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Preliminary 6.8 Mw earthquake off the coast of Chile

warneagle

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This one was fairly large and very shallow. Chile's history with earthquakes and tsunamis needs no introduction, so this is obviously concerning.

 

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They were lucky: for some reason, observed waves were no higher than about half a foot, AFAIK.
 
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