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8.8 Earthquake in Chile

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RudyGarmisch
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8540289.stm
Feb 27 2010 3:42AM
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mski
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holy crap
Feb 27 2010 3:44AM
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Arabian.
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Things are really heating up in Chile.
Feb 27 2010 5:02AM
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JosephStalin
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HOLY SHITtake mushrooms
Feb 27 2010 5:47AM
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inthewoods
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The epicenter was like 10 km from my house. I tried calling this morning home but all phones were down. I just got news family/house are ok. I was pretty worruied since my house is like 50 m from the ocean.

So crazy, even buildings in santiago were collapsing.

Good vibes for everyone in Chile.
Feb 27 2010 6:11AM
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chacho
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fuck me! my dad just left santiago last night
and i have lots of family down there

vubes to everyone affected
Feb 27 2010 6:48AM
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chacho
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vibes*
Feb 27 2010 7:22AM
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the_moderaper
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look at the banner on the video at the bottom. it says danyo :)
Feb 27 2010 11:04AM
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feihlination
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everytime i hear that shit i am sitting on my warm couch at 73° have everything to eat, to wear can have 2 freaking expensive hobbys, university education and those people have already nothing and it still gets destroyed...

all of us are so lucky



Feb 27 2010 11:36AM
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skiierman
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they're expecting some tsunamis later in the day hittin hawaii and such
Feb 27 2010 11:39AM
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SKIU4EA
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so true man, so true.  we gotta stop bitchin bout the lilttle things
Feb 27 2010 11:39AM
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mtaylor
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http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/world/coast%20under%20tsunami%20warning/2622118/story.html#ixzz0gkpQtfpb

BC coast tsunami warning?
Because of the Chilean earthquake?

Feb 27 2010 11:58AM
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Logey.
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holy tits
Feb 27 2010 12:03PM
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ShoulderSurfer
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ouch... that's unfortunate. +vibes
Feb 27 2010 12:05PM
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BMS-Productions
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damn why does it always happen in the gnarly countries
Feb 27 2010 12:07PM
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pekka_p
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Some experts say that the power of the earthquake could have been 60 times greater than the one in Haiti. It's one hell of a nighmare...
Feb 27 2010 12:08PM
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babujib
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large earthquakes near oceans = tsuniamis
Feb 27 2010 12:18PM
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pekka_p
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Theres already been reports of 25ft tsunamis in some parts of Chile and the tsunami warning is pretty much in every contry round the pacific: all the way from Russia to Australia.
Feb 27 2010 12:21PM
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Kamu
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Global Warming!!!
Feb 27 2010 12:23PM
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.jr
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Crazy as fuck, one of my good friends left for chile Friday afternoon.. only word Ive heard from her was her Facebook status said "Im ok"
Feb 27 2010 12:24PM
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Mike-O
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My friend is on the eastern coast of New Zealand, I hope she can make it safely inland. She said it was fucking crazy to wake up to the tsunami warning.
Feb 27 2010 12:37PM
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Downtofilm
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im in fucking mexico and it might strike a tsunami :O
Feb 27 2010 12:43PM
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gstaff
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so so true
Feb 27 2010 12:48PM
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Snowcase
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6.9 in Japan yesterday. Something's happening under there.
Feb 27 2010 12:52PM
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Crack.
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what the fuck is happening?!

YELLOWSTONES GOING TO ERUPT WERE ALL DEAD
Feb 27 2010 12:52PM
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BrewskiJr
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compared to Haiti how bad was the damage?
Feb 27 2010 1:05PM
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Ace3+4
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eeee what odes global warming have to do with this??
Feb 27 2010 1:06PM
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J-Evs
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vibes
but seriously its the start of the apocalypse
Feb 27 2010 1:15PM
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sheeby
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plate tectonics?
Feb 27 2010 1:15PM
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Sr_FreshShirt.
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Could have? It's way more than 60 times greater. learn how the richter scale works man
Feb 27 2010 1:24PM
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Snowcase
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No shit really? You must be a genius... 3 major earthquakes in 2 months? Maybe that's what I'm talking about?
Feb 27 2010 1:34PM
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pekka_p
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Since the 8.8 richter and the 7 richter of Haiti are ESTIMATIONS, and the Richter magnitude is based on 10 logarithmic scale it means that at the rise of 1richter the shaking amplitude is 10 times larger BUT the energy to set free by the earthquake is 32 times bigger. So 2x32=64?

But this isn't the place or time to argue about the scale and physics.
Feb 27 2010 1:36PM
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TannerBalls
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a 5.0 earthquake in hati would have killed more people than this 8.8 in chile.  Hati is is pretty much a shanty town built on an island run by retards
Feb 27 2010 1:39PM
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Armanzoid
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The 8.8 in Chile was spread over a massive area, so the shaking was strong, but not focused and violent. Haiti had a big earthquake in a very small area, and being a country not really prepared for such natural disasters didn't help either.

Feb 27 2010 1:40PM
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Hansel.
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What you did there, I see it.
Feb 27 2010 1:41PM
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pekka_p
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That's true
Feb 27 2010 1:47PM
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Armanzoid
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No, that's science!



WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH

Cue the Carl Sagan narration
Feb 27 2010 1:49PM
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pekka_p
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Or like my commanding segeant major used to say: "That's not true, it's a FACT!"
Feb 27 2010 1:53PM
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Jaskittin
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Gotta hope that it's ok, because that's where I am too.  I think I would have heard if a big tsunami was on the way.  Vibes to the Chileans.
Feb 27 2010 1:59PM
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sheeby
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hahh, sorry... i was just identifying your '"something"
Feb 27 2010 2:01PM
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PJS.
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+vibes that sux
Feb 27 2010 2:03PM
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bstuck1
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Big wave heading for Hawaii, should get there in 2 hours.
Feb 27 2010 2:03PM
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2_fadez
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CNN said it was 500 times greater than the Haiti earthquake.
The Richter Scale is measured in Logrithiums so its a shit load more, not just like a little more
Feb 27 2010 2:04PM
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sheeby
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true true
Feb 27 2010 2:13PM
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Benson23
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time to start fundraising for chili now
Feb 27 2010 2:27PM
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squibble
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haha people in chile have money too
Feb 27 2010 2:32PM
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feihlination
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yeah, but there are very poor regions, i dont know which part was hit though
Feb 27 2010 2:40PM
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gregorio
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there were some Chileans at my mountain who needed to go back to chile because of the earthquake
Feb 27 2010 2:56PM
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[tightpants]
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damn i got some friends studying abroad there hope they're all ok...
Feb 27 2010 3:07PM
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-dva-
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just found out my friend down there is okay. positive vibes to everyone
Feb 27 2010 3:08PM
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geteducated
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the epicenter for haiti was 72.54 degrees west
the epicenter for the chile quake was 72.7 degrees west




Feb 27 2010 3:32PM
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