quake

From Hawaii, where tsunami preparations ARE GO.

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2010/02/27/bpr.gutierrez.hawaii.cnn

The sirens that are sounding across Hawaii....

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2010/02/27/bpr.hawaii.prepares.cnn

 

Google Map Maker is currently available in Chile, and we are making this map data available for download by relief and aid organizations

The magnitude-8.8 quake was felt as far away as Sao Paulo in Brazil -- 1,800 miles (2,900 kilometers) to the east. The full extent of damage remained unclear as scores of aftershocks -- one nearly as powerful as Haiti's devastating Jan. 12 earthquake -- shuddered across the disaster-prone Andean nation.  http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/chile/chileem.jpg

Visit http://mapmaker.google.com/datadownload for more information and to access the data. If you have familiarity with the region, please help these efforts by contributing data about Chile on Google Map Maker. We will be refreshing the download data frequently to reflect the latest set of contributions.The Person Finder tool has been translated into Spanish and is currently available at http://chilepersonfinder.appspot.com/

Also Russian Foreign Ministry announced that Russia is ready to provide assistance and humanitarian aid to Santiago

                                                               Earthquake Details

Magnitude	8.8
Date-Time	Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 06:34:14 UTC Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 03:34:14 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	35.846°S, 72.719°W
Depth	35 km (21.7 miles) set by location program
Region	OFFSHORE MAULE, CHILE
Distances	100 km (60 miles) NNW of Chillan, Chile 105 km (65 miles) WSW of Talca, Chile 115 km (70 miles) NNE of Concepcion, Chile 325 km (200 miles) SW of SANTIAGO, Chile
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 7.2 km (4.5 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters	NST=255, Nph=255, Dmin=988 km, Rmss=1.12 sec, Gp= 36°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7
Maule, Chile Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 06:34:14 UTC Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 03:34:14 Local 35.85°S 72.72°W Depth: 35km Maps Graphs Responses Downloads Did You Feel It? — Tell Us ! Google Map Maker is currently available in Chile, and we are making this map data available for download by relief and aid organizations	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

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