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8.0 earthquake strikes northern Chile

52 points by mef 13y ago

eddanger 13y ago
Scary stuff. Personally my wife and I have decided it's time to get serious about creating a disaster kit. The "big one" could hit any time. Hope nobody was hurt in Chile or South America.
kimonos 13y ago
God, please protect them from harm and danger..
- GreenRocket 13y ago
  Amen.
- ryannevius 13y ago
  Or how about we as human beings do all we can to get people out of there safely, instead of praying for a miracle? "Protecting from harm and danger" after a natural disaster is not how God works.
  - mason240 13y ago
    Sure, I'll just jump into my private jet, fly to SA, and start evacuating them.
- oafitupa 13y ago
  I'm sure you saved many lives with that prayer, you must be proud.
  - MichaelGG 13y ago
    I share the same sentiment, and probably would have expressed it in the past. I've come to the conclusion that when people are in grief or times of crisis, it's sort of being an asshole to point out that they're wrong and not helping. So long they're not promoting pointless measures to the exclusion of useful ones, they're not really harming anyone immediately. YMMV.
computer 13y ago
Here's a site where you can monitor the sea level live: http://www.ioc-sealevelmonitoring.org/station.php?code=pisa http://www.ioc-sealevelmonitoring.org/station.php?code=pisa (as long as the site is up. Multiple measuring stations available there) For now the highest is 2 meters. If the site is not working, here's a screenshot from right after it began: https://twitter.com/severestudios/status/451151233739288576 https://twitter.com/severestudios/status/451151233739288576 After that it went wildly up and down. Keep in mind that a tsunami can have wildly different heights and properties in different places.
izendejas 13y ago
I lived in LA for 7 years and experienced a few 3.0+s on older four-floor or so apartment complexes. Now I'm living ~7 miles away from a fault in the bay area. Always have water and supplies. And I hope ad-hoc/mesh wireless networking technology takes off sooner rather than later. http://www.wired.com/2014/03/apple-multipeer-connectivity/ http://www.wired.com/2014/03/apple-multipeer-connectivity/
- eddanger 13y ago
  I never considered this technology could be used during a disaster. That is a brilliant use case that could save lives. No phone, no power, trapped under rubble this could be your lifeline.
  - izendejas 13y ago
    Well, it hadn't really occurred to me that it could be used for localization exactly, just for building an adhoc communication channel. :) The one problem is that batteries still haven't caught up. We need easily deployable, emergency wireless charging stations. :) And solar-based ones for those who aren't stuck under rubble.
- incision 13y ago
  >"And I hope ad-hoc/mesh wireless networking technology takes off sooner rather than later." Definitely. I became fascinated with the idea of mesh networking for disaster response after seeing the 2011 east coast earthquake [0] disrupt communication for many people. I kicked the idea around to a few folks and became pretty discouraged at the consistent "I don't get it" responses. 0: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Virginia_earthquake http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Virginia_earthquake
- maxerickson 13y ago
  There have been 9 aftershocks as of now (around 1 hour 45 minutes after the first quake): http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/ http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/ Each more than a 5.
- pserwylo 13y ago
tlitd 13y ago
It's been updated to 8.2. No casualties reported so far. And, actually, a bigger one it's expected in the zone, the "big event".
- hugozap 13y ago
  Do you have any links about "The big event" it seems like in every town somebody "knows" about it
  - tlitd 13y ago
    http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-chile-quake-larger-20140401,0,2045484.story#axzz2xhGKbm7q http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-chile-quake-l...
MrGando 13y ago
I am from Chile... live on Santiago though, far away (2+ thousand KM) from the North. AFAIK there have been no casualties. People have been evacuated from the coastal areas all over Chile (even in the south for precaution). Cheers.
- uptown 13y ago
  So far 2 dead, 3 seriously injured according to Reuters. http://www.trust.org/item/20140402024844-z0fmt http://www.trust.org/item/20140402024844-z0fmt
  - pdappollonio 13y ago
    According to our president, 5 are dead (she's live on TV right now).
pdappollonio 13y ago
I'm Chilean and I live in a "problematic" area. Fortunately it was not that hard. We're kind of prepared (of course, with nature, nobody is actually prepared for something like this) and the Government and the people are already evacuating those areas. The sad part? A lot of people is evacuating using cars, and streets doesn't gave so much space to handle all that traffic. Internet and Mobile networks are still working and that helped to reach to almost anyone. ONEMI, which is the emergency organism here, already published the expected hour the waves will arrive to those problematic areas, so some cities have plenty of time to evacuate.
- pdappollonio 13y ago
  Flights are suspended in both Arica and Iquique, both cities who are near the epicenter.
- rdl 13y ago
  Is there anything worth taking photos of, or do you know of any decent photo sites? Glad it wasn't that hard and your Government is competent!
  - pdappollonio 13y ago
    Not really. I think tomorrow will be a better moment to take some, given the fact that everything is happening by night. I have some pictures from the old 8.8 earthquake on Flickr[1] from a City called Angol (very close to the epicenter of the 8.8 magnitude)... [1]: https://flickr.com/photos/marlexsystems/sets/72157627435839372/ https://flickr.com/photos/marlexsystems/sets/721576274358393...
  - pdappollonio 13y ago
    Take a look of some of the most recent pictures here: http://www.latercera.com/multimedia/relacionado-articulo/2014/04/1728-34832-7-terremoto-en-la-zona-norte-de-chile.shtml http://www.latercera.com/multimedia/relacionado-articulo/201...
tomc1985 13y ago
Im an American currently visiting friends in Talca, Chile. (far away from the esrthquake) We are all sitting around and staring at the tv.... That said most of my friends here are pretty nonchalant. Chileans expect terramotos; they are used to them. The response I am witnessing is organized and no casualties thus far..... Terrible as these events are, it seems the victims were prepared. Good on them
VaedaStrike 13y ago
Right as my wife and son are flying in to Peru. Like, they're literally in the air en route to Lima now...
- borrowedtime 13y ago
  I'm in Lima right now, hardly anyone has noticed a thing so for the moment I would try not to worry. Certainly don't know anyone who even felt any tremors.
  - deleted 13y ago
    [deleted]
wensing 13y ago
On a related note, we are adding earthquakes to Riskpulse.com this week. It's amazing how much scattered and rich data there is, but it's just that ... scattered.

52 points by mef 13y ago

Scary stuff. Personally my wife and I have decided it's time to get serious about creating a disaster kit. The "big one" could hit any time. Hope nobody was hurt in Chile or South America.

kimonos 13y ago

God, please protect them from harm and danger..

GreenRocket 13y ago
Amen.
ryannevius 13y ago
Or how about we as human beings do all we can to get people out of there safely, instead of praying for a miracle? "Protecting from harm and danger" after a natural disaster is not how God works.
- mason240 13y ago
  Sure, I'll just jump into my private jet, fly to SA, and start evacuating them.
oafitupa 13y ago
I'm sure you saved many lives with that prayer, you must be proud.
- MichaelGG 13y ago
  I share the same sentiment, and probably would have expressed it in the past. I've come to the conclusion that when people are in grief or times of crisis, it's sort of being an asshole to point out that they're wrong and not helping. So long they're not promoting pointless measures to the exclusion of useful ones, they're not really harming anyone immediately. YMMV.

computer 13y ago

Here's a site where you can monitor the sea level live: http://www.ioc-sealevelmonitoring.org/station.php?code=pisa http://www.ioc-sealevelmonitoring.org/station.php?code=pisa (as long as the site is up. Multiple measuring stations available there) For now the highest is 2 meters. If the site is not working, here's a screenshot from right after it began: https://twitter.com/severestudios/status/451151233739288576 https://twitter.com/severestudios/status/451151233739288576 After that it went wildly up and down. Keep in mind that a tsunami can have wildly different heights and properties in different places.

izendejas 13y ago

I lived in LA for 7 years and experienced a few 3.0+s on older four-floor or so apartment complexes. Now I'm living ~7 miles away from a fault in the bay area. Always have water and supplies. And I hope ad-hoc/mesh wireless networking technology takes off sooner rather than later. http://www.wired.com/2014/03/apple-multipeer-connectivity/ http://www.wired.com/2014/03/apple-multipeer-connectivity/

eddanger 13y ago
I never considered this technology could be used during a disaster. That is a brilliant use case that could save lives. No phone, no power, trapped under rubble this could be your lifeline.
- izendejas 13y ago
  Well, it hadn't really occurred to me that it could be used for localization exactly, just for building an adhoc communication channel. :) The one problem is that batteries still haven't caught up. We need easily deployable, emergency wireless charging stations. :) And solar-based ones for those who aren't stuck under rubble.
incision 13y ago
>"And I hope ad-hoc/mesh wireless networking technology takes off sooner rather than later." Definitely. I became fascinated with the idea of mesh networking for disaster response after seeing the 2011 east coast earthquake [0] disrupt communication for many people. I kicked the idea around to a few folks and became pretty discouraged at the consistent "I don't get it" responses. 0: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Virginia_earthquake http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Virginia_earthquake
maxerickson 13y ago
There have been 9 aftershocks as of now (around 1 hour 45 minutes after the first quake): http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/ http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/ Each more than a 5.
pserwylo 13y ago

tlitd 13y ago

It's been updated to 8.2. No casualties reported so far. And, actually, a bigger one it's expected in the zone, the "big event".

hugozap 13y ago
Do you have any links about "The big event" it seems like in every town somebody "knows" about it
- tlitd 13y ago
  http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-chile-quake-larger-20140401,0,2045484.story#axzz2xhGKbm7q http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-chile-quake-l...

MrGando 13y ago

I am from Chile... live on Santiago though, far away (2+ thousand KM) from the North. AFAIK there have been no casualties. People have been evacuated from the coastal areas all over Chile (even in the south for precaution). Cheers.

uptown 13y ago
So far 2 dead, 3 seriously injured according to Reuters. http://www.trust.org/item/20140402024844-z0fmt http://www.trust.org/item/20140402024844-z0fmt
- pdappollonio 13y ago
  According to our president, 5 are dead (she's live on TV right now).

pdappollonio 13y ago

I'm Chilean and I live in a "problematic" area. Fortunately it was not that hard. We're kind of prepared (of course, with nature, nobody is actually prepared for something like this) and the Government and the people are already evacuating those areas. The sad part? A lot of people is evacuating using cars, and streets doesn't gave so much space to handle all that traffic. Internet and Mobile networks are still working and that helped to reach to almost anyone. ONEMI, which is the emergency organism here, already published the expected hour the waves will arrive to those problematic areas, so some cities have plenty of time to evacuate.

pdappollonio 13y ago
Flights are suspended in both Arica and Iquique, both cities who are near the epicenter.
rdl 13y ago
Is there anything worth taking photos of, or do you know of any decent photo sites? Glad it wasn't that hard and your Government is competent!
- pdappollonio 13y ago
  Not really. I think tomorrow will be a better moment to take some, given the fact that everything is happening by night. I have some pictures from the old 8.8 earthquake on Flickr[1] from a City called Angol (very close to the epicenter of the 8.8 magnitude)... [1]: https://flickr.com/photos/marlexsystems/sets/72157627435839372/ https://flickr.com/photos/marlexsystems/sets/721576274358393...
- pdappollonio 13y ago
  Take a look of some of the most recent pictures here: http://www.latercera.com/multimedia/relacionado-articulo/2014/04/1728-34832-7-terremoto-en-la-zona-norte-de-chile.shtml http://www.latercera.com/multimedia/relacionado-articulo/201...

tomc1985 13y ago

Im an American currently visiting friends in Talca, Chile. (far away from the esrthquake) We are all sitting around and staring at the tv.... That said most of my friends here are pretty nonchalant. Chileans expect terramotos; they are used to them. The response I am witnessing is organized and no casualties thus far..... Terrible as these events are, it seems the victims were prepared. Good on them

VaedaStrike 13y ago

Right as my wife and son are flying in to Peru. Like, they're literally in the air en route to Lima now...

borrowedtime 13y ago
I'm in Lima right now, hardly anyone has noticed a thing so for the moment I would try not to worry. Certainly don't know anyone who even felt any tremors.
- deleted 13y ago
  [deleted]

wensing 13y ago

On a related note, we are adding earthquakes to Riskpulse.com this week. It's amazing how much scattered and rich data there is, but it's just that ... scattered.