8.8 earthquake hits southern Chile....

[KillerKat]

Chatting with my friend now that lives in northern chile. Its 3:18 am here now so its 5:18 am there now. They're keeping a close eye on the news to make sure no tsunami or other aftershocks occur.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100227/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_chile_earthquake

[Jangler]

got me by two minutes.

[Jangler]

Just reported a 6.8 aftershock.

[KillerKat]

Second Powerful Aftershock Hits Chile

Strong 6.2 Magnitude Aftershock Hits Chile After Massive 8.8 Quake

Tsunami Watch issued for Hawaii with any waves due just after 11am local time.

Two very strong aftershocks of 6.2 and 5.6 in magnitude respectively have hit Chile, just hours after a massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake has struck the country of, triggering a tsunami, and killing at least 6 people.

http://www.newsonnews.net/news/2056-second-powerful-aftershock-of-5-6-magnitude-hits-chile.html

[Squirrel]

Heres a good map of all the quakes in south America.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/region/S_America.php

Here is a world map just click near the area you want to check.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/

[Squirrel]

Here is the sunami warnings.

For California, Oregon and Alaska

http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/2010/02/27/725245/05/message725245-05.htm

For Hawaii

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/pr/ptwc/messages/hawaii/2010/hawaii.2010.02.27.104650.txt

[Matt Foley]

The worst earthquake ever recorded took place about 100 miles from where this one hit.

[Matt Foley]

500 times more powerful than the Haiti earthquake.

I'd hate to live in Memphis, LA or SF right now.