7.7 Earthquake 100 miles from Lima, Peru.

[RL3AO]

No articles yet...but on the front page of CNN and msnbc.com

Magnitude 7.7
Date-Time

* Wednesday, August 15, 2007 at 23:40:55 UTC
* Wednesday, August 15, 2007 at 06:40:55 PM at epicenter

Location 13.416°S, 76.436°W
Depth 18 km (11.2 miles) set by location program
Region NEAR THE COAST OF CENTRAL PERU
Distances

* 33 km (20 miles) W (277°) from Chincha Alta, Peru
* 97 km (60 miles) NW (315°) from Ica, Peru
* 161 km (100 miles) SSE (156°) from LIMA, Peru

Location Uncertainty Error estimate not available
Parameters Nst=020, Nph=020, Dmin=163.9 km, Rmss=0.69 sec, Gp=166°,
M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=1
Source

* West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center/NOAA/NWS

Event ID at00385165

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/rec ... 385165.php

[RL3AO]

TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
154 PM HST WED AUG 15 2007

TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT - TSUNAMI INFORMATION

THIS STATEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. NO ACTION REQUIRED.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 0141 PM HST 15 AUG 2007
COORDINATES - 13.5 SOUTH 76.7 WEST
LOCATION - NEAR COAST OF PERU
MAGNITUDE - 7.5 MOMENT

EVALUATION

BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS
NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII. REPEAT. A
DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO
TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII.

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL DATA ARE RECEIVED.

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/messages/h ... 235448.txt

[Thunder44]

I heard on CNN that they just issued a Tsunami Warning for the parts of the South American coast.

[RL3AO]

Yep.

... A TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH ARE IN EFFECT ...

A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR

PERU / CHILE / ECUADOR / COLOMBIA

A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR

PANAMA / COSTA RICA / NICARAGUA / GUATEMALA / EL SALVADOR /
MEXICO / HONDURAS

EVALUATION

IT IS NOT KNOWN THAT A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. THIS WARNING IS
BASED ONLY ON THE EARTHQUAKE EVALUATION. AN EARTHQUAKE OF THIS
SIZE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE A DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI THAT CAN
STRIKE COASTLINES NEAR THE EPICENTER WITHIN MINUTES AND MORE
DISTANT COASTLINES WITHIN HOURS. AUTHORITIES SHOULD TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS POSSIBILITY. THIS CENTER
WILL MONITOR SEA LEVEL DATA FROM GAUGES NEAR THE EARTHQUAKE TO
DETERMINE IF A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED AND ESTIMATE THE SEVERITY OF
THE THREAT.

[HurricaneBill]

Oh dear! I hope El Nino is OK.

[x-y-no]

Oh dear! I hope El Nino is OK.

I was thinking of him when I heard this news. Looks like he logged on this morning, so presumably he's OK.

El Nino, if you read this please check in!

[Dick Pache]

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SummaryEvent DescriptionSituation Update Google Map Photo's Earthquake - South-America
Event summary
GLIDE Number EQ-20070816-12946-PER
Event type Earthquake Date / time [UTC] 2007.08.15
Country Peru Area 42 km SW San vicente de cañete, Ica, Pisco, Lima, Chincha, Cerro Azul, San Isidro, La Punta, Callao
County / State Lima City -
Cause of event Unknown Log date [UTC] 16/08/2007 - 03:05:44
Damage level Catastrophic Time left -
Latitude: S 13° 16.800 Longitude: W 76° 44.400
Number of deads: 337 persons Number of injured persons: 827 persons
Number of missing persons: Not or Not data Number of infected persons -
Number of evacuated persons: Not or Not data Population No data!

[x-y-no]

Just noticed that El Nino checked in last night in this thread:

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=97106

[El Nino]

Number of deads up to 437 people. 80.000 people without home.

Magnitude revised to 8 by USGS.