Posted on Sep 17, 2015
magnitude-8.3 earthquake hit off Chile's northern coast. Have you ever been in a quake and how did you react?
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SANTIAGO, Chile – A powerful magnitude-8.3 earthquake hit off Chile's northern coast Wednesday night, causing buildings to sway in the capital of Santiago and bringing flooding from small tsunami waves in some shore towns.
Officials reported three deaths. There were no reports of serious damage hours after the quake, but officials were still checking the region late into the night.
Authorities had issued a tsunami alert for Chile's entire Pacific coast, and the tremor was so strong that people on the other side of the continent, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, reported feeling it.
Numerous strong aftershocks, including one measuring 7.0 magnitude and three above 6, rattled the region after the first major tremor since a powerful quake and tsunami killed hundreds in 2010 and leveled part of the city of Concepcion in south-central Chile.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/09/17/strong-quake-shakes-chile-capital-causing-buildings-to-sway/
Officials reported three deaths. There were no reports of serious damage hours after the quake, but officials were still checking the region late into the night.
Authorities had issued a tsunami alert for Chile's entire Pacific coast, and the tremor was so strong that people on the other side of the continent, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, reported feeling it.
Numerous strong aftershocks, including one measuring 7.0 magnitude and three above 6, rattled the region after the first major tremor since a powerful quake and tsunami killed hundreds in 2010 and leveled part of the city of Concepcion in south-central Chile.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/09/17/strong-quake-shakes-chile-capital-causing-buildings-to-sway/
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I've experienced Three so far in this lifetime. 2 within one deployment in Afghanistan.
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Thoughts going out to Chile. Here's hoping that any RP members who may have family there are okay (their family members that is).
Thoughts going out to Chile. Here's hoping that any RP members who may have family there are okay (their family members that is).
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I felt 2 small ones in my entire life. The last one for about 5 seconds in a 15 floors high rise Condo, was Very scary. The Reinforced concrete structure was built with some "Tolerances" in place, but still made some Weird squeaky sounds. We were there [my wife and I with 2 little ones] looking at each other unable to move and our minds went blank, 'cause simply there was no escape possible if it became catastrophic.
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