Chile (fyi)

Sat Feb 27 12:49:40 UTC 2010

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 at cox.net> wrote:
> On 2/27/2010 1:20 AM, chaim.rieger at gmail.com wrote:
>> Gettingreports of loss of connectivity to parts of chile
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>> They had an 8.5 a short while ago.
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> At that magnitude, I don't know how significant .3 is, but from the USGS:
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>                     == PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT ==
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> ***This event has been revised.
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> 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
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> 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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