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A Powerful 8.3-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off Chile's Coast

Posted by samzenpus on from the whole-lot-of-shaking-going-on dept.

wooferhound writes: A powerful 8.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Chile's coast on Wednesday, according to a preliminary assessment from the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake's epicenter was about 54 kilometers (34 miles) west of Illapel, Chile, USGS said. It occurred around 7:54 p.m. (6:54 p.m. ET). Chile's national emergency agency issued a tsunami alert, ordering evacuations in coastal areas from Arica to Puerto Aysen.

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  1. Just got several emails... by Pubstar · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Just got 2 notifications at work stating that there is a warning, and that there may be damage to our area. I live in Southern California, and my place of work is on the coast.

  2. The aftershocks are crazy too thus far! by chaosdivine69 · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's late at night there, good luck sleeping indoors or outdoors tonight with the crazy intensity of the aftershocks. Crazy... 6.3 58km W of Illapel, Chile 2015-09-17 04:10:31 UTC 40.1 km 5.3 89km WNW of Illapel, Chile 2015-09-17 04:02:10 UTC 19.5 km 6.2 44km SSW of Ovalle, Chile 2015-09-17 03:55:07 UTC 35.0 km 4.9 47km SSW of Ovalle, Chile 2015-09-17 02:59:29 UTC 35.0 km 6.4 64km NW of Illapel, Chile 2015-09-17 01:41:09 UTC 35.0 km 5.6 86km W of Illapel, Chile 2015-09-17 01:33:03 UTC 15.2 km 5.2 76km W of Illapel, Chile 2015-09-17 01:21:50 UTC 24.2 km 4.9 90km W of Illapel, Chile 2015-09-17 01:09:49 UTC 35.0 km 4.9 118km W of Illapel, Chile 2015-09-17 00:50:08 UTC 10.0 km 5.0 54km SW of Ovalle, Chile 2015-09-17 00:42:56 UTC 32.9 km 5.2 81km WSW of Illapel, Chile 2015-09-17 00:22:20 UTC 10.0 km 5.3 57km SW of Ovalle, Chile 2015-09-17 00:06:16 UTC 10.0 km 5.7 76km WSW of Illapel, Chile 2015-09-16 23:38:05 UTC 35.0 km 7.0 25km W of Illapel, Chile 2015-09-16 23:18:42 UTC 30.9 km 6.2 70km W of Illapel, Chile 2015-09-16 23:16:05 UTC 10.0 km 6.1 44km WSW of Illapel, Chile 2015-09-16 23:03:56 UTC 10.0 km 6.4 58km W of Illapel, Chile 2015-09-16 22:59:13 UTC 22.0 km 8.3 46km W of Illapel, Chile

  3. We felt that in Brazil by dafradu · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Its crazy how strong this is, people in São Paulo, Brazil saw their lights swinging lightly from their ceiling. Thats 2500 km or 1600 miles away!