The 2010 Chilean earthquake occurred off the coast of the Maule Region of Chile on February 27, 2010, at 03:34 local time (06:34 UTC), rating a magnitude of 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale, and lasting up to 3 minutes. It ranks as the sixth largest earthquake ever to be recorded by a seismograph. It was felt strongly in eight Chilean regions (from Coquimbo in the north to Los Ríos in the south), that together make up 80 percent of the country's population. The cities experiencing the strongest shaking—IX (Ruinous) on the Mercalli intensity scale—were Arauco and Coronel, Chile. The earthquake was felt in the capital Santiago at Mercalli intensity scale VIII (Destructive). Tremors were felt in many Argentine cities, including Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Mendoza and La Rioja. Tremors were felt as far north as the city of Ica in southern Peru (approx. 2400 km). The earthquake triggered a tsunami which devastated several coastal towns in south-central Chile and damaged the port at Talcahuano.
The epicenter of the earthquake was at 35.909°S, 72.733°W just offshore from the Maule Region, approximately 11 km (6.8 miles) southwest of Curanipe and 100 km (71 mi) north-northeast of Chile's second largest city, Concepción. (Source Wikipedia)
Soon after Spacedat's System registered the extreme event, we started contacting the main satellite data providers in an effort to provide updated information on the magnitude of the event. We managed to obtain satellite images from the public domains or under permission of RapidEye, Digitalglobe and the International Space Station.
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