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8.8 EQ - Offshore MAULE, Chile - REVISED 432 Death, 98 missing

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These captures show how the Chile quake showed up on Seismograms on Mt. Redoubt as compared with Japan quake. Starting times on the graph aren't exactly the same as the quake time because of travel time.


Japan (20.31 UTC) (I believe the second set of lines are the "S" wave):

Japan EQ.JPG


Chile (06:34 UTC) (the large overlapping lines (after red timing bar) at the end are a local Alaska quake):

Chile EQ.JPG

Seismograph source: http://www.avo.alaska.edu/webicorders/Redoubt/NCT_EHZ_AV.php

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Terremoto de 8,9 grados Richter azot? Chile y dej? 76 muertos

No se descarta que la cifra de fallecidos aumente. ?Hay una enorme cantidad de da?o que no sabemos su exacta dimensi?n, que est? siendo evaluado?, indic? la presidenta Michelle Bachelet


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At least 78 deaths - government declares state of emergency -

Al menos 78 muertos deja terremoto de 8.8 grados en Chile

La presidenta Bachelet declar? el Estado de Cat?strofe, tras el sismo que sacudi? el centro y sur de Chile.


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Airport in Santiago Chile closed due to extensive damage -

Varios aviones que iban a Santiago aterrizar?n en Lima tras el terremoto en Chile

http://translate.google.com/transla...ban-santiago-aterrizaran-lima-terremoto-chile
 
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Video from CNN reporter living in Chile -


Pacific under tsunami threat after massive 8.8 quake strikes Chile



http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/02/27/chile.quake/index.html
 
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Un terremoto en el Oc?ano Pac?fico, frente a las costas de Chile, de 8,3 grados de magnitud en la escala de Richter, caus? hoy al menos 82 muertos, de acuerdo a la cifra oficial que maneja el r?gimen, inform? el ministro del Interior (Gobierno), Edmundo P?rez.


mas aqui -


http://www.eluniverso.com/2010/02/27...ml?p=1354&m=27
 
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CHILE QUAKE DEATH TOLL RISES TO 122, COULD RISE FURTHER - PRESID (AlertNet, edited)

CHILE QUAKE DEATH TOLL RISES TO 122, COULD RISE FURTHER - PRESID

27 Feb 2010 15:28:51 GMT
Source: Reuters

CHILE QUAKE DEATH TOLL RISES TO 122, COULD RISE FURTHER - PRESIDENT-ELECT PINERA
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<cite cite="http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N27173839.htm">Reuters AlertNet - CHILE QUAKE DEATH TOLL RISES TO 122, COULD RISE FURTHER - PRESID</cite>
 
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http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_495897.html

Feb 27, 2010

Big tsunami wave hits Chile town

WASHINGTON - A HUGE wave measuring 2.34 metres crashed onto the Chilean coastal town of Talcahuano early Saturday, triggered by a massive earthquake, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.

The wave hit just over three hours after an 8.8-magnitude quake struck central Chile.

Talcahuano was among about 11 coastal towns that were hit by a tsunami wave, the center added in a statement.
 
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U.S. monitoring threat of tsunami from Chile quake (AlertNet, edited)

U.S. monitoring threat of tsunami from Chile quake

27 Feb 2010 15:24:23 GMT
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (Reuters)


The White House said on Saturday it was closely monitoring the potential threat of a tsunami generated by a massive earthquake in Chile and said it stood ready to help Chile in its "hour of need."

Civil defense officials on the U.S. Pacific island state of Hawaii said they were preparing to start evacuations from shoreline communities.

"We are closely monitoring the situation, including the potential for a tsunami. Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Chile, and we stand ready to help in this hour of need," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said.
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<cite cite="http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N27175507.htm">Reuters AlertNet - U.S. monitoring threat of tsunami from Chile quake</cite>
 
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People on Ecuador's Galapagos moved to high ground (AlertNet, edited)

People on Ecuador's Galapagos moved to high ground

27 Feb 2010 15:10:45 GMT
Source: Reuters

* Tsunami warning lifted for the volcanic archipelago
* 20,000 people live on Galapagos, thousands visit yearly

QUITO, Feb 27 (Reuters)


Residents and tourists on Ecuador's Galapagos islands moved to high ground on Saturday after a massive earthquake in Chile generated tsunami warnings along South America's Pacific coast.

Witnesses on the islands said that waves in the area were unusualy strong, but the government of Ecuador lifted a tsunami warning that had been issued for the Galapagos.

"As a preventive measure, there has been an evacuation (of people to high ground)," Edwin Pinto, an official at Ecuador's Oceanographic Institute, told reporters.

The evacuees were expected to remain away from low areas of the islands through Saturday afternoon, officials said.

The volcanic archipelago, about 600 miles (972 km) west of the Ecuadorean coast, is home to scores of endemic species that closely depend on one another for survival. They helped inspire Charles Darwin to develop his theory of evolution some 175 years ago.

(Reporting by Alexandra Valencia, editing by Vicki Allen)
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Chile earthquake death toll rises to 122 - Pinera (AlertNet, edited)

Chile earthquake death toll rises to 122 - Pinera

27 Feb 2010 15:38:11 GMT
Source: Reuters
SANTIAGO, Feb 27 (Reuters)


A 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Chile on Saturday killed at least 122 people and caused serious damage to the country's infrastructure, President-elect Sebastian Pinera said.

(Reporting by Helen Popper)
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'State of catastrophe' after huge earthquake hits Chile

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President declares 'state of catastrophe' as quake of magnitude 8.8 rocks capital and triggers tsunami
A massive earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8 has struck central Chile, killing at least 85 people and triggering a tsunami.
The tremor shook the capital, Santiago, for a minute and a half early this morning, bringing down telephone and power lines. The Chilean president, Michelle Bachelet, said there were more than 85 deaths just in the Maule region at the quake's epicentre, and that more were possible.
Declaring a "state of catastrophe" in central Chile, Bachelet said: "We have had a huge earthquake with some aftershocks. We're doing everything we can with all the forces we have. Any information we will share immediately. Without a doubt, with an earthquake of this magnitude, there will be more deaths."
Chile's interior minister, Edmundo Perez Yoma, said: "It has been a devastating earthquake. The death toll will continue rising."
Santiago's international airport was forced to close, a highway bridge collapsed and rubble from damaged buildings fell on to the streets. Speaking to a local television station in Temuco, one witness said: "Never in my life have I experienced a quake like this, it's like the end of the world."
A huge wave reached a populated area in the Robinson Crusoe Islands, off the Chilean coast, and warnings of tidal waves were issued in 53 other countries. The Pacific tsunami warning centre said the quake generated a wave that could cause destruction along nearby shores "and could also be a threat to more distant coasts". It issued a tsunami warning for Chile, Peru and Hawaii, while Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica and Antarctica are also on alert.
The centre warned that waves up to 4.8 metres high could hit the coasts of all the Hawaiian islands, with the first reaching Hawaii at 9pm GMT. "Urgent action should be taken to protect lives and property," the centre said in a bulletin. "All shores are at risk no matter which direction they face."
The centre said the first waves after a quake were not necessarily the largest, and wave heights were difficult to predict because they can vary significantly along a coast due to the local topography.
Chile's navy said officials had lifted the tsunami warning in southern Chile, local radio reported. The Joint Australian tsunami warning centre warned of a "potential tsunami threat" to the states of New South Wales and Queensland, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island.
The quake was centred 200 miles south-west of Santiago at a depth of 22 miles, according to the US Geological Survey. It reported 11 aftershocks, five of them measuring 6.0 or above, in the two and a half hours following the quake.
It warned that an earthquake of magnitude 8 or above could cause "tremendous damage". The quake that devastated Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, in January was magnitude 7.0.
The quake shook buildings as far away as Argentina. A series of strong aftershocks rocked Chile's coast, from Valdivia in the south to Valparaiso 500 miles to the north. The epicentre was 70 miles from Concepcion, Chile's second largest city, with a population of about 670,000.
Chile is at a high risk of earthquakes because it lies on the boundary between the Pacific and South American tectonic plates. According to seismologists, there is usually about one quake of magnitude eight or more a year, and one reaching 8.8 would be expected only every few years.
Dr David Rothery, senior lecturer at the Open University's department of earth and environmental sciences, said the tsunami was "now radiating away from the epicentre and travelling at several hundred km per hour across the Pacific ocean".
Dr Brian Baptie, of the British Geological Survey, said: "In global terms this is a very rare quake. Chile has experienced some very big quakes in the past. It was about 124 miles north-east of the largest earthquake ever recorded ? 9.5, in 1960 ? which resulted in a destructive tsunami that killed many thousands of people around the Pacific."
He said a 1.3-metre tsunami wave was observed at Valparaiso about 20 minutes after the earthquake. "Tsunami waves in the deep ocean travel about the same speed as a jet plane and would take about 15 hours to reach Hawaii and about 20 hours to reach the other side of the Pacific," he said.
The largest earthquake ever recorded struck the same area of Chile on 22 May 1960. The magnitude-9.5 quake killed 1,655 people and left 2 million homeless, and caused a tsunami that killed people in Hawaii, Japan and the Philippines.
That tsunami was about one to four metres in height, according to Japan's meteorological agency. It said the tsunami from today's quake was likely to be much smaller.


David Batty

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Chile Earthquake, Tsunamis News: Latest Updates

TALCA, Chile — A devastating earthquake struck Chile early Saturday, toppling homes, collapsing bridges and plunging trucks into the fractured earth. A tsunami set off by the magnitude-8.8 quake threatened every nation around the Pacific Ocean – roughly a quarter of the globe. Interior Minister Edmundo Perez Yoma said the most powerful quake to hit the country in a half-century killed at least 82 people, but the death toll was rising quickly.
In the town of Talca, just 65 miles (105 kilometers) from the epicenter, Associated Press journalist Roberto Candia said it felt as if a giant had grabbed him and shaken him.
The town's historic center, filled with buildings of adobe mud and straw, largely collapsed, though most of those were businesses that were not inhabited during the 3:34 a.m. (1:34 a.m. EST, 0634 GMT) quake. Neighbors pulled at least five people from the rubble while emergency workers, themselves disoriented, asked for information from reporters.
Many roads were destroyed, and electricity, water and phone lines were cut to many areas ? meaning there was no word of death or damage from many outlying areas.
In the Chilean capital of Santiago, 200 miles (325 kilometers) northeast of the epicenter, a car dangled from a collapsed overpass, the national Fine Arts Museum was badly damaged and an apartment building's two-story parking lot pancaked, smashing about 50 cars whose alarms rang incessantly.
Experts warned that a tsunami could strike anywhere in the Pacific, and Hawaii could face its largest waves since 1964 starting at 11:19 a.m. (4:19 p.m. EST, 2119 GMT), according to Charles McCreery, director of the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.
Tsunami waves were likely to hit Asian, Australian and New Zealand shores within 24 hours of the earthquake. The U.S. West Coast and Alaska, too, were threatened.
A huge wave swept into a populated area in the Robinson Crusoe Islands, 410 miles (660 kilometers) off the Chilean coast, President Michelle Bachelet said, but there were no immediate reports of major damage.
Bachelet had no information on the number of people injured. She declared a "state of catastrophe" in central Chile.
"We have had a huge earthquake, with some aftershocks," she said from an emergency response center. She said Chile has not asked for assistance from other countries, and urged Chileans not to panic.
"The system is functioning. People should remain calm. We're doing everything we can with all the forces we have. Any information we will share immediately," she said.
Powerful aftershocks rattled Chile's coast ? 24 of them magnitude 5 or greater and one reaching magnitude 6.9 ? the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
In Santiago, modern buildings are built to withstand earthquakes, but many older ones were heavily damaged, including the Nuestra Senora de la Providencia church, whose bell tower collapsed. A bridge just outside the capital also collapsed, and at least one car flipped upside down.
Several hospitals were evacuated due to earthquake damage, Bachelet said.
Santiago's airport will remain closed for at least 24 hours, airport director Eduardo del Canto said. The passenger terminal suffered major damage, he told Chilean television in a telephone interview. TV images show smashed windows, partially collapsed ceilings and pedestrian walkways destroyed.
Santiago's subway was shut as well and hundreds of buses were trapped at a terminal by a damaged bridge, Transportation and Telecommunications Minister told Chilean television. He urged Chileans to make phone calls or travel only when absolutely necessary.
Candia was visiting his wife's 92-year-old grandmother in Talca when the quake struck.
"Everything was falling ? chests of drawers, everything," he said. "I was sleeping with my 8-year-old son Diego and I managed to cover his head with a pillow. It was like major turbulence on an airplane."
In Concepcion, 70 miles (115 kilometers) from the epicenter, nurses and residents pushed the injured through the streets on stretchers. Others walked around in a daze wrapped in blankets, some carrying infants in their arms. Concepcion, Chile's second-largest city, is 60 miles (95 kilometers) from the ski town of Chillan, a gateway to Andean ski resorts that was destroyed in a 1939 earthquake. The quake also shook buildings in Argentina's capital of Buenos Aires, 900 miles (1,400 kilometers) away on the Atlantic side of South America.
Marco Vidal, a program director for Grand Circle Travel who was traveling with a group of 34 Americans, was on the 19th floor of the Crown Plaza Santiago hotel when the quake struck. "All the things start to fall. The lamps, everything, was going on the floor," he said. "I felt terrified." Cynthia Iocono, from Linwood, Pennsylvania, said she first thought the quake was a train. "But then I thought, `Oh, there's no train here.' And then the lamps flew off the dresser and my TV flew off onto the floor and crashed."
The quake struck after concert-goers had left South America's leading music festival in the coastal city of Vina del Mar, but it caught partiers leaving a disco. "It was very bad. People were screaming. Some people were running, others appeared paralyzed. I was one of them," Julio Alvarez told Radio Cooperativa.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center called for "urgent action to protect lives and property" in Hawaii, which is among 53 nations and territories subject to tsunami warnings. "Sea level readings indicate a tsunami was generated. It may have been destructive along coasts near the earthquake epicenter and could also be a threat to more distant coasts," the warning center said. It did not expect a tsunami along the west of the U.S. or Canada.
The largest earthquake ever recorded struck the same area of Chile on May 22, 1960. The magnitude-9.5 quake killed 1,655 people and left 2 million homeless. The tsunami that it caused killed people in Hawaii, Japan and the Philippines and caused damage to the west coast of the United States.
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Eva Vergara reported from Santiago, Chile. Associated Press Television News cameraman Mauricio Cuevas in Santiago and AP writer Sandy Kozel in Washington contributed to this story.

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Update time = Sat Feb 27 17:31:36 UTC 2010
<TABLE cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=1 border=0><TBODY><TR><TH></TH><TH align=middle>MAG </TH><TH align=middle>UTC DATE-TIME
y/m/d h:m:s
</TH><TH align=middle>LAT
deg
</TH><TH align=middle>LON
deg
</TH><TH align=middle>DEPTH
km
</TH><TH>Region</TH></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>5.5 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>2010/02/27 17:11:49 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-33.953 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-71.796 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>35.0 </TD><TD vAlign=top>LIBERTADOR O'HIGGINS, CHILE</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>5.2 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>2010/02/27 16:50:20 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-34.162 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-72.010 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>35.0 </TD><TD vAlign=top>LIBERTADOR O'HIGGINS, CHILE</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>5.5 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>2010/02/27 16:37:34 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-37.509 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-73.605 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>35.0 </TD><TD vAlign=top>OFFSHORE BIO-BIO, CHILE</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>5.2 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>2010/02/27 16:32:21 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-34.986 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-72.356 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>35.0 </TD><TD vAlign=top>OFFSHORE MAULE, CHILE</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>5.5 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>2010/02/27 16:27:58 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-37.820 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-73.404 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>35.0 </TD><TD vAlign=top>BIO-BIO, CHILE</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>5.5 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>2010/02/27 16:21:14 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-38.266 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-73.434 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>35.0 </TD><TD vAlign=top>BIO-BIO, CHILE</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>6.3 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>2010/02/27 15:45:41 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-24.588 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-65.432 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>38.2 </TD><TD vAlign=top>SALTA, ARGENTINA</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>5.1 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>2010/02/27 15:23:06 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-34.528 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-74.987 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>35.0 </TD><TD vAlign=top>OFF COAST OF LIBERTADOR O'HIGGINS, CHILE</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>5.2 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>2010/02/27 15:09:08 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-33.890 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-71.268 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>35.0 </TD><TD vAlign=top>REGION METROPOLITANA, CHILE</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>5.0 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>2010/02/27 14:40:53 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-31.321 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-74.548 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>35.0 </TD><TD vAlign=top>OFF THE COAST OF COQUIMBO, CHILE</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>5.2 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>2010/02/27 14:23:28 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-34.505 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-72.596 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>35.0 </TD><TD vAlign=top>OFFSHORE LIBERTADOR O'HIGGINS, CHILE</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>5.0 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>2010/02/27 14:20:00 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-37.274 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-73.062 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>35.0 </TD><TD vAlign=top>BIO-BIO, CHILE</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>5.0 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>2010/02/27 14:06:47 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-37.288 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-72.835 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>35.0 </TD><TD vAlign=top>BIO-BIO, CHILE</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>5.2 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>2010/02/27 13:54:04 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-33.269 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-71.834 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>35.0 </TD><TD vAlign=top>OFFSHORE VALPARAISO, CHILE</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>5.0 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>2010/02/27 13:12:52 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-35.014 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-71.660 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>35.0 </TD><TD vAlign=top>MAULE, CHILE</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>5.2 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>2010/02/27 12:19:51 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>25.979 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>128.434 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>9.9 </TD><TD vAlign=top>RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>5.5 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>2010/02/27 12:03:27 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-34.399 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-73.825 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>35.0 </TD><TD vAlign=top>OFF COAST OF LIBERTADOR O'HIGGINS, CHILE</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>5.4 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>2010/02/27 11:45:03 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-36.318 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-73.216 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>35.0 </TD><TD vAlign=top>OFFSHORE BIO-BIO, CHILE</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>5.3 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>2010/02/27 11:27:00 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-38.103 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-73.587 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>35.0 </TD><TD vAlign=top>OFFSHORE BIO-BIO, CHILE</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>5.4 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>2010/02/27 10:54:24 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-36.828 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-73.336 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>35.0 </TD><TD vAlign=top>OFFSHORE BIO-BIO, CHILE</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>5.9 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>2010/02/27 10:38:36 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-38.019 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-73.575 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>35.0 </TD><TD vAlign=top>OFFSHORE BIO-BIO, CHILE</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>5.9 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>2010/02/27 10:30:35 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-33.559 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-72.636 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>35.0 </TD><TD vAlign=top>OFFSHORE VALPARAISO, CHILE</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>5.6 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>2010/02/27 10:10:15 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-33.701 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-72.184 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>35.0 </TD><TD vAlign=top>OFFSHORE VALPARAISO, CHILE</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>5.8 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>2010/02/27 09:59:21 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-37.991 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-73.467 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>35.0 </TD><TD vAlign=top>BIO-BIO, CHILE</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>5.1 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>2010/02/27 09:21:26 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-36.609 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-73.218 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>35.0 </TD><TD vAlign=top>OFFSHORE BIO-BIO, CHILE</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>5.6 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>2010/02/27 09:00:18 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-33.425 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-71.625 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>35.0 </TD><TD vAlign=top>VALPARAISO, CHILE</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>5.3 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>2010/02/27 08:53:57 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-34.447 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-73.397 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>35.0 </TD><TD vAlign=top>OFF COAST OF LIBERTADOR O'HIGGINS, CHILE</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>5.0 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>2010/02/27 08:53:27 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-35.073 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-71.760 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>35.0 </TD><TD vAlign=top>MAULE, CHILE</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>5.6 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>2010/02/27 08:48:05 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-38.584 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-75.257 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>35.0 </TD><TD vAlign=top>OFF THE COAST OF ARAUCANIA, CHILE</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>5.7 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>2010/02/27 08:31:05 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-34.820 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-72.443 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>35.0 </TD><TD vAlign=top>OFFSHORE MAULE, CHILE</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>6.1 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>2010/02/27 08:25:30 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-34.750 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-72.394 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>35.0 </TD><TD vAlign=top>OFFSHORE MAULE, CHILE</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>5.5 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>2010/02/27 08:19:24 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-33.479 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-71.574 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>35.0 </TD><TD vAlign=top>VALPARAISO, CHILE</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>5.6 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>2010/02/27 08:13:16 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-33.062 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-71.702 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>35.0 </TD><TD vAlign=top>OFFSHORE VALPARAISO, CHILE</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>6.9 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>2010/02/27 08:01:24 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-37.654 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-75.199 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>39.0 </TD><TD vAlign=top>OFF THE COAST OF BIO-BIO, CHILE</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>5.4 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>2010/02/27 07:59:56 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-36.050 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-73.562 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>35.0 </TD><TD vAlign=top>OFFSHORE BIO-BIO, CHILE</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>5.2 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>2010/02/27 07:56:37 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-36.933 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-73.240 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>35.0 </TD><TD vAlign=top>OFFSHORE BIO-BIO, CHILE</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>5.4 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>2010/02/27 07:51:06 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-36.399 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-72.498 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>35.0 </TD><TD vAlign=top>BIO-BIO, CHILE</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>5.4 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>2010/02/27 07:46:50 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-36.795 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-72.924 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>35.0 </TD><TD vAlign=top>BIO-BIO, CHILE</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>6.0 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>2010/02/27 07:37:18 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-36.837 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-72.541 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>35.0 </TD><TD vAlign=top>BIO-BIO, CHILE</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>5.6 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>2010/02/27 07:33:31 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-38.007 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-73.484 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>35.7 </TD><TD vAlign=top>OFFSHORE BIO-BIO, CHILE</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>5.4 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>2010/02/27 07:19:49 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-35.811 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-72.945 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>35.0 </TD><TD vAlign=top>OFFSHORE MAULE, CHILE</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>6.0 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>2010/02/27 07:12:29 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-33.807 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-71.913 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>35.0 </TD><TD vAlign=top>OFFSHORE VALPARAISO, CHILE</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>6.2 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>2010/02/27 06:52:35 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-34.735 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-72.638 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>35.0 </TD><TD vAlign=top>OFFSHORE MAULE, CHILE</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>MAP</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>8.8 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=middle>2010/02/27 06:34:15 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-35.846 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>-72.719 </TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap align=right>35.0 </TD><TD vAlign=top>OFFSHORE MAULE, CHILE</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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Vehicles that were driving along a highway that collapsed during the earthquake near Santiago are seen overturned on the asphalt Saturday Feb. 27, 2010 after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck central Chile early Saturday.
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A police officer controls traffic aside of an elevated highway that collapsed in Santiago following a powerful earthquake in central Chile, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010.
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A police officer and residents, carry a body from a destroyed house in Talca, Chile, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010 after an 8.8-magnitude struck central Chile. The quake hit 200 miles southwest of the capital, Santiago. The epicenter was just 70 miles from Concepcion, Chile's second-largest city.


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In this image provided by TVN a crushed car can be seen in a parking garage in Concepcion Chile following the earthquake early Saturday morning Feb. 27, 2010. (AP Photo/TVN via APTN)
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A damaged building in Santiago Chile can be seen in this image from APTN following an earthquake early Saturday morning Feb. 27, 2010. (AP Photo/APTN)

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People look through the rubble of a home in Santiago Chile in this image from APTN following an earthquake early Saturday morning Feb. 27, 2010. (AP Photo/APTN)

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Re: 8.8 EQ - Offshore MAULE, Chile - 2,391K exposed to severe shaking & mod-heavy damage - spreading tsunamis being recorded - "at least" 122 Deaths

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Chile earthquake: tsunami reaches Pacific islands as death toll hits 147

At least 147 have been killed and nearly a quarter of the globe put on tsunami alert after one of the most powerful earthquakes of modern times hit South America.



By Colin Freeman, Harriet Alexander and Ben Witte in Santiago
Published: 6:50PM GMT 27 Feb 2010
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A tremor with a magnitude of 8.8 devastated large parts of southern Chile and sent huge waves racing at up to 400 miles an hour across the Pacific. Isolated ocean islands were reported to have suffered severe wave damage, and tsunami warnings were issued across a vast area stretching from Russia and Japan through to the Philippines and New Zealand.


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Massive earthquake hits Chile, 147 dead (AlertNet, edited)

Massive earthquake hits Chile, 147 dead

27 Feb 2010 20:32:52 GMT
Source: Reuters
(For full coverage, click on [nN27174408])

* Quake kills at least 147 people in central Chile
* Buildings toppled, bridges and roads destroyed
* Operations halted at two major copper mines
* Tsunami kills at least 3 in Robinson Crusoe island

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By Jose Luis Saavedra
CONCEPCION, Chile Feb 27 (Reuters)


One of the most powerful earthquakes in decades battered Chile on Saturday, killing at least 147 people, knocking down buildings and triggering a tsunami that rolled menacingly across the Pacific.

Buildings caught fire, major highway bridges collapsed and debris blocked streets across large swathes of central Chile.

A 15-storey building collapsed in Concepcion, the closest major city to the epicenter, and overturned cars lay scattered below a fallen overpass in the capital Santiago. Telephone and power lines went down, making it difficult to assess the full extent of the damage and loss of life.

Chilean President-elect Sebastian Pinera said at least 147 people had died in the 8.8-magnitude quake, which struck at 3:34 a.m. (0634 GMT), sending many people rushing from their beds and onto the streets in fear.

"It came in waves and lasted so long. Three minutes is an eternity. We kept worrying that it was getting stronger, like a terrifying Hollywood movie," said housewife Dolores Cuevas.

Tsunami warnings were posted around the Pacific, including the U.S. state of Hawaii, Japan and Russia.

One emergency official said Chile's death toll was unlikely to increase dramatically, but it was one of the 10 biggest quakes recorded since 1900 and dealt a blow to the economic infrastructure in the world's No. 1 copper producer and one of Latin America's most developed and stable countries.

"This will be a major blow to the country's infrastructure; there has been major damage to roads, airports, which are now suspended, ports and also in housing," Pinera told reporters.

The quake halted operations at two major mines and President Michelle Bachelet said a huge wave hit the Juan Fernandez islands, an archipelago where Scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk was marooned in the 18th century, inspiring the novel Robinson Crusoe.

"There was a series of waves that got bigger and bigger, which gave people time to save themselves," pilot Fernando Avaria told TVN television by telephone from the main island. Three people were killed and four missing there, he said.

Bachelet said residents were evacuated from coastal areas of Chile's remote Easter Island, a popular tourist destination in the Pacific famous for its towering Moai stone statues.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake struck 70 miles (115 km) northeast of Concepcion at a depth of 22 miles (35 km).

The capital Santiago, about 200 miles (320 km) north of the epicenter, was also badly hit. The international airport was closed for at least 24 hours as the quake destroyed passenger walkways and shook glass out of doors and windows.

"I thought I'd blown a tire ... but then I saw the highway moving like it was a piece of paper and I realized it was something much worse," said one man who was forced to abandon his car on a wrecked highway overpass.

Chile's Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, suspended operations at its El Teniente and Andina mines, but reported no major damage and said it expected the mines to be up and running in the "coming hours."

Production was halted at the Los Bronces and El Soldado copper mines, owned by Anglo American Plc <aal.l>, but Chile's biggest copper mine, Escondida, was operating normally.

Chile produces about 34 percent of world supply of copper, which is used in electronics, cars and refrigerators.

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Unusually big waves battered Ecuador's Galapagos Islands, where residents were moved to higher ground as a precaution.

"Chile probably got the brunt force of the tsunami already. So probably the worst has already happened in Chile," said Victor Sardina, geophysicist at the warning center.

"The tsunami was pretty big too. We reported some places around 8 feet. And it's quite possible it would be higher in other areas," he added.

An earthquake of magnitude 8 or over can cause "tremendous damage," the USGS says. The Jan. 12 quake that devastated Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince was measured as magnitude 7.0.

Local television showed a building in flames in Concepcion, one of Chile's largest cities with around 670,000 inhabitants. Some residents looted pharmacies and a collapsed grains silo, hauling off bags of wheat, television images showed.

Broken glass and chunks of concrete and brick were strewn across roads and several strong aftershocks rattled jittery residents in the hours after the initial quake.

The long quake sent Santiago residents streaming onto the streets hugging each other and crying.

"My house is completely destroyed, everything fell over ... it has been totally destroyed. Me and my wife huddled in a corner and after hours they rescued us," said one elderly man in central Santiago.

There were blackouts in parts of Santiago. Emergency officials said buildings in the historic quarters of two southern cities, mainly made of adobe, had been badly damaged and local radio said three hospitals had partially collapsed.

The magnitude 9.5 earthquake of 1960, the largest earthquake worldwide in the last 200 years, spawned a tsunami that engulfed the Pacific Ocean. About 1,600 lives were lost in Chile and the tsunami took another 200 lives in Japan, Hawaii and the PhilippinesIn 1960, Chile was hit by a 9.5-magnitude earthquake, one of the biggest ever recorded. It devastated the city of Valdivia, killed 1,655 people, and sent a tsunami that battered Easter Island 2,300 miles (3,700 km) off Chile's Pacific coast and continued as far as Hawaii, Japan and the Philippines.

The waves that reached the Philippines took about 24 hours to get there.

Saturday's quake shook buildings as far away as Argentina's Andean provinces of Mendoza and San Juan. A series of strong aftershocks rocked Chile's coastal region from Valdivia in the south to Valparaiso, about 500 miles (800 km) to the north.

The United Nations and the White House said they were closely monitoring the situation in Chile and the potential threat of tsunamis in the Pacific.

President Barack Obama called Bachelet and said the United States stood ready to help Chile. He also urged Americans to heed warnings about a possible tsunami that could affect the U.S. West Coast and Hawaii.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was due to visit Chile on Tuesday on a Latin American tour.

(Additional reporting by Helen Popper, Kevin Gray and Guido Nejamkis in Buenos Aires, editing by Anthony Boadle)
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Tsunami waves hit Fr. Polynesia after Chile quake (AlertNet, edited)

Tsunami waves hit Fr. Polynesia after Chile quake

27 Feb 2010 18:55:00 GMT
Source: Reuters

* First waves of tsunami reach French Polynesia
* All schools shut down, residents evacuated to high grounds

(Adds details)

PARIS, Feb 27 (Reuters)


The first small waves of a tsunami caused by an earthquake in Chile reached French Polynesia on Saturday, authorities said.

Residents were asked to move away from the shores and seek high ground while schools were shut down and most roads closed.

The first waves hit Gambier Archipelago at 1550 GMT and Tahiti at 1750 GMT but Tahiti's seismological center said the waves were only 36 centimetres high.

The tsunami is expected to hit Bora Bora at 1815 GMT, the French Polynesia High Commissioner said in a statement.

French Polynesia President Gaston Tong Sang sought to reassure residents saying the territory was used to cyclones and hurricanes.

"We will be vigilant, leaving nature to do its work," he told France Info radio.

"But I am thinking particularly of Marquesas Archipelago, it is the most vulnerable area. Islands have no reefs and the bays are deep so water elevations can be important."

Located in the Pacific Ocean, French Polynesia covers a surface of 4,200 km2, roughly the size of Continental Europe. It is made up of 118 islands, which together form five archipelagos.

(Reporting by Daniel Pardon and Thierry Leveque; writing by Astrid Wendlandt, Editing by Ralph Boulton)
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<CITE class=vcard>Tsunami races across Pacific, threatens Hawaii

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EWA BEACH, Hawaii ? A tsunami triggered by the Chilean earthquake raced across the Pacific Ocean on Saturday, threatening Hawaii as it rushed toward the U.S. West Coast and hundreds of islands from the bottom of the planet to the top.

Sirens blared in Hawaii to alert residents to the potential waves. Nine small planes equipped with loudspeakers flew along the shoreline, warning beachgoers. On several South Pacific islands hit by a tsunami last fall, police evacuated tens of thousands of coastal residents.
Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle declared a state of emergency as the island chain prepared for possible tsunami damage.

She told a news conference Saturday at the state civil defense center inside Diamond Head Crater that the declaration would allow the release of disaster funds. She said the U.S. Pacific Command is standing by to help.

She said that authorities are deciding whether to close wastewater pumping stations on Oahu and Maui to prevent damage from seawater.
Lingle added that leprosy patients from the Kalaupapa settlement on Molokai have been moved from an isolated area on a peninsula to higher ground. Helicopters were standing by if they needed to be shifted elsewhere.

The first waves in Hawaii were expected to hit shortly after 11 a.m. Saturday (4 p.m. EST; 2100 GMT) and measure roughly 8 feet (2.5 meters) at Hilo. Most Pacific Rim nations did not immediately order evacuations, but advised people in low-lying areas to be on the lookout.

Unlike other tsunamis in recent years in which residents had little to if any warnings, emergency officials along the Pacific on Saturday had hours to prepare and decide on evacuating residents.

"We've got a lot of things going for us," said Charles McCreery, the director of the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, which issues warnings to almost every country around the Pacific Rim and to most of the Pacific island states. "We have a reasonable lead time.

In Hawaii, boats and people near the coast were being evacuated. Hilo International Airport, located along the coast, was closed. In Honolulu, residents lined up at supermarkets to stock up on water, canned food and batteries. Cars lined up 15 long at several gas stations.

"These are dangerous, dangerous events," said John Cummings, spokesman for the Honolulu Emergency Management Department.

In Tonga, where nine people died in a Sept. 29 tsunami, police and defense forces began evacuating tens of thousands of people from low-lying coastal areas as they warned residents that waves about three feet (one meter) high could wash ashore.

"I can hear the church bells ringing to alert the people," National Disaster
Office deputy director Mali'u Takai said.
On the island of Robinson Crusoe, a huge wave from the tsunami covered half the village of San Juan Batista and three people were missing, said Ivan de la Maza, the superintendent of Chile's principal mainland port, Valparaiso.

A helicopter and a Navy frigate were enroute to the island to assist in the search, he said.

A tsunami warning ? the highest alert level ? was in effect for Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, Samoa and dozens of other Pacific islands. An advisory ? the lowest level ? includes California, Oregon, Washington state, parts of Alaska, and coastal British Colombia.

British Columbia is hosting the Winter Olympic Games, but provincial officials said the venues are not under threat.


U.S. President Barack Obama says the government is preparing for a tsunami and he wants people in Hawaii, American Samoa and Guam to follow the instructions of local authorities.

American Samoa Lt. Gov. Aitofele Sunia called on residents of shoreline villages to move to higher ground. Police in Samoa issued a nationwide alert to begin coastal evacuations. The tsunami is expected to reach the islands Saturday morning.

In French Polynesia, tsunami waves up to 6 feet (2 meters) high swept ashore, damaging parts of the coast.

Meanwhile, disaster management officials in Fiji said they have been warned to expect waves of as high as 7.5 feet (2.3 meters) to hit the northern and eastern islands of the archipelago and the nearby Tonga islands.

A lower-grade tsunami advisory was in effect for the coast of California and an Alaskan coastal area from Kodiak to Attu islands. Tsunami Center officials said they did not expect the advisory would be upgraded to a warning.

Waves were likely to hit Asian, Australian and New Zealand shores within 24 hours of Saturday's quake. A tsunami wave can travel at up to 600 mph, said Jenifer Rhoades, tsunami program manager at the National Weather Service in Washington, DC.

Some Pacific nations in the warning area were heavily damaged by a tsunami last year.

In last fall's tsunami, spawned by a magnitude-8.3 earthquake, also killed 34 people in American Samoa and 183 in Samoa. Scientists later said that wave was 46 feet (14 meters) high.

The tsunami warning center said the waves reached the islands so quickly residents had only about 10 minutes to respond to its alert.

During the devastating December 2004 Indian ocean tsunami, there was little to no warning and confusion about the impending waves. The tsunami eradicated entire coastal communities the morning after Christmas, killing 230,000 people.

The sirens in Hawaii will also be sounded again three hours prior to the estimated arrival time.

Every TV was showing the news. Convenience stores and McDonald's and Burger King restaurants shut down. A few people were on the famed beach, including joggers on the sidewalk, but far fewer than normal. Most seemed to be watching the ocean.

In Hilo, officials cordoned off the first three blocks next to the beach. A few people watched the still ocean as a whale swam off the coast, but streets were mostly empty as tsunami sirens blared. Gas stations had long lines, some 10 cars deep.

The SackNSave grocery store was filled with people buying everything from instant noodles to beer. Shelves with water were mostly empty, save a few bottles.

"They are buying everything we got," clerk Memory Phillik said.
Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle declared a state of emergency. She said leprosy patients from the Kalaupapa settlement on Molokai have been moved to higher ground. Helicopters are standing by if the patients need to be moved to a safer area.

Past South American earthquakes have had deadly effects across the Pacific.

A tsunami after a magnitude-9.5 quake that struck Chile in 1960, the largest earthquake ever recorded, killed about 140 people in Japan, 61 in Hawaii and 32 in the Philippines. It was about 3.3 to 13 feet (one to four meters) in height, Japan's Meteorological Agency said.

Japanese public broadcaster NHK quoted earthquake experts as saying the tsunami would likely be tens of centimeters (inches) high and reach Japan in about 22 hours. A tsunami of 28 centimeters (11 inches) was recorded after a magnitude-8.4 earthquake near Chile in 2001.

The Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami warning Saturday night for a "potential tsunami threat" to New South Wales state, Queensland state, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island. Any wave would not hit Australia until Sunday morning local time, it said.

New Zealand officials warned that "non-destructive" tsunami waves of less than three feet could hit the entire east coast of the country's two main islands and its Chatham Islands territory, some 300 miles east of New Zealand.

Seismologist Fumihiko Imamura, of Japan's Tohoku University, told NHK that residents near ocean shores should not underestimate the power of a tsunami even though they may be generated by quakes on the other side of the ocean.

"There is the possibility that it could reach Japan without losing its strength," he said.
___ Associated Press writers Mark Niesse, Audrey McAvoy, David Briscoe and Greg Small in Honolulu, Kristen Gelineau in Sydney, Chris Havlik in Phoenix, Ray Lilley in Auckland, New Zealand, Eric Talmadge in Tokyo, Alan Clendenning in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Charmaine Noronha in Toronto contributed to this report.
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Re: 8.8 EQ - Offshore MAULE, Chile - 2,391K exposed to severe shaking & mod-heavy damage - spreading tsunamis being recorded - "at least" 147 Deaths

Re: 8.8 EQ - Offshore MAULE, Chile - 2,391K exposed to severe shaking & mod-heavy damage - spreading tsunamis being recorded - "at least" 147 Deaths

Water still receded here in PV.

http://www.milenio.com/node/391095


Six-foot wave comes at the expense of Huatulco
In some areas, the sea reached the urban area, causing flooding in some hotels and shops.

Sat, 27/02/2010 - 15:06

In Acapulco warning was also issued before the tsunami. Photo: Juan Jose Delgado (File) Oaxaca .- The earthquake of 8.8 degrees on the Richter scale recorded in Chile, prompted a wave of at least two feet reached the coast of Huatulco, this caused the rollover of five boats, addition to the evacuation of tourists from the beach area and the cancellation of shipping.

The director of the State Institute of Civil Protection, Martin Vela, said the phenomenon causing waves reached a height greater than two meters. Also, in some areas, the sea reached the urban area.

There were also flooded as well as shops hotels damaged, particularly palapas.

"The waves come from less to more," said the official, who spoke of an effect "pot" which means that the alert will remain until after 20 hours when you might have a normal situation in the coastal zone.

In the area there and brigade of the Mexican Army and police in support of the civilian population.

It also predicted that in Hawaii the first wave would arrive at around 14:05 (local time).

Oscar Rodriguez / Millennium
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