8.8 - Magnitude Quake Hits Chile *Merged*

[yogi3939]

We have, as a whole, a fairly quiet day. Chile still seems to be the most active but it is far less than it has been lately. Lets hope things stay that way for a while, a long while.



Update time = Sun Mar 14 0:04:11 UTC 2010


MAG UTC DATE-TIME
y/m/d h:m:s LAT
deg LON
deg DEPTH
km Region
MAP 5.4 2010/03/13 21:42:39 52.782 160.332 20.7 OFF THE EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA
MAP 5.0 2010/03/13 20:20:27 -36.813 -73.655 38.2 OFFSHORE BIO-BIO, CHILE
MAP 4.6 2010/03/13 18:59:24 6.805 -72.897 153.1 NORTHERN COLOMBIA
MAP 2.5 2010/03/13 18:17:16 58.090 -154.086 82.3 ALASKA PENINSULA
MAP 4.4 2010/03/13 17:28:21 28.637 142.875 9.3 BONIN ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
MAP 5.0 2010/03/13 16:33:18 -34.066 -69.415 35.0 MENDOZA, ARGENTINA
MAP 4.2 2010/03/13 16:32:32 32.986 -116.364 6.2 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 5.1 2010/03/13 15:22:39 -34.410 -71.378 35.0 LIBERTADOR O'HIGGINS, CHILE
MAP 5.7 2010/03/13 14:59:03 1.301 97.139 35.0 NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
MAP 5.6 2010/03/13 12:46:26 37.582 141.306 72.6 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 2.5 2010/03/13 12:21:26 19.193 -155.575 57.5 ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII
MAP 3.3 2010/03/13 11:03:50 18.995 -66.365 45.4 PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP 4.9 2010/03/13 10:49:21 -22.180 -179.614 596.9 SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS
MAP 5.7 2010/03/13 10:34:44 -37.540 -73.463 35.0 BIO-BIO, CHILE
MAP 4.7 2010/03/13 10:20:48 -37.248 -73.505 35.0 BIO-BIO, CHILE
MAP 3.1 2010/03/13 09:02:44 35.398 -98.069 5.0 OKLAHOMA
MAP 4.9 2010/03/13 07:23:43 -4.143 142.845 72.7 NEW GUINEA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
MAP 5.2 2010/03/13 07:12:08 -34.434 -71.519 35.0 LIBERTADOR O'HIGGINS, CHILE
MAP 4.2 2010/03/13 05:20:18 44.263 -129.322 10.0 OFF THE COAST OF OREGON
MAP 4.9 2010/03/13 04:53:42 44.358 -129.263 10.0 OFF THE COAST OF OREGON
MAP 2.6 2010/03/13 03:23:16 18.830 -68.801 27.3 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
MAP 5.3 2010/03/13 03:19:10 -36.518 -73.092 35.0 OFFSHORE BIO-BIO, CHILE
MAP 5.1 2010/03/13 03:15:05 -36.569 -73.313 35.0 OFFSHORE BIO-BIO, CHILE
MAP 4.8 2010/03/13 03:12:38 -31.317 -73.701 35.0 OFF THE COAST OF COQUIMBO, CHILE
MAP 5.9 2010/03/13 02:53:15 2.209 133.016 10.0 PALAU REGION
MAP 4.7 2010/03/13 02:37:23 -38.212 -73.804 35.0 OFFSHORE BIO-BIO, CHILE
MAP 4.8 2010/03/13 02:22:06 -34.468 -71.506 35.0 LIBERTADOR O'HIGGINS, CHILE
MAP 4.7 2010/03/13 01:56:12 -34.814 -67.457 25.0 MENDOZA, ARGENTINA

[JohnSays]

:pray that there's no more damage.

[Zerozx]

Blackout hits 70% of quake-hit Chile. Greater Santiago is without electricity, local media says.

Blackout hits major cities across Chile after main power grid malfunctions - state media via Reuters

[Zerozx]

Blackout hits quake-hit Chile - http://wireupdate.com/wires/2295/blackout-hits-quake-hit-chile-2/


SANTIAGO (BNO NEWS) -- A major power failure left 70 percent of Chileans without electricity on Sunday night, local media reported.

Greater Santiago, Valparaiso and the quake-devastated Concepcion were without electricity after a failure in the central interconnected system.

According to CNN Chile, the blackout affected cities from Atacama in the northern third region to Puerto Montt in the southern tenth region.

[Zerozx]

President Piñera in emergency meeting after major blackout in Chile -- TVN

[Zerozx]

Top Chilean official to TVN: we think this was caused by damage to power grids after the 8.8-earthquake

[yogi3939]

Chile and the U S & Alaska regions still remain fairly active. Japan had two quakes today, one of which was a 6.6. Nothing apocalyptic since the 8.8 in Chile, but unsettling just the same.

COLOR CODES....
CHILE
U S & ALASKA
JAPAN

4.9 & under - same as line item
5.0 to 5.9
6.0 & over


Update time = Mon Mar 15 1:02:50 UTC 2010


MAG UTC DATE-TIME
y/m/d h:m:s LAT
deg LON
deg DEPTH
km Region
MAP 4.9 2010/03/15 00:42:56 -34.176 -71.697 35.0 LIBERTADOR O'HIGGINS, CHILE

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MAG UTC DATE-TIME
y/m/d h:m:s LAT
deg LON
deg DEPTH
km Region
MAP 5.2 2010/03/14 22:42:26 -8.239 122.716 184.5 FLORES REGION, INDONESIA
MAP 5.4 2010/03/14 22:33:20 -58.273 -23.736 25.2 SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION
MAP 5.3 2010/03/14 21:17:18 -7.064 67.971 10.0 MID-INDIAN RIDGE
MAP 4.7 2010/03/14 20:57:05 -33.681 -71.328 35.0 REGION METROPOLITANA, CHILE
MAP 6.0 2010/03/14 20:33:11 -2.763 83.678 10.0 SOUTH INDIAN OCEAN
MAP 4.9 2010/03/14 20:14:24 -38.449 -72.852 35.0 ARAUCANIA, CHILE
MAP 2.9 2010/03/14 20:06:46 18.116 -65.372 4.0 PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP 5.6 2010/03/14 20:04:59 -38.379 -73.414 35.0 ARAUCANIA, CHILE
MAP 4.9 2010/03/14 19:23:32 -37.726 -73.528 35.0 BIO-BIO, CHILE
MAP 5.0 2010/03/14 19:10:51 -34.636 -72.238 35.0 OFFSHORE LIBERTADOR O'HIGGINS, CHILE
MAP 4.5 2010/03/14 19:09:07 35.294 74.438 39.8 NORTHWESTERN KASHMIR
MAP 5.0 2010/03/14 18:23:08 5.200 127.317 122.1 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION
MAP 4.9 2010/03/14 17:20:33 -34.029 -179.170 119.2 SOUTH OF THE KERMADEC ISLANDS
MAP 3.0 2010/03/14 16:42:54 38.819 -122.793 3.4 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 4.6 2010/03/14 16:22:37 -6.381 155.267 343.5 BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
MAP 5.0 2010/03/14 14:01:18 -38.434 -73.664 35.0 OFFSHORE ARAUCANIA, CHILE
MAP 5.7 2010/03/14 13:52:25 -38.445 -73.615 35.0 OFFSHORE ARAUCANIA, CHILE
MAP 3.2 2010/03/14 11:42:52 67.697 -159.603 10.0 NORTHERN ALASKA
MAP 4.9 2010/03/14 11:32:32 -34.536 -71.862 35.0 LIBERTADOR O'HIGGINS, CHILE
MAP 4.8 2010/03/14 09:54:18 8.646 126.468 96.8 MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
MAP 2.7 2010/03/14 09:26:16 18.416 -64.987 42.2 VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP 4.9 2010/03/14 09:01:26 -37.173 -73.514 26.1 OFFSHORE BIO-BIO, CHILE
MAP 2.9 2010/03/14 08:46:19 60.193 -152.944 118.0 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 6.6 2010/03/14 08:08:05 37.780 141.562 39.0 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 3.7 2010/03/14 07:38:00 56.142 -152.334 10.0 KODIAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 5.4 2010/03/14 07:31:25 -34.208 -71.739 35.0 LIBERTADOR O'HIGGINS, CHILE
MAP 4.8 2010/03/14 07:04:15 33.394 140.838 57.1 IZU ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
MAP 2.5 2010/03/14 06:53:47 32.715 -115.839 1.7 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 4.5 2010/03/14 06:53:29 32.134 75.753 58.3 KASHMIR-INDIA BORDER REGION
MAP 2.6 2010/03/14 06:17:15 38.838 -122.825 2.3 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.6 2010/03/14 04:13:13 59.774 -153.077 97.7 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 4.6 2010/03/14 02:52:55 12.849 -88.755 76.3 OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR
MAP 4.7 2010/03/14 02:43:26 8.750 92.274 27.5 NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
MAP 4.8 2010/03/14 02:21:08 28.573 142.790 35.0 BONIN ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
MAP 4.9 2010/03/14 01:40:44 -34.548 -71.782 35.0 LIBERTADOR O'HIGGINS, CHILE
MAP 6.4 2010/03/14 00:57:46 -1.710 128.051 52.4 KEPULAUAN OBI, INDONESIA
MAP 3.0 2010/03/14 00:54:01 18.790 -64.732 112.1 VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP 2.5 2010/03/14 00:11:54 57.813 -154.352 34.7 KODIAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA

[Zerozx]

Power blackout hits Chile two weeks after quake - http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62E0AO20100315


(Reuters) - Cities across Chile were without power on Sunday and output at some mines disrupted after a main power grid failed a fortnight after a massive earthquake killed hundreds and ravaged infrastructure.

State mining giant Codelco, the world's top copper producer, said the disruption shut its mines in central Chile. But its Codelco Norte division in the northern part of the country was unaffected.

Global miner BHP Billiton's Escondida deposit, the world's largest copper mine, was operating normally and was not affected, a union leader said.

Most of Chile's copper mines are on the northern power grid, which was not hit by the blackout on the central grid.

Presidency Minister Cristian Larroulet said power could return in the coming hours.

The blackout began at 8:50 p.m. (2350 GMT) and affected the capital, Santiago, as well as cities such as Concepcion, which was recently devastated by a major earthquake.

Interior Minister Rodrigo Hinzpeter told local media the blackout was due to a problem with a-500 kilowatt transformer.

He said that while the power outage was not directly related to an 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Chile on February 27, there would be an investigation to see whether there was an indirect cause.

He said it was not clear how long it would take for the power supply to fully recover. Power was slowly coming back to some parts of Santiago, but many other cities were still in darkness. Phone service was also down in much of the country, witnesses said.

The Central Interconnected System, or SIC grid, was the one affected. It delivers power to many cities in the country including the capital.

"We've stopped receiving energy in the Santiago distribution grid," Juan Pablo Larrain, spokesman Chilectra power company told Chile's TVN television.

[Zerozx]

Widespread power blackout hits Chile - http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/14/widespread-power-blackout-hits-chile/


Much of Chile was in the dark Sunday after a widespread blackout knocked out power to 90 percent of the country, CNN's sister network in the country reported.

The blackout was caused by a failure to the country's central electric system, but it was unclear what led to the failure, CNN Chile reported, citing Chilectra, a power company that provides electricity to the capital, Santiago.

Subway service was also affected, CNN Chile said, but all passengers had been evacuated from stopped trains as of Sunday night.

The blackout comes two weeks after a massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country, killing more than 500 people. Aftershocks as high as magnitude 7.2 continue to disrupt recovery efforts.

[Zerozx]

Update: Power restored to 80% of Chile hours after blackout, but quake-ravaged Bio Bio region still in the dark - Reuters