8.5 Earthquake Hits Chile

[carnation]

I'm going to go wake up our exchange students and tell them about both earthquakes. They are from the exact areas where the quakes hit, one from central Chile and the other from Okinawa, Japan.

[ThetaDancer]

Originally Posted by carnation

I'm going to go wake up our exchange students and tell them about both earthquakes. They are from the exact areas where the quakes hit, one from central Chile and the other from Okinawa, Japan.

Oh my goodness, that's crazy! Sending my best thoughts to them. I hope their family, frriends, and homes are ok!

[carnation]

The Okinawan has heard from her mom and they're okay at her house but I don't know about damage. The Chilean hasn't been able to get in touch with her family.

I see that the Chilean quake was centered near Concepcion. Some of you may remember Baby Berry Cousin from Baby Berry's rush story in 2004; BBC was adopted from Concepcion.

The strength of this quake is impossible to imagine. When I lived in Hawaii, there was a 3.8 quake and my roommate and I were sitting on our heavy metal beds, terrified, as they bounced across the room; what could a much huger one feel like?

[PM_Mama00]

They showed the road bridges just now on MSNBC. Resembles the San Francisco road bridges. 8.8 is scary. I couldn't even imagine a 6.0 since we get nothing here. Thinking about everyone out there in the affected areas, especially our Hawaii GCers where the tsunami is said to hit about 4:19pm EST.