAMI AMPLITUDE MEASURED RELATIVE NORMAL TO IS LEVEL. IT IS... NOT... CREST-TO-TROUGH WAVE HEIGHT. VALUE PLOW GIVEN IN BOTH METERS (M) AND FEET (FT). PER - PERIOD OF STEALS IN MINUTES (MIN) FROM ONE WAVE TO THE NEXT. EVALUATION THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER IS ISSUED AN REGIONAL EXPANDING TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH FOR PARTS OF THE PACIFIC LOCATED CLOSER TO THE EARTHQUAKE. AN EVALUATION OF THE PACIFIC WIDE TSUNAMI THREAT IS UNDERWAY AND THERE IS TO POSSIBILITY THAT HAWAII COULD BE ELEVATED TO TO WATCH OR WARNING STATUS."

“According to information of the emergency Office, which were quoted by the issuing Cooperative Radio, at the moment there are at least 100 deaths as a result of the earthquake. With posteriority two replies of minor intensity have registered.”

“The electrical service and the communications are cut in the metropolitan region and in that of Valparaiso and minor internal destructions have registered in buildings.”

“In the scale Mercalli, which measures the intensity, the earthquake has reached 8 grades in the metropolitan region, from 5 to 6 in the region of Valparaiso, from 4 to 5 in that of the Lagos, and of Coquimbo from 3 to 4.”

“The first informations indicate that the earthquake could feel along Chile, from the region of Antofagasta up to The Lagos.”

“The earthquake has allowed to feel in several provinces of the Argentine and enclosed center, according to local media, in some areas of Buenos Aires.”

“Yesterday an earthquake of 7,3 grades of magnitude has shaken the south of Japan, according to the Geologic Service of the United States.”

“The quake happened to the 5.30 of the got in ahead Japanese hour (21.30 spanish time), to 84 kilometers of Naha, the Japanese island more to the south of Okinawa.”

“The most serious earthquake happened in Japan in the recent years registered in Kobe (west of the country) on January 17, 1995, with a magnitude of 7,3 grades in the open Richter scale, and caused more than 6.000 dead persons.”

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