Truemors
An earthquake of magnitude 7.7 has struck the moderately populated
region of northern Chile. Reports of injuries are starting to come in. Earthquake was felt up to 700 mile away. Power is out in affected areas.
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url="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ithKoQw1XY-Qh5i5jRovey1TtVNQD8STIHF00"]SANTIAGO,
Chile (AP) — A major earthquake rocked a large area of northern Chile
on Wednesday, toppling power lines and closing roads. There were no
immediate reports of injuries from the quake, which was felt in the
capital as well as neighboring Peru and Bolivia.
The earthquake, which struck at 10:40 a.m. EST, measured magnitude
7.7 and was centered 780 miles north of Santiago, or 25 miles
east-southeast of Tocopilla, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The USGS said it occurred about 37.3 miles beneath the surface.
Presidential spokesman Ricardo Lagos Weber said it was centered in
the Andean village of Quillahua, near Calama, site of the large
Chuquicamata copper mine.
Initial reports "indicate that there have been no injuries, but some damage has occurred, apparently not serious," he said.
Andrea Riveros, a spokeswoman for the Park Hotel in Calama, about 60
miles east-southeast of the epicenter, said the quake knocked out power
to the hotel.
"It was horribly strong. It was very long and there was a lot of underground noise," Riveros said.
She said the hotel was not damaged.
"I was very frightened. It was very strong," added Paola Barrie,
administrator at the Agua del Desierto Hotel, three miles from Calama.
"I've never felt one that strong."
She said the hotel felt "like a floating island" during the quake,
which downed power lines and cracked windows on nearby houses.
A reporter for Radio Cooperativa who had just landed in Antofagasta,
about 105 miles south of the epicenter, told the station she saw cracks
in the airport tarmac.[/q]
Major Earthquake Strikes Chile
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - A
major earthquake rocked a large area of northern Chile on Wednesday,
and it was felt in the capital of Santiago. There were no immediate
reports of damage or injury from the region.The quake, which struck at 10:40 a.m. EST, measured magnitude 7.7
and was centered 780 miles north of Santiago, or 25 miles
east-southeast of Tocopilla, the U.S. Geological Survey said.The USGS said it occurred 38 miles beneath the surface.
"It was horribly strong. It was very long and there was a lot of
underground noise," said Andrea Riveros, a spokeswoman for the Park
Hotel in Calama, about 60 miles east-southeast of the epicenter.She said the quake knocked out power to the hotel, but caused no damage.
Carmen Fernandez, head of the government's Emergency Bureau, said
the quake was felt across nearly 1,300 miles, from Chile's northern
border with Peru to the capital.
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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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