6.5 Earthquake in BIO-BIO Chile

At 4:32 am this morning the USGS is reporting a 6.5 earthquake in BIO-BIO Chile! It appears to me that there is a rise in larger than normal earthquakes as of late. I have an earthquake monitor on my desktop and it goes off constantly now. There was a a 5.3 at the same location aprox. 11 minutes before the 6.5 went off.

earthquake.usgs.gov...


[edit on 7/14/2010 by CaptGizmo]

Whoa!
Looks huge on the IRIS map:

www.iris.edu...

61 miles northwest of the city Temuco at a depth of just over 17 1/2 miles, the pacific tsunami warning centre has said that there is no threat of a widespread tsunami, so thats a good thing



[edit on 14-7-2010 by Lady_Tuatha]