Tweeting During the Chile Earthquake (VIDEO and Tweets)
Feb 27th, 2010 | 4 responses
American Idol singer Elliott Yamin was Tweeting when in his hotel room when the Chile earthquake — reportedly one of the biggest ever — struck. Here’s his account:
And it has been a big subject on Twitter. Here are some of the latest if you search for “Chile earthquake”:Veni_Vidi_Vicii so haiti had a massive earthquake, chile jus had a 8.8 earthquake! & hawaii is abt 2 have a tsunami????…yea im goin 2 church tom less than 20 seconds ago from web
RT @iamtimyap: CNN says this was the 7th strongest earthquake in the world since 1700. In 1960-a 9.5 earthquake hit the same spot-Chile less than 10 seconds ago from Tweets60
PrincessSharonx Earthquake number 3. Haiti, Okinawa, & Chile… 
and did anyone wake up at 3ish by the crazy ass weather?? So scary. less than 20 seconds ago from Echofon
WrecklessRae Dangg anotherr earthquake in chile less than 20 seconds ago from Sidekick
LABnormal @Youngciworld earthquake in japan. earthquake in chile & now a tsunami is hitting both chile & hawaii. less than 20 seconds ago from TwitBird iPhone
earthquake recorded struck same area of Chile on May 22, 1960. The magnitude-9.5 quake killed 1,655 people and left 2 million homeless less than 20 seconds ago from web
BmoreSchools RT @tonnet: A citizen image of what was like the earthquake in #Chile – http://twitpic.com/15n04s less than 20 seconds ago from web
GeekMommy Oh wow. Just saw on Twitter about earthquake & tsunamis. How scary. Stay safe my Hawaiian friends! Heart to Chile as well!! less than 20 seconds ago from SimplyTweet
ItsMeLMG #somewhererightnow someone is sufferin n Haiti, Japan, or Chile from a devasting earthquake b thankful 4 what u have because u r blessed! half a minute ago from UberTwitter
NOTE: For updates on the earthquake the New York Times The Lede blog has some updated stories and videos.
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Sending our prayers n thoughts to all the chileanos, especialmente para Alcansa Victoria Santiago de Chile Church. Prayers for our Pastores Manuel y Romie departe de VOOx, Cali
These are some of the measurements of the tsunami effects already felt along the South American coast.
Not too bad…so far
The Galapagos Islands, about 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador were the most recent to experience the wave as it travels westwards.
Don't know how it will be on other continents or islands.
GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER
——————- —– —— —– ————— —–
RIKITEA PF 23.1S 134.9W 1536Z 0.16M / 0.5FT 48MIN
DART MARQUESAS 5140 8.5S 125.0W 1531Z 0.18M / 0.6FT 18MIN
QUEPOS CR 0.0N 9.4E 1416Z 0.24M / 0.8FT 52MIN
BALTRA GALAPAGS EC 0.4S 90.3W 1452Z 0.35M / 1.2FT 14MIN
EASTER CL 27.2S 109.5W 1205Z 0.35M / 1.1FT 52MIN
ANCUD CL 41.9S 73.8W 0838Z 0.62M / 2.0FT 84MIN
CALLAO LA-PUNTA PE 12.1S 77.2W 1029Z 0.36M / 1.2FT 30MIN
ARICA CL 18.5S 70.3W 1008Z 0.94M / 3.1FT 42MIN
IQUIQUE CL 20.2S 70.1W 0907Z 0.28M / 0.9FT 68MIN
ANTOFAGASTA CL 23.2S 70.4W 0941Z 0.49M / 1.6FT 52MIN
DART LIMA 32412 18.0S 86.4W 0941Z 0.24M / 0.8FT 36MIN
CALDERA CL 27.1S 70.8W 0843Z 0.45M / 1.5FT 20MIN
TALCAHUANO CL 36.7S 73.4W 0653Z 2.34M / 7.7FT 88MIN
COQUIMBO CL 30.0S 71.3W 0852Z 1.32M / 4.3FT 30MIN
CORRAL CL 39.9S 73.4W 0739Z 0.90M / 2.9FT 16MIN
SAN FELIX CL 26.3S 80.1W 0815Z 0.53M / 1.7FT 08MIN
VALPARAISO CL 33.0S 71.6W 0708Z 1.29M / 4.2FT 20MIN
LAT – LATITUDE (N-NORTH, S-SOUTH)
LON – LONGITUDE (E-EAST, W-WEST)
TIME – TIME OF THE MEASUREMENT (Z IS UTC IS GREENWICH TIME)
AMPL – TSUNAMI AMPLITUDE MEASURED RELATIVE TO NORMAL SEA LEVEL.
IT IS …NOT… CREST-TO-TROUGH WAVE HEIGHT.
VALUES ARE GIVEN IN BOTH METERS(M) AND FEET(FT).
PER – PERIOD OF TIME IN MINUTES(MIN) FROM ONE WAVE TO THE NEXT.
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