7.5 - 7.8 Earthquake Hits Chile???
 

Yo, ABC News just said a 7.+ quake just hit Chile. Anybody got news from down there?

2005/06/13 22:44 M 7.9 TARAPACA, CHILE Z=111km 19.90S 69.13W

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These parameters are preliminary and subject to revision.

A magnitude 7.9 earthquake IN TARAPACA, CHILE has occurred at:
19.90S 69.13W Depth 111km Mon Jun 13 22:44:33 2005 UTC

Time: Universal Time (UTC) Mon Jun 13 22:44:33 2005
Time Near Epicenter Mon Jun 13 18:44:33 2005
Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) Mon Jun 13 18:44:33 2005
Central Daylight Time (CDT) Mon Jun 13 17:44:33 2005
Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) Mon Jun 13 16:44:33 2005
Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) Mon Jun 13 15:44:33 2005
Alaska Daylight Time (ADT) Mon Jun 13 14:44:33 2005
Hawaii Standard Time (HST) Mon Jun 13 12:44:33 2005

Location with respect to nearby cities:
115 km (70 miles) ENE of Iquique, Chile (pop 206,000)
200 km (125 miles) SE of Arica, Chile
240 km (150 miles) SSE of Tacna, Peru
1515 km (940 miles) N of SANTIAGO, Chile

Don´t feel a thing...

7.9??? Pins and needles and edge of our seats. Hope all are okay and no injuries or deaths and especially no tsunami.

lovely country... was there in '91

~Ray

Freaky. Just last week I watched a documentary on TV about a large quake in Chile that ruined a whole city. 7.9 is HUGE!

I live in Argentina, which limits with Chile, about this earthquake, 1 person died and 17 houses were damaged. Earthquakes are kinda normal there, just like in San Francisco - basically they are on the same mountain chain.
nik

I would think the Andes are always moving around over there. Beautiful country.

intensity 7.8? oh man! i hope the people in there are safe..

I've been watching the national news and haven't heard anything yet.

thats a large quake