Chile Hit by 7.7 Earthquake

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Originally Posted by syscom3

This area in 1962 had a quake measuring 9.5. Now thats "massive".

Sys can you please give me some info on this earthquake. Because I can not find any info on it all.

The 2nd Largest Earthquake ever recorded was the Good Friday Earthquake of 1964 which was in Alaska and measured 9.2

The Kern County earthquake of 1952 was a 7.3 and it was the 2nd Largest for California in the past 100 years and only second to the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake which measured 7.8 to 8.3.

The only Earthquake to measure 9.5 was the Great Chilean Earthquake of 1960. It is the most powerful Earthquake ever recorded.

I am looking at a list of recorded Earthquakes and there was no "Massive" Earthquake in you area in 1962.

Large Earthquakes listed for California in the 1960s.

Parkfield, California, USA - June 28, 1966 - 6.1
Truckee, California, USA - September 12, 1966 - 5.9
Santa Rosa, California, USA - October 2, 1969 - 5.7

So my question is if the largest recorded was 9.5 in Chile and the 2nd largest was 9.2 in Alaska then how did your area get rocked by a 9.5 in 1962?

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Just a side note. Here are the 10 largest Earthquakes in the world ever recorded:

Chile May 22, 1960 9.5
Prince William Sound, Alaska March 28, 1964 9.2
Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska March 9, 1957 9.1
Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia November 4, 1952 9.0
Indian Ocean, near Sumatra, Indonesia December 26, 2004 9.0
Off the coast of Ecuador January 31, 1906 8.8
Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska February 4, 1965 8.7
Assam-Tibet (India-China Border) August 15, 1950 8.6
Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia February 3, 1923 8.5
Banda Sea, Indonesia February 1, 1938 8.5
Kuril Islands October 13, 1963 8.5

[syscom3]

My date for the Chili earthquake was incorrect. It was 1960, and not 1962.

I was going by memory when I posted it.

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Yes but you said the Earthquake was in your area. Chile is not California. Should I post a map.

There has never been a recorded Earthquake of 9.0 or higher in California ever.

[syscom3]

"7.7 is large, but not "massive".

This area in 1962 had a quake measuring 9.5. Now thats "massive".

Just to clarify, I was referring to Chili, not California. And yes, it was 1960, not 1962.

The largest quake in California was estimated in the "mid" 8's" at Fort Tejon. But that was in 1857 and it is an estimation for obvious reasons.

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Originally Posted by syscom3

Just to clarify, I was referring to Chili, not California. And yes, it was 1960, not 1962.

Oh come on sys! You said in this area as in meaning California because Chile is not even in the same area as California.

You got caught blowing smoke up peoples ass's and you wont admit it!

Originally Posted by syscom3

The largest quake in California was estimated in the "mid" 8's" at Fort Tejon. But that was in 1857 and it is an estimation for obvious reasons.

Yeap and that is just an estimate. The amount of fault slip gives this Earthquake a magnitude of 7.9.

The Largest recorded in Cali was the 1906 San Fran Earthquake and it was between 7.7 and 8.3 however the most widely accepted magnitude is 7.8.

The strongest Earthquake believed to have happened in California was the Lone Pine earthquake of 1872 and was estimated to be aprox. 8 to 8.1 on the richter scale.

[syscom3]

Originally Posted by DerAdlerIstGelandet

Oh come on sys! You said in this area as in meaning California because Chile is not even in the same area as California.

You got caught blowing smoke up peoples ass's and you wont admit it!

No, if I was reffering to california, I would have said that specifically. The thread is about the Chili quake. Thats what i was referring to. I had the magnitude and year, so it was obviously that.

The strongest Earthquake believed to have happened in California was the Lone Pine earthquake of 1872 and was estimated to be aprox. 8 to 8.1 on the richter scale.

I will post a pic I took of the fault scarp from that quake. Its quite impressive what happened n only a moment or two. Something like 20 ft. or so was thrust up (or sunk, depending on what side of the fault your on.)

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Originally Posted by syscom3

No, if I was reffering to california, I would have said that specifically. The thread is about the Chili quake. Thats what i was referring to. I had the magnitude and year, so it was obviously that.

Ah now I get you!



Allright I will lay off now!

Originally Posted by syscom3

I will post a pic I took of the fault scarp from that quake. Its quite impressive what happened n only a moment or two. Something like 20 ft. or so was thrust up (or sunk, depending on what side of the fault your on.)

Yeah I would love to see that.

I took some great pics (I will see if I can find them) of something very similiar in Iraq except is one after the other. An Iraqi General that was on board our helicopter told us it was caused by a very massive Earthquake thousands of years ago.

The layering of the earth that was caused by it was extremely impressive we had to circle around a bit to take pictures.

[mkloby]

Post them Syscom and Adler!

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I will have to get them off of my external when I get back from Stuttgart on Sunday.

The pics I took were in northern Iraq in the Kurdish region.

[syscom3]

Here's the picture. I took it ealrier this year on my geology field trip from college.

Its taken from the cemetary where the couple dozen victims of the quake are buried.

On the other side of the drop off is California Highway 395. Look at the tree's in the background, and you get an idea of fault scarp, approx 20 feet or more.

My proffesor said that quakes this large (over magnitude 7.0) in this area of the owens valley are once in a 1000 year event.

[plan_D]

Hahaha, sys, you bum ! You got hauled down from your high horse ! Admit you were talking crap !

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Well I cant find those damn pics. I will find them at some point. Unfortunatly they in litterally thousands of unsorted pics at the moment.