Animation Shows Massive Ripple of the Chile Earthquake Tsunami
 

Animation Shows Massive Ripple of the Chile Earthquake Tsunami
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The magnitude 8.2 earthquake that struck off the **rthwest coast of Chile on Tuesday night, killing at least six, generated a tsunami that traveled clear across the Pacific Ocean. Fortunately, the tsunami's impacts outside of the coast of South America were minimal, unlike the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that left more than 230,000 dead, and the tsunami that took out the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan in 2011

See also: 6 Dead Following Massive Earthquake in Chile


This animation from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, which is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is a near real-time animation for the tsunami from **rthern Chile. According to **AA, it shows simulated tsunami wave propagation for 30 hours followed by an "energy map" showing the maximum open-ocean wave heights over that period. Read more...

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