QuakeFinder 2nd Quarter 2017 Newsletter – Simultaneity
Simultaneity [sahy-muh - tuh-nee-i-tee]
noun
1. the relation between two or more events happening at the same time
On April 24th, 2017 at 6:39 pm, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck 22 miles off the coast of Chile just west of the port city Valparaiso. Valparaiso, known by sailors as “little San Francisco”, is the 2nd largest metropolitan city in Chile with a population slightly over 800,000. For a city already jumpy being just miles from the ‘Pacific Ring of Fire’ fault line, the tsunami alarm issued minutes after the quake sent thousands onto congested evacuation routes…. Read more