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Fortunately this occurred some 34 miles from the nearest city which is Cauquenes, a city in Chile, is the capital of Cauquenes Province and is located in the Maule Region.
The population is around 45,000 so the potential for massive death like what occurred in Haiti is not there. But still this quake was much stronger by far that the one the 7.0 that devastated Port-au-Prince and killed so many.
Thank God we here near the San Andreas are still waiting for the big one I for one hope never comes since the fault is only 6 miles away.
The only major City in California with out a history of massive quake damage from I can see is San Diego.
I know the old adobe Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcala built in 1769 by Padre Junipero Serra was moved but is still intact today
From what I can figure this quake was 56.88 times stronger than the Haiti quake. That is a bunch. Every full point is 31.6 times stronger than the previous point on the scale.
The population is around 45,000 so the potential for massive death like what occurred in Haiti is not there. But still this quake was much stronger by far that the one the 7.0 that devastated Port-au-Prince and killed so many.
Thank God we here near the San Andreas are still waiting for the big one I for one hope never comes since the fault is only 6 miles away.
The only major City in California with out a history of massive quake damage from I can see is San Diego.
I know the old adobe Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcala built in 1769 by Padre Junipero Serra was moved but is still intact today
From what I can figure this quake was 56.88 times stronger than the Haiti quake. That is a bunch. Every full point is 31.6 times stronger than the previous point on the scale.
Massive Magnitude 8.8 Quake Hits Chile, Killing at Least 6 - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News - FOXNews.com
BREAKING NEWS — A massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake capable of tremendous damage struck central Chile early Saturday, shaking the capital for a minute and half and setting off a tsunami. Buildings collapsed and phone lines and electricity were down, making the extent of the damage difficult to determine.
The quake hit 200 miles southwest of the capital, Santiago, and at a depth of 22 miles at 3:34 a.m., the U.S. Geological Survey reported. Its epicenter was just 70 miles from Concepcion, Chile's second-largest city, where more than 200,000 people live along the Bio Bio river, and 60 miles from the ski town of Chillan, a gateway to Andean ski resorts that was destroyed in a 1939 earthquake.
Buildings shook and collapsed in Santiago. With phone lines down, confirmation of damage was difficult elsewhere, especially further south toward the epicenter. The quake was felt in Argentina as well.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a warning for Chile and Peru, and a less-urgent tsunami watch for Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica and Antarctica.
"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 center said.
The U.S. west coast tsunami warning center said it did not expect a tsunami along the west of the U.S. or Canada but was continuing to monitor the situation.
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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