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I detect little interest and still less empathy north of the border for Mexico. Here’s a reasonable report (never mind the source).
I was relieved to hear that my friends in Belize are OK and slept through the quake.
MAGNITUDE 8.0 EARTHQUAKE SMASHES MEXICO; DESTABILIZES ENTIRE SAN ANDREAS FAULT AND CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE
The United States Geological Survey is reporting that a MASSIVE Magnitude 8.0 earthquake took place immediately off the west coast of the state of Chiappas, Mexico at 12:49 AM Eastern US time. A TSUNAMI has struck and will strike elsewhere. Buildings have collapsed and a number of deaths are already confirmed!
The quake took place at a depth of only 35km, which is quite shallow, and has caused staggering damage. A Tsunami warning may be pending because the shockwaves from the quake have affected the nearby Pacific Ocean.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a Bulletin alerting there is a "Tsunami Threat." HERE
The American NOAA tsunami system indicates tsunami waves up to 3 meters for Mexico! When you are living in coastal area of the islands of the Pacific, Central America, Northern part of South America and the United states please follow your local alert guidelines + check the specialized Tsunami bulletins at NOAA
Update: GDACS Tsunami simulation. Theoretical tsunami levels up to 1.1 meter. Coastal areas are at risk.
Update 06:22 UTC: HIGH Tsunami risk for all Central American countries
Tsunami waves of more than 3 meters, or nearly 10 feet, above the tide level are possible along some coasts of Mexico, the PTWC said.
It added that tsunami waves of 0.3 to 1 meters above the tide level were possible for some coasts of the Cook Islands, Ecuador, French Polynesia, Guatemala and Kiribati.
TWENTY-TWO TSUNAMI BUOYS SOUNDING "ALERT"
This earthquake was so incredibly powerful it triggered almost ALL the Tusnami Warning Buoys in the Pacific Ocean, some as far away as JAPAN! Even more incredible, it also triggered ALERTS from Tsunami Buoys in BOTH the Gulf of Mexico and along the Atlantic Ocean coast of the United States ! ! ! ! ! !
Tsunami waves of less than 0.3 meters above tide level were possible Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Hawaii, Honduras, Jarvis Island, Nicaragua, the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Palmyra Island, Panama and Peru.
The quake's preliminary reading had been at magnitude 8.0.
Shockwaves from this earthquake have been felt well over 100 miles in all directions as seen on the USGS regional earthquake map below:
The shaking from this earthquake has been rated as an eight on the Mercali Modified Shake Scale, meaning the "perceived shaking" was "severe" as shown below:
THIS EARTHQUAKE HAS DESTABILIZED THE ENTIRE SAN ANDREAS FAULT INTO CALIFORNIA, AND HAS ALSO DESTABILIZED THE CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE OFF THE COASTS OF OREGON AND WASHINGTON. ADDITIONAL VERY SEVERE EARTHQUAKES MAY BE TRIGGERED BY THIS MASSIVE AND DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKE.
PERSONS ON THE U.S. WEST COAST ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO PREPARE FOR POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL LARGE EARTHQUAKES WITHIN HOURS.
REGISTERED ON YELLOWSTONE SUPER-VOLCANO SEISMOGRAPHS!
The Mexico earthquake was so ferocious, it registered on seismographs at the Yellowstone Super-Volcano, two-thousand, seven-hundred, fourteen miles away!
25 of the 32 seismographs at Yellowstone show the quake along the bottom right of the graphs below:
Main earth movement based on the current focal mechanism. Image courtesy Observatoire Geoscope.
Update: sources also show M8.0 Mexico quake is normal faulting, indicating "slab-breaking" event within subducting plate, not interface thrust
VIDEO FROM MEXICO SHOPPING MALL
The video below, taken by a shopper at a Mexican Mall, shows the earthquake lasted more than 1 minute 30 seconds, with sections of ceiling coming down onto shoppers.
Buildings Have Collapsed
Even Landslides!
Video of Building Collapsing As People Flee
BREAKING NEWS: Building collapses on people in shocking #Chiapasearthquake video. Power went out.#Mexicopic.twitter.com/jJdbAUTMC4— BNL (@BreakingNLive) September 8, 2017
Structures actually SPLIT!
Video as Electric Lines Arc / Explode
As Tsunami Began, Ocean Suddenly Withdrew from Shore
Earthquake Lights" in Sky as the Quake was taking place!
Earthquake Lights" in Sky as the Quake was taking place! ZCZC
WEPA40 PHEB 080654
TSUPAC
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 5
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
0653 UTC FRI SEP 8 2017
...PTWC TSUNAMI THREAT MESSAGE...
**** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE *****
THIS MESSAGE IS ISSUED FOR INFORMATION ONLY IN SUPPORT OF THE
UNESCO/IOC PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING AND MITIGATION SYSTEM AND IS
MEANT FOR NATIONAL AUTHORITIES IN EACH COUNTRY OF THAT SYSTEM.
NATIONAL AUTHORITIES WILL DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF
ALERT FOR EACH COUNTRY AND MAY ISSUE ADDITIONAL OR MORE REFINED
INFORMATION.
**** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE *****
THE TSUNAMI FORECAST IS UNCHANGED IN THIS MESSAGE.
PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
---------------------------------
* MAGNITUDE 8.2
* ORIGIN TIME 0449 UTC SEP 8 2017
* COORDINATES 14.9 NORTH 94.0 WEST
* DEPTH 33 KM / 20 MILES
* LOCATION OFF THE COAST OF CHIAPAS MEXICO
EVALUATION
----------
* AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 8.2 OCCURRED
OFF THE COAST OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO AT 0449 UTC ON FRIDAY
SEPTEMBER 8 2017.
* TSUNAMI WAVES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED.
* BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA... HAZARDOUS TSUNAMI WAVES ARE
FORECAST FOR SOME COASTS.
TSUNAMI THREAT FORECAST
-----------------------
* TSUNAMI WAVES REACHING MORE THAN 3 METERS ABOVE THE TIDE
LEVEL ARE POSSIBLE ALONG SOME COASTS OF
MEXICO.
* TSUNAMI WAVES REACHING 0.3 TO 1 METERS ABOVE THE TIDE LEVEL
ARE POSSIBLE FOR SOME COASTS OF
AMERICAN SAMOA... ANTARCTICA... COOK ISLANDS... ECUADOR...
EL SALVADOR... FIJI... FRENCH POLYNESIA... GUATEMALA...
KIRIBATI... NEW ZEALAND... SAMOA... TOKELAU... TUVALU...
VANUATU... AND WALLIS AND FUTUNA.
* TSUNAMI WAVES ARE FORECAST TO BE LESS THAN 0.3 METERS ABOVE
THE TIDE LEVEL FOR THE COASTS OF
AUSTRALIA... CHILE... CHINA... CHUUK... COLOMBIA... COSTA
RICA... GUAM... HAWAII... HONDURAS... HOWLAND AND BAKER...
INDONESIA... JAPAN... JARVIS ISLAND... JOHNSTON ATOLL...
KERMADEC ISLANDS... KOSRAE... MALAYSIA... MARSHALL
ISLANDS... MIDWAY ISLAND... NAURU... NEW CALEDONIA...
NICARAGUA... NIUE... NORTHERN MARIANAS... NORTHWESTERN
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS... PALAU... PALMYRA ISLAND... PANAMA...
PAPUA NEW GUINEA... PERU... PHILIPPINES... PITCAIRN
ISLANDS... POHNPEI... RUSSIA... SOLOMON ISLANDS...
TAIWAN... TONGA... VIETNAM... WAKE ISLAND... AND YAP.
* ACTUAL AMPLITUDES AT THE COAST MAY VARY FROM FORECAST
AMPLITUDES DUE TO UNCERTAINTIES IN THE FORECAST AND LOCAL
FEATURES. IN PARTICULAR MAXIMUM TSUNAMI AMPLITUDES ON ATOLLS
AND AT LOCATIONS WITH FRINGING OR BARRIER REEFS WILL LIKELY
BE MUCH SMALLER THAN THE FORECAST INDICATES.
* FOR OTHER AREAS COVERED BY THIS PRODUCT A FORECAST HAS NOT
YET BEEN COMPUTED. THE FORECAST WILL BE EXPANDED IF
NECESSARY IN SUBSEQUENT PRODUCTS.
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
-------------------
* GOVERNMENT AGENCIES RESPONSIBLE FOR THREATENED COASTAL AREAS
SHOULD TAKE ACTION TO INFORM AND INSTRUCT ANY COASTAL
POPULATIONS AT RISK IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR OWN
EVALUATION... PROCEDURES AND THE LEVEL OF THREAT.
* PERSONS LOCATED IN THREATENED COASTAL AREAS SHOULD STAY ALERT
FOR INFORMATION AND FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM NATIONAL AND
LOCAL AUTHORITIES.
ESTIMATED TIMES OF ARRIVAL
--------------------------
* ESTIMATED TIMES OF ARRIVAL -ETA- OF THE INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE
FOR PLACES WITHIN THREATENED REGIONS ARE GIVEN BELOW. ACTUAL
ARRIVAL TIMES MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE
LARGEST. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE TIME BETWEEN
WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.
LOCATION REGION COORDINATES ETA(UTC)
------------------------------------------------------------
SIPICATE GUATEMALA 13.9N 91.2W 0604 09/08
ACAJUTLA EL SALVADOR 13.6N 89.8W 0610 09/08
LAZARO CARDENAS MEXICO 17.9N 102.2W 0619 09/08
BALTRA ISLAND ECUADOR 0.5S 90.3W 0804 09/08
HIVA OA FRENCH POLYNESIA 10.0S 139.0W 1248 09/08
CHRISTMAS ISLAN KIRIBATI 2.0N 157.5W 1422 09/08
MALDEN ISLAND KIRIBATI 3.9S 154.9W 1426 09/08
FLINT ISLAND KIRIBATI 11.4S 151.8W 1426 09/08
PAPEETE FRENCH POLYNESIA 17.5S 149.6W 1450 09/08
RAPA ITI FRENCH POLYNESIA 27.6S 144.3W 1502 09/08
PENRYN ISLAND COOK ISLANDS 8.9S 157.8W 1505 09/08
TUBUAI FRENCH POLYNESIA 23.3S 149.5W 1510 09/08
RAROTONGA COOK ISLANDS 21.2S 159.8W 1609 09/08
PUKAPUKA ISLAND COOK ISLANDS 10.8S 165.9W 1619 09/08
NUKUNONU ISLAND TOKELAU 9.2S 171.8W 1652 09/08
PAGO PAGO AMERICAN SAMOA 14.3S 170.7W 1705 09/08
APIA SAMOA 13.8S 171.8W 1714 09/08
WALLIS ISLAND WALLIS AND FUTUN 13.3S 176.3W 1746 09/08
FUNAFUTI ISLAND TUVALU 7.9S 178.5E 1751 09/08
FUTUNA ISLAND WALLIS AND FUTUN 14.3S 178.2W 1812 09/08
TARAWA ISLAND KIRIBATI 1.5N 173.0E 1832 09/08
SUVA FIJI 18.1S 178.4E 1915 09/08
KAINGAROA CHATH NEW ZEALAND 43.7S 176.3W 1955 09/08
WAITANGI CHATHA NEW ZEALAND 43.9S 176.6W 1957 09/08
ESPERITU SANTO VANUATU 15.1S 167.3E 1959 09/08
ANATOM ISLAND VANUATU 20.2S 169.9E 2020 09/08
CAPE ADARE ANTARCTICA 71.0S 170.0E 2155 09/08
POTENTIAL IMPACTS
-----------------
* A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES. THE TIME BETWEEN WAVE CRESTS
CAN VARY FROM 5 MINUTES TO AN HOUR. THE HAZARD MAY PERSIST
FOR MANY HOURS OR LONGER AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE.
* IMPACTS CAN VARY SIGNIFICANTLY FROM ONE SECTION OF COAST TO
THE NEXT DUE TO LOCAL BATHYMETRY AND THE SHAPE AND ELEVATION
OF THE SHORELINE.
* IMPACTS CAN ALSO VARY DEPENDING UPON THE STATE OF THE TIDE AT
THE TIME OF THE MAXIMUM TSUNAMI WAVES.
* PERSONS CAUGHT IN THE WATER OF A TSUNAMI MAY DROWN... BE
CRUSHED BY DEBRIS IN THE WATER... OR BE SWEPT OUT TO SEA.
TSUNAMI OBSERVATIONS
--------------------
* THE FOLLOWING ARE TSUNAMI WAVE OBSERVATIONS FROM COASTAL
AND/OR DEEP-OCEAN SEA LEVEL GAUGES AT THE INDICATED
LOCATIONS. THE MAXIMUM TSUNAMI HEIGHT IS MEASURED WITH
RESPECT TO THE NORMAL TIDE LEVEL.
GAUGE TIME OF MAXIMUM WAVE
COORDINATES MEASURE TSUNAMI PERIOD
GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON (UTC) HEIGHT (MIN)
-------------------------------------------------------------
DART 32411 5.0N 90.8W 0623 0.02M/ 0.1FT 28
SALINA CRUZ MX 16.2N 95.2W 0635 1.01M/ 3.3FT 46
DART 43413 10.8N 100.1W 0547 0.08M/ 0.2FT 24
PURETO ANGEL MX 15.7N 96.5W 0517 0.29M/ 1.0FT 24
HUATULCO MX 15.8N 96.1W 0514 0.69M/ 2.3FT 12
NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
--------------------------------------
* THE NEXT MESSAGE WILL BE ISSUED IN ONE HOUR... OR SOONER IF
THE SITUATION WARRANTS.
* AUTHORITATIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EARTHQUAKE FROM THE U.S.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT
EARTHQUAKE.USGS.GOV/EARTHQUAKES -ALL LOWER CASE-.
* FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT MAY BE FOUND AT
PTWC.WEATHER.GOV AND AT WWW.TSUNAMI.GOV.
* COASTAL REGIONS OF HAWAII... AMERICAN SAMOA... GUAM... AND
CNMI SHOULD REFER TO PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER MESSAGES
SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE PLACES THAT CAN BE FOUND AT
PTWC.WEATHER.GOV.
* COASTAL REGIONS OF CALIFORNIA... OREGON... WASHINGTON...
BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA SHOULD ONLY REFER TO U.S.
NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER MESSAGES THAT CAN BE FOUND
AT NTWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV.
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