Tsunami Warning - Chilie, Peru - whole Pacific basFeb 27, 2010: A magnitude 8.8 earthquake has occurred near Concepcion, Chile early this Saturday morning, February 27, 2010.
Buildings were shaking and blackouts are everywhere, including Chile’s capital of Santiago.
A massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake capable of tremendous damage struck central Chile early Saturday, shaking the capital for a minute and half and setting off a tsunami. Buildings collapsed and phone lines and electricity were down, making the extent of the damage difficult to determine.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a warning for Chile and Peru, and a less-urgent tsunami watch for Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica and Antarctica.
"Sea level readings indicate a tsunami was generated. It may have been destructive along coasts near the earthquake epicenter and could also be a threat to more distant coasts," the center said.
The U.S. west coast tsunami warning center said it did not expe
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Google Ocean 1st anniversary showcaseFeb 08, 2010: Wannasurf highlighted on Google Ocean 1st anniversary showcase. Watch the tour at http://earth.google.com/ocean/showcase/
Google says "A showcase of worldwide surf spots, all data and photos contributed by locals. "
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Enjoy! [img size=400]http://www.wannasurf.com/community/components/com_joomlaboard/uploaded/images/wannasurf_google_ocean_1st_anniversary_showcase.png[/img]
Wannasurf on Google EarthMar 11, 2009: Wannasurf.com has just open its surf spot database to Google Earth tool. Install Google Earth V5 and launch it. You can zoom in and see the spots. To get more information on each surf spot, click the wave icon. A popup will show the best available picture, GPS information, and a link to the full description of the surf spot.
Wannasurf.com database has 8 000 surf spots but for now, only half of them have a GPS location and are shown on the Google maps. You are welcome to help us adding GPS location to all spots!
Enjoy and contribute!
Wannasurf team
8 000 spots !Mar 11, 2009: Wannasurf has now more than 8 000 spots in its database. Thanks for all your contributions.
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Local Editors wantedJul 09, 2008: As you may (or may not) know - this site is done by a couple of us, in our spare time. Which obviously means we don't have any spare time, and don't surf enough.:(
You may also notice, that if you send in a new spot, update or whatever - it doesn't appear immediately, or sometimes never. We have a backlog of some 11000 surf spots submitted, but not moderated. Now many of these are doubles of existing spots, hoax spots, rubbish tec. - and need to be moderated.
If you know a region(s) or country(s) well, and have some spare time to contribute - send "admin" a PM (if you want to be discrete) or reply to this message - we are going to set up a limited number of local-editor accounts.
