M 7.9 Earthquake,Chile

[fred]

An earthquake with magnitude 7.9 occurred near Valparaiso, Chile at 22:54:30.50 UTC on Sep 16, 2015. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)

http://www.google.org/publicalerts/alert?aid=b48ea9a1ab87bd77&hl=en&gl=PH&source=web (http://www.google.org/publicalerts/alert?aid=b48ea9a1ab87bd77&hl=en&gl=PH&source=web)

[fred]

Now an 8.3!
Possible tsunami??

[Terpe]

That's a whopping jolt !!

[fred]

Tsunami alert as Chile hit by powerful earthquake
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-34275783

[KeithD]

Now an 8.3!
Possible tsunami??

Big enough to make the world wobble, and knock a few milliseconds off the length of the day. :yikes: