There are many, many small islands with populations that could be hanging on to life as I write this. Please don't forget them.
Chile earthquake: Easter Island evacuation as tsunami brings disaster to Pacific islands (click here)
A devastating earthquake in Chile has triggered a tsunami which is radiating across the Pacific and has already caused serious damage on the islands said to have inspired Robinson Crusoe.
By Fiona Govan, in Madrid, and David BarrettPublished: 12:17PM GMT 27 Feb 2010
The quake, registered at magnitude 8.8 on the Richter scale, caused buildings and bridges to collapse and led to power-black outs in parts of the Chilean capital, Santiago, 200 miles from the epicentre.
Michelle Bachelet, the Chilean President, said an evacuation of coastal areas on Easter Island, the Chilean territory famous for its monumental statues, was underway as the tsunami was expected to make landfall there imminently. She also confirmed 78 people had been killed on the Chilean mainland...
...It is now suggested (click title to entry - thank you) that the geological actions depicted in Fig 16 can be explained as being a function of ‘continental force-push’ as distinct from ‘slab-pull’ forces In the same manner the sub-duction of the Nazca plate can be described as an inevitable consequence of the forces generated at the Earth’s surface and as such has a passive rather than active role in tectonic movements....
One has to keep in mind 'the mass' of any plate to move. The Pacific Plate and North American Plates have significantly larger mass and effect global movement more than any other plates.
The Pacific Plate and the Nazca Plate are related at a boundary. So is the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. When the Pacific Plate moves the others do as well. There have been small earth quakes along the North American Plate in California and Alaska. The Nazca Plate is usually more stable than the North American Plate, but, it is my 'suggestion' that the Climate Crisis has spawned instability in the Polar Regions of these plates and are allowing for significant movement. If one notes the Nazca Plate is neighbor to the Antactic Plate as well.
Population Exposure Map
Magnitude 8.8
OFFSHORE MAULE, CHILE
2010 February 27 06:34:14 UTC
Magnitude-8.8 Chile quake triggers RP tsunami alert 1 (click here)
State seismologists on Saturday afternoon hoisted a Tsunami Alert Level 1 in the Philippines after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake occurred across the other end of the Pacific Ocean, in southern Chile....
Magnitude 5.1 - MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES (click here)
2010 February 26 16:18:56 UTC
Offshore earthquake jolts Davao Oriental (click here)(philstar.com) Updated February 26, 2010 08:30 PM
MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) - A magnitude-5.5 offshore earthquake struck the southern Philippines Friday afternoon, the country's quake monitoring network reported. But there was no immediate report of casualties.
The epicenter of the quake was located at a depth of 121 km in the Philippine sea, about 92 km southeast of the city of Mati, Davao Oriental province, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said in a bulletin.
The institute said the quake struck 4:37 p.m. local time (0837 GMT) but it did not issue tsunami alert.
The tremor was felt in major coastal cities in the southeast Mindanao region.
The Philippines sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire" where continental plates collide causing frequent seismic and volcanic activities.
Magnitude 7.0 - RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN (click here)
2010 February 26 20:31:27 UTC
This is a population exposure map. (click here)
Historic Seismicity (click here)
7 magnitude earthquake hits Japan Island of Okinawa (click here)
09:23 / 02/27/2010
February 27, a powerful 7 magnitude earthquake struck Japan. According to U.S. Geological Survey, the epicenter focus was at the depth of 22 kilometers.
A tsunami warning was initially issued, but later lifted. The quake epicenter was 81km off the southern Japanese island of Okinawa, BBC reports.
No information on victims and casualties is available.
Another 5.1 magnitude earthquake hit Philippines. The epicenter was 140 km south of Davao city, Mindanao Island. There are no reports of injured and damages.
L.A.
Australia issues tsunami warning for its states (click here)
2010-02-27 19:14:51CANBERRA, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- The Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Center (JATWC) on Saturday night issued tsunami warnings for the marine environment to New South Wales state, Queensland state, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island.
It says there is "potential tsunami threat" to the above states and possibility of dangerous waves, strong ocean currents and foreshore flooding for several hours from Sunday morning.
Sea level observations have confirmed a tsunami has been generated, according to the center.
The warning says "Tsunami waves are more powerful than the same size beach waves, with the first wave not always the largest. Do not go to the coast to watch the tsunami. Check that your neighbors have received this advice. Boats in close should return quickly if possible. Boats in deep water should stay offshore until further advised."
Tsunami source comes from an undersea earthquake of magnitude 8. 8 occurred at 3:34 p.m. local time on Saturday near the coast of central chile (latitude 35.320S longitude 72.930W), it says.
