# 8.8 Earthquake in Chile **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [February 26, 2010, 11:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/8-8-earthquake-in-chile/79776 "2010-02-26T23:23:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Penfold](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/penfold/32/5007_2.png) [@Penfold](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Penfold)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 11:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/8-8-earthquake-in-chile/79776/1 "2010-02-26T23:23:23Z")
> **[CNN - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos](https://www.cnn.com/)** > > View the latest news and breaking news today for U.S., world, weather, entertainment, politics and health at CNN.com. It is just breaking now, so no report of damage yet. That is a pretty nasty powerful quake though. ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 12:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/8-8-earthquake-in-chile/79776/2 "2010-02-27T00:17:52Z")
Apparently it was an 8.8 according to Faux News ---
**Author:** ![Penfold](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/penfold/32/5007_2.png) [@Penfold](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Penfold)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 12:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/8-8-earthquake-in-chile/79776/3 "2010-02-27T00:46:40Z")
Yeah, and it also apparently generated a 9 ft Tsunami according to cnn. > **[Double tragedy for Chile's beach communities](http://www.nbcnews.com/id/35615455/ns/world_news-americas/)** > > The  beach communities of  Chile’s south-central coast suffered the double tragedy of the earthquake and the tsunami it caused. In Talcahuano, 80 percent of the 180,000 residents are homeless. Looks like there might be a lot of damage. ---
**Author:** ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 4:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/8-8-earthquake-in-chile/79776/4 "2010-02-27T04:28:17Z")
We have a Tsunami warning here. Not good. I really hope this doesn’t hurt a lot of people. ---
**Author:** ![BigEd88](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/biged88/32/5064_2.png) [@BigEd88](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigEd88)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 6:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/8-8-earthquake-in-chile/79776/5 "2010-02-27T06:18:26Z")
[MSNBC.com](http://MSNBC.com) front page reads: ![http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/g-cvr-100227-chile-quake-6a..grid-6x2.jpg](http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/g-cvr-100227-chile-quake-6a..grid-6x2.jpg) David Lillo / AP‘end of the world’: [SIZE=“6”][SIZE=“5”]'end of the world’: Huge quake hits Chile[/SIZE][/SIZE] Telesur via AFP - Getty ImagesPresident Michelle Bachelet, right, declares a “state of catastrophe” after a magnitude-8.8 temblor strikes near Concepcion, causing buildings to collapse more than 200 miles away, killing scores and triggering tsunami alerts for dozens of countries. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 6:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/8-8-earthquake-in-chile/79776/6 "2010-02-27T06:41:13Z")
> [@Paulo](#): > > We have a Tsunami warning here. Not good. I really hope this doesn’t hurt a lot of people. 11:19am is when you’d see the first wave. Just make sure you know what your evacuation route is. ---
**Author:** ![tpgsr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tpgsr/32/7374_2.png) [@tpgsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tpgsr)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 6:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/8-8-earthquake-in-chile/79776/7 "2010-02-27T06:45:16Z")
> [@Onyx Z32](#): > > 11:19am is when you’d see the first wave. Just make sure you know what your evacuation route is. Didn’t you get a degree in this type of stuff? If so, trust this guy! ---
**Author:** ![Carnut](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/carnut/32/7590_2.png) [@Carnut](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carnut)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 6:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/8-8-earthquake-in-chile/79776/8 "2010-02-27T06:47:02Z")
Wow and this after a 6.6 in Okinawa yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 6:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/8-8-earthquake-in-chile/79776/9 "2010-02-27T06:50:30Z")
> [@Onyx Z32](#): > > 11:19am is when you’d see the first wave. Just make sure you know what your evacuation route is. Yes, I know. The news channels here have been going nonstop on this. Sirens are going to start going off at 6am. I’m in one of the evacuation zones too. I’ll likely be in the mountains biking some trails around that time anyhow. Part of me wants to go paddle out on the surfboard, though. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 7:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/8-8-earthquake-in-chile/79776/10 "2010-02-27T07:42:03Z")
A 7.7 foot tsunami has already hit areas around Chile. No one knows at this point how high it could be when it reaches Hawaii, but definitely take this seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 8:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/8-8-earthquake-in-chile/79776/11 "2010-02-27T08:01:58Z")
I don’t know how old this estimate is, but it gives an idea of the threat. Note the darker reds that surround the islands as the water shallows and waves wrap around them: ![http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/chile/chileem.jpg](http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/chile/chileem.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 8:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/8-8-earthquake-in-chile/79776/12 "2010-02-27T08:10:40Z")
The sirens just started going off. Very eerie. I might go sit on top of one of the restaurants with my camera when it starts rolling in. I doubt I’ll see much of anything here in Waikiki, though. ---
**Author:** ![deebo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deebo/32/5218_2.png) [@deebo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deebo)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 8:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/8-8-earthquake-in-chile/79776/13 "2010-02-27T08:19:13Z")
It is indeed, the end of the world. ---
**Author:** ![Karter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/8-8-earthquake-in-chile/79776/14 "2010-02-27T08:24:15Z")
i heard 35ft waves at the coast line. dont know how true it is tho , i was just walking by a tv with news on ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 8:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/8-8-earthquake-in-chile/79776/15 "2010-02-27T08:44:56Z")
Watch live news in Hawaii for those of us in NY: [http://www.ustream.tv/channel/hitsunami](http://www.ustream.tv/channel/hitsunami) People are worried because the warning sirens that have gone off were really quite. Fiji is expecting some 7’ hits. I still haven’t heard any estimates of height for Hawaii. ---
**Author:** ![dozr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/41988e/32.png) [@dozr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dozr)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 8:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/8-8-earthquake-in-chile/79776/16 "2010-02-27T08:49:01Z")
My parents are in Makawao, at a ranch up on the mountain… Hoping for the best. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 8:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/8-8-earthquake-in-chile/79776/17 "2010-02-27T08:51:11Z")
Don’t listen to rumors of wave hight on Twitter, News, etc. No official estimates have been announced. [http://www.prh.noaa.gov/pr/ptwc/](http://www.prh.noaa.gov/pr/ptwc/) ---
**Author:** ![snowracer101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@snowracer101](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/snowracer101)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 9:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/8-8-earthquake-in-chile/79776/18 "2010-02-27T09:18:21Z")
ugh, my friends whole family is from Chile, and he can’t get ahold of them. My wishes are with everyone in that country. ---
**Author:** ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 11:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/8-8-earthquake-in-chile/79776/19 "2010-02-27T11:47:11Z")
> [@Onyx Z32](#): > > People are worried because the warning sirens that have gone off were really quite. Quiet?! These things fucking rage. Maybe I’m just really close to one or something, but god damn. ---
**Author:** ![burnt\_toast](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/burnt_toast/32/7518_2.png) [@burnt\_toast](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/burnt_toast)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/8-8-earthquake-in-chile/79776/20 "2010-02-27T11:49:20Z")
looks like about 1 hour 15 minutes until the first tsunami impact. …lol i’m watching the cnn live feed and they just said there’s still people out there surfing on Awahoo’s north shore [http://www.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=stream1&hpt=T1](http://www.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=stream1&hpt=T1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/8-8-earthquake-in-chile/79776.md?page=2)