Hawaii tsunami advisory after 8.8 quake off Chile

[JChlupsa]

Anyone have any family over here in the islands?? if they would like me to cantact them to make sure they know whats going on. email me

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Hawaii under tsunami advisory after magnitude 8.8 quake strikes off Chile
By Rob Shikina

POSTED: 09:29 p.m. HST, Feb 26, 2010

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Hawaii is under a tsunami advisory after a massive magnitude-8.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Chile, generating at least one 10-foot wave in the South American region.
If a tsunami were to reach Hawaii's shores, the first waves would hit at about 11:19 a.m. Saturday, according to Pacific Tsunami Warning Center officials.
The quake, initially estimated at magnitude 8.3 by the U.S. Geological Survey, struck at 3:34 a.m. Saturday (8:34 p.m. Friday Hawaii time). It was centered about 37 miles below the ocean surface offshore of Maule, Chile, 60 miles north-northwest of Chillan.
Buildings shook and collapsed in the Chilean capital of Santiago, 197 miles southwest of the epicenter, the Associated Press reported. There were no initial reports of casualties.
Shortly before 10 p.m., experts at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Ewa Beach received data from a monitoring station on the Chilean coast recording a roughly 10-foot wave, said Vindell Hsu, geophysicist at the center.
Tsunami experts were waiting for more information on whether the earthquake will cause a tsunami for Hawaii this morning.
Hsu said data came from a coastal station, but more accurate results will come from a deep ocean buoy, which would collect any information about water level changes in the early morning.
He said it was still too early to tell whether a tsunami was heading toward Hawaii. It would take 14 and a half hours for a tsunami to reach Hawaii.
"This is a big one," he said about the quake. "At this magnitude it's very likely a tsunami will be generated, but we are waiting for the water level data."
If a tsunami did reach Hawaii it would affect all islands, he said.
PTWC officials issued a tsunami warning for Chile and Peru, and a tsunami watch for Ecuador.
A catastrophic earthquake off Chile in 1960 generated a tsunami in Hilo that killed 61 people. The earthquake, the largest recorded at a magnitude 9.6, sent waves of up to 30 feet to Hilo about 15 hours after the temblor, according to an online account by Pacific Tsunami Warning Center scientist Gerard Fryer.
The tsunami caused about 2,000 deaths in Chile. The waves also flooded the coastline of Japan where 10-foot waves caused 200 deaths. Tsunami damage was also reported in the Marquesas, Samoa, and New Zealand.
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For updated information: www.prh.noaa.gov/pr/ptwc/


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[resto4u]

Jeff, be safe......keep us updated on this bad situation. I have a classmate who works on the base there.

[396L35]

Jeff get to the top of Diamond Head and you should be safe there. Good luck, Mark

[SuperNovaSS]

My parents are running around waking up neighbors since the siren in their neighborhood is no good. Dad is on the volunteer fire department and Mom is first on call at the hospital so they are ready.

Jason

[budnate]

Jeff do they have any wave monitors anchored around the islands like the east coast?? stay safe bro.

[Xplantdad]

Please stay safe out there!

[69 Post Sedan]

2'-7' waves headed that way ...be safe!!!