Saturday, February 27, 2010

8.8 Earthquake in Chile- Tsunami Warning in Hawaii



Around 12:34 am Saturday morning Kansas City time- a massive 8.8 quake struck off the west coast of South America- offshore from Maule- Chile- according to the USGS.


This quake is around 800 times stronger than the quake that struck Haiti last month.

A Tsunami Warning is in effect for the Islands of Hawaii- with waves expected to reach there just after 3 pm today Kansas City time.

A Tsunami Advisory is in effect for the United States' West Coast- but no devastating tsunamis are expected there.

As usual after a devastating earthquake- death reports from Chile are fairly low right now- but that will surely change as communications are restored in those regions.

Prayers to all from CSW....
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1 comment:

http://www.ehow.com/members/stevemar2-articles.html said...

How scary and frightening! This happened at a time when most people were sleeping. I hope the United States and other foreign countries send aid to the people of Chile as soon as possible. They will need it.

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