[QUOTE=Uncwilly;370131]Magnitude 8, off the coast of Chile, possible Tsunami:
[url]http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usc000nzvd#summary[/url][/QUOTE]

You beat me to it. yahoo only has a stump article right now.

[url]http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/massive-earthquake-hits-chile-tsunami-warnings-issued/24427[/url] suggest it has been modified to an 8.2

... and I hear that it may be followed by an even bigger one.

[QUOTE=cheesehead;370210]... and I hear that it may be followed by an even bigger one.[/QUOTE]

There is a segment of the fault which has not ruptured recently. There is also a history of more intense quakes in the area.

[QUOTE=cheesehead;370210]... and I hear that it may be followed by an even bigger one.[/QUOTE]

apparently there was one 7.6 aftershock so far.

Yellowstone is Not About to Erupt, and Other Ranteriffic Musings
 

[url]http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/04/04/1289587/-Yellowstone-is-Not-About-to-Erupt-and-Other-Ranteriffic-Musings-Of-a-Geologic-Nature[/url]

Here is a serious dose of debunking with regard to the intervals between major quakes and eruptions.

An earthquake, of mag 5 just happened in southern france (twitter is full of it).

[URL="http://news.yahoo.com/photos/nicaragua-earthquake-1397240151-slideshow/"]Nicaragua earthquake[/URL]


[QUOTE]Nicaragua's president is placing his government on the highest alert level as aftershocks rattle the country following a magnitude-6.1 earthquake.[/QUOTE]

[URL="http://news.yahoo.com/magnitude-7-7-quake-strikes-off-solomon-islands-131459821.html"]Magnitude 7.5 quake strikes off Solomon Islands: USGS[/URL]

[QUOTE]The USGS said the quake -- which it had initially assessed at 7.7 -- occurred at 11:36pm local time (1236 GMT) at a depth of 35 kilometres (22 miles), 111 kilometres south of Kirakira in the Solomon Islands.[/QUOTE]

[URL="http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/18/world/americas/mexico-earthquake/index.html"]7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes in southern Mexico[/URL]

[QUOTE]A 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck Friday morning in southern Mexico's Guerrero state, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The quake happened at 9:27 a.m. local time (10:27 a.m. ET) near Mexico's Pacific coast, about 31 kilometers northwest of Tecpan, Mexico, according to Mexican officials.
The quake's depth at the epicenter was 10 kilometers, Mexican officials said.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=science_man_88;371532][URL="http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/18/world/americas/mexico-earthquake/index.html"]7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes in southern Mexico[/URL][/QUOTE]

this has already been lowered to a 7.2 it seems