Mapping Earthquakes & Tsunamis: Chile's recent magnitude 8.8 quake

For visual representations of the earthquake and resulting tsunami, here are two great government sources; USGS & NOAA.


From USGS, the have a detailed site (image below):

For NOAA, here are a few quick map highlights of the resulting tsunami.


Energy Forecast in wave height:

Timetracker of wave position:

For some definintions on magnitude - Richter magnitude scale via Wikipedia:

" The Richter magnitude scale, also known as the local magnitude (ML) scale, assigns a single number to quantify the amount of seismic energy released by an earthquake. .... So, for example, an earthquake that measures 5.0 on the Richter scale has a shaking amplitude 10 times larger than one that measures 4.0. The effective limit of measurement for local magnitude ML is about 6.8...."