Truemors
On 11/14/2007 3:40:52 PM UTC an earthquake of magnitude 7.7 has struck the moderately populated
region of Chile in Chile.
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url="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,311703,00.html"]SANTIAGO,
Chile — A major earthquake struck northern Chile on Wednesday.
There were no immediate reports from the region, but it was felt
strongly in the capital, 1,260 kilometers (780 miles) to the south.
The U.S. Geological Survey calculated the quake's magnitude at 7.7.
It struck at 10:40 EST (1540 GMT) and was centered about 170 kilometers
(105 miles) north of Antofagasta.
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| 7.7 |
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| 22.189°S, 69.843°W |
| 60 km (37.3 miles) |
| ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE |
| 40 km (25 miles) ESE of Tocopilla, Chile 100 km (60 miles) WNW of Calama, Chile 170 km (105 miles) NNE of Antofagasta, Chile 1245 km (780 miles) N of SANTIAGO, Chile |
| horizontal +/- 8.6 km (5.3 miles); depth +/- 12.3 km (7.6 miles) |
| Nst=192, Nph=192, Dmin=106.7 km, Rmss=1.09 sec, Gp= 76°, M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6 |
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| us2007jsat |
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 1
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
557 AM HST WED NOV 14 2007
TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII
SUBJECT - TSUNAMI ADVISORY
A TSUNAMI ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII EFFECTIVE
AT 0557 AM HST.
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS
ORIGIN TIME - 0541 AM HST 14 NOV 2007
COORDINATES - 22.2 SOUTH 69.9 WEST
LOCATION - NORTHERN CHILE
MAGNITUDE - 7.7 MOMENT
EVALUATION
THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER HAS ISSUED A NON-EXPANDING
REGIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING FOR A PART OF THE PACIFIC NEAR THE
EARTHQUAKE. BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA THERE IS NO DESTRUCTIVE
TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII.
HOWEVER... SOME COASTAL AREAS IN HAWAII COULD EXPERIENCE SMALL
NON-DESTRUCTIVE SEA LEVEL CHANGES AND STRONG OR UNUSUAL CURRENTS
LASTING UP TO SEVERAL HOURS. THE ESTIMATED TIME SUCH EFFECTS
MIGHT BEGIN IS
0736 PM HST WED 14 NOV 2007
MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.
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