| Chile 8.8 large earthquake , tsunami hit the Pacific Rim?(God Bless) | 10:25 AM |
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According to the U.S. Geological Survey news, South American country, Chile Concepción Province, took place around midnight local time on the 27th of the large magnitude 8.8 earthquake epicenter is located in Chile's Bio Bio Province (BIO-BIO), is located in Chile's conception Sion (Concepcion) north-east 89 kilometers, is located 339 kilometers southwest of the Chilean capital Santiago, epicenter located 55 kilometers underground. Chile devastating large shallow earthquake source, seismic intensity is 80 times that of Haiti.
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet said the government has sent rescue boats to the island of Robinson Crusoe. Robinson Crusoe Island Juan Fernandez Islands, the first of the Big Island.
Bachelet also said that the tsunami could hit in 1 hour in the South Pacific's Easter Island, now some residents are being evacuated in the island.
Easter Island as a World Heritage Site, due to the island has hundreds of large pieces of volcanic rock carved into a statue with a giant stone statue of the famous.
Reuters reported that witnesses reported the San Diego high-rise buildings shook and the power outages news.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said in a statement: "The intensity of the earthquake could trigger a devastating tsunami, near the epicenter within minutes submerged coastlines and submerged in a few hours farther away from the coastline.
2010-02-2717:14 CNN reports: Chile earthquake triggered tsunami waves were detected in 9 feet high.
2010-02-2717:22 Xinhua News: According to the U.S. Geological Survey report, Chile, 27, Richter 8.8 earthquake occurred shortly after the magnitude 6.2 aftershock.
2010-02-2718:17 Chile, the second strong aftershock occurred magnitude of 5.6.
2010-02-2718:50 According to foreign news, Chile, the early morning of that day a strong 8.8 magnitude earthquake, aftershocks, one after another, the latest aftershocks up to 6.9.
2010-02-2719:31 Pacific Tsunami Warning Center on the 27th will be Chile earthquake triggered a tsunami warning should be extended to the entire Pacific coast.
2010-02-2719:52 latest news: According to official statistics, Chilean 8.8 earthquake has killed at least 76 people were killed.
2010-02-2720:20, according to Chilean media reported on the 27th day, a magnitude 8.8 earthquake that triggered the tsunami struck southern Chile, Juan Fernandez Islands, and caused serious damage.
Chile took place in February 27 the intensity of up to 8.8 earthquake, although the death toll to date is still to a surprising number (as is currently 78 people), but subject to the slightest degree of concern no less than any one earthquake, because the a broader impact of the tsunami is already a generation, and will affect the Pacific islands and Japan Gean, and to Australia and New Zealand have issued a tsunami warning.
This is not just confined to one places an earthquake, but evolved into a number of continents that may affect the world's natural disasters!