Feb 27, 2010 11:10 pm US/Pacific
No California Damage From Tsunami Alert
CBS 5 Earthquake Section
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A meteorologist monitors the tsunami situation from his computer in Taiwan's central weather bureau after a 8.8-magnitude quake struck Chile on Feb. 27, 2010.
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Tsunami waves from Chile's deadly earthquake hit California shores Saturday, barely eliciting notice from surfers and others who ignored advice to stay away from beaches.
No injuries or significant property damage was reported along Northern California's coast after a tsunami advisory was in place for a good part of the day Saturday. A tsunami advisory for all of the California coastline was no longer in effect, it was canceled Saturday evening.
While no damage was reported along the Bay Area coastline, there were rising water levels in some areas of the region caused by a massive earthquake in Chile overnight.
National Weather Service officials said shortly after 8 p.m. Saturday that the tsunami advisory was no longer in effect because although water levels had risen by about a foot along the region's coastline during the day, significant water level rises were no longer expected.
The tsunami advisory -- which is not as serious as a warning -- was issued for the entire U.S. West Coast after the 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck in Chile at 3:35 a.m. Saturday, causing dangerous waves that were believed to have spread throughout the Pacific Ocean.
However, the tsunami delivered nothing more than a glancing blow to California, Hawaii, and most of the Pacific. Tsunamis are a series of waves that can batter a region for hours after the initial waves arrive, according to the weather service.
The California Emergency Management Agency received reports of varying turbulence up and down the coast, but nothing significant.
Waves arrived in the Bay Area about 1:30 p.m., but despite the rise in the water level, no damage was reported along the coastal parts of the region.
Officials with the Golden Gate National Recreation Area closed a road at the southern end of San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge for about 30 minutes when high waves crashed over the road. But no damage was reported along the 60 miles of coastline the National Park Service manages as part of the recreation area.
Residents were warned to stay off local beaches, but no National Park beaches, including Fort Funston Beach, Ocean Beach, China Beach, Baker Beach, Fort Point, Crissy Field, Rodeo Beach, Horseshoe Cove at Fort Baker, Tennessee Valley Beach, Muir Beach, Stinson Beach, Limantour Beach and Drakes Beach, were closed.
In San Mateo County, the sheriff's office did close beaches in Pacifica and Half Moon Bay.
In addition, the Pillar Point harbormaster watched for any changes in the waves, while the sheriff's office, Cal Fire and police agencies up and down the coast worked together to monitor the situation, sheriff's Lt. Ray Lunny said.
Officials in neighboring Marin County also said there was no damage.
Far to the north, the harbormaster for Crescent City Harbor reported surges and water rushing out of the harbor, though no damage was reported. Crescent City is about 360 miles north of San Francisco.
In Southern California, the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center said water surged 2.3 feet in Santa Monica shortly before 12:30 p.m. and 2.9 feet in Santa Barbara shortly after 5 p.m. The tsunami hit with less force in other areas, including a 1.1-foot surge in San Diego.
The tsunami advisory didn't deter surfers competing in a qualifying match of a Professional Longboards Association contest at San Diego's Ocean Beach.
"It's a nonevent," said Maurice Luque, spokesman for the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.
The Chilean earthquake and several aftershocks that followed are estimated to have caused at least $15 billion in damage in Chile, according to Eqecat, an Oakland-based risk-modeling firm that estimates damage caused by catastrophes.
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Sunday, February 28, 2010
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Earthquake in Chile: Real-time updates, 6pm ET 2-27-10
Earthquake in Chile: Real-time updates
Posted: Saturday, February 27, 2010 6:10 PM
Hawaii 'dodges a bullet' | 6:04 p.m. ET
A official at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center tells the Associated Press that Hawaii "dodged a bullet" after a major earthquake sent powerful waves roiling around the Pacific.
It still will be about an hour before officials will be willing to give an all-clear in Hawaii, but there were no immediate reports of major damage around the Pacific rim. just tidal surges that reached up to about seven feet in some island chains.
Gerard Fryer, a geophysist for the tsunami center, defended the decision to urge evacuations of coastal areas, saying "better safe than sorry."
Barry Hirshorn, a geophysicist with the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center tells NBC News that they are not seeing the water levels dropping - which is why the tsunami warning is still in effect. There are multiple waves that are still rolling in and the largest waves may not have arrived yet.
View from Hilo: Whales were very active | 6:01 p.m. ET
Don Sullivan of Denver, Colo., was vacationing in Hilo when he was awoken at 6 a.m. local time by tsunami warning sirens and forced to evacuate to high ground. Sirens continued to blare every hour after than, he said.
"The evacuation seemed smooth, but there were huge gas lines," he said.
He drove to a nearby scenic overlook about 100 feet above the beach, where he had a good view of the tsunami waves as they arrived. The sky was full of helicopters, he said, but there was no sense of panic among the evacuees.
Two hours before the first wave hit, at about 2 p.m. ET, Sullivan said "The whales (were) going nuts, very, very active," he said. Then, about an hour before that wave, only a single whale remained in view. [He was] "About 100 yards out, young, looks like he is confused, bobbing up and down, he is in trouble," Sullivan said.
Then, just after 4 p.m. ET, the water receded with eery calm away from the coast.
"The beach line quickly (got) wider," he said. A few minutes later, the water rushed back in. "The bay (looks) bizarre, like a blender," he said. The churned up bay filled with dirty water, he said. There was no sign of the struggling whale after the second wave, he said.
Then, at around 5:45, after three "surges" of water, the whales reappeared, suggesting to Sullivan that nature might be getting back to normal.
"The choppers are leaving and the whales are returning," he said.
But public officials continue to issues warning that the tsunami was still dangerous, so Sullivan, 47, had no idea what to do next.
"We don't really know what to do with ourselves," he said. "I've been up since yesterday morning and we don't know if we will be allowed to go back to our hotel."
-As told to msnbc.com's Bob Sullivan over a series of text messages and short phone calls. Don Sullivan is Bob Sullivan's older brother.
U.S. Embassy checking on Americans on Chile reports the Associated Press | 5:29 p.m. ET
The State Department says the U.S. Embassy in Chile is working to learn the whereabouts of U.S. citizens, both diplomatic employees and others, who were living in or visiting Chile when the magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck early today.
There are no reports of U.S. casualties, and the U.S. military says it has no reports that any of its forces have been affected either on land or at sea.
The State Department advises Americans seeking information on family and friends in Chile to contact the Bureau of Consular Affairs at 1-888-407-4747.
There are 118 embassy employees in Chile. It's unclear how many Americans there are throughout Chile, but an estimated 1,000 live in and near Concepcion, which is only 70 miles from the quake's epicenter.
Fires in Santiago, Concepcion | 5:26 p.m. ET
Santiago mayor orders residents around a factory that’s on fire to leave due to toxic cloud overhead. Some kind of chemical is being released. The number of people evacuated wasn't given.
In Concepcion, firefighters say that they were able to pull out 22 people from a building on fire, but that another 60 could still be inside.
Significant surge in Ventura, Calif. | 5:25 p.m. ET
According to the Ventura, California Harbor Patrol, the Ventura Harbor had a significant tidal surge around 4 p.m. ET, but absolutely no big wave.
The harbor had a significant in-and-surge, ranging from a positive 2.5 feet to a negative 3 feet.
Most if not all of the harbor's navigational buoys were swept away, thus the harbor patrol is busy helping boats get back into the harbor at this time 5:15pm EST. No boats sank.
There was also some sand erosion on local beaches.
There are no injuries, and apparently no other damage except to the buoys, but the situation is still unstable.
Tsunami has reached Hawaii | 5:10 p.m. ET
Scientists say ocean gauges confirm tsunami has reached Hawaii; extent of damage uncertain.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center tells NBC News says 5.6-foot tsunami wave were recorded at Hilo Bay of Hawaii. Live video on the Web and on TV shows water receding from beaches but nothing dramatic as of yet.
Beach towns possibly wiped out in Chile | 4:52 p.m. ET
It’s summer in South America and hundreds of thousands of people were vacationing at the beaches and may have just started to pack up to get back to work or school on March 1.
According to an ADN Radio reporter, many beach towns were wiped out, including Matanzas, which is wind/kite surfing destination that attracts foreigners. The town is along the beach and is reportedly completely submerged.
The ADN Radio reporter says a witness in a beach town near Valparaiso reported that 200 beach homes, most with people inside, were washed away. The scene included cars floating around. Undetermined number of dead. Navy official confirms a large wave in that area but didn’t have specifics.
Update at 5:07 p.m. ET: The death toll in Chile has been updated to 214, according to Interior Minister Edmundo Perez.
Updates | 4:41 p.m. ET
KHNL-TV is reporting a strong water surge in the area of Wailoa, Hawaii
From Hilo: Water fluctuations starting. Discolouration and strange tides happening.
Also from KHNL: Rock outcropping now being exposed in Hilo Bay - water levels seem to have dropped a lot.
Update 4:56 p.m.: Pago Plaza in American Samoa inundated by tsunami wave, according to NOAA.
A 5-foot tsunami wave hit Chatham Islands, 430 miles southeast of New Zealand.
From eyewitness Kelly Mitchell in Honolulu: Another surge heading back in.Sandy Beach on Oahu experiencing rising seas.
More aftershocks in Chile | 4:11 p.m. ET
USGS reports the 54th major aftershock, magnitude 5.0, centered off the coast of Bio-Bio, Chile.
Update at 4:34 p.m. ET: A health official just told reporters that apart from three hospitals severely damaged in Santiago, a dozen more south of the capital have also seen significant damage.
Hawaii coastline live streams on the Web | 4:08 p.m. ET
- KITV live stream
- KHNL live stream
- The Honolulu Advertiser has a live stream of Waikiki Beach.
- Mashable has compiled these live streams
Tweets from the USGS | 3:54 p.m. ET
The USGS is maintaining a very informative Twitter feed here.
It quotes USGS geophysicst Eric Geist saying the Chilean quake "Could safely be placed in the Top 10 of earthquakes."
Of taking the tsunami threat, he says, "Tsunamis are not breaking waves. 75 percent of tsunamis do not break. If you see a tsunami on the beach, it's too late to run."
Hawaii tsunami forecasts | 3:36 p.m. ET
Hilo 11:05 a.m. local, 6.9 to 8.2 feet
Honolulu 11:37a.m., 1.6 to 2.3 feet
Kahului 11:26 a.m., 3.6 to 10 feet
The Honolulu Advertiser has a live stream of Waikiki Beach.
Lessons learned from history? | 3:26 p.m. ET
Newsweek's Kate Dailey predicts that even though the quake the struck Chile was 100 times stronger than the quake that devastated Port-au-Prince in January, the death toll is expected to be lower.
Why? She writes:
First and most obvious, the construction in Chile is far better than construction in Port-Au-Prince. A popular saying among seismologists is that “earthquakes don’t kill people, buildings do.” Chile’s buildings are better-built, with better materials, higher-skilled laborers and an eye towards earthquake resistance. They are therefore more earthquake resistant. Many fewer of them collapsed, so fewer people died. The second reason is that, unlike Port-Au-Prince, Chile is accustomed to earthquakes. It has what those who work in disaster-preparedness call “earthquake consciousness.”
Msnbc.com's Cosmic log writer Alan Boyle says that five years after the catastrophic Indian Ocean quake and tsunami, the tsunami alerts issued in the wake of Saturday's earthquake in Chile demonstrate how much more information is now available about potential seismic threats.
Text message donations | 3:17 p.m. ET
Verizon Wireless says its customers can immediately contribute to two international relief organizations that are now accepting text contributions for their Chile relief efforts. Donations will appear on regular monthly Verizon Wireless bills.
Text CHILE to 23583 to donate $10 to Habitat for Humanity
Text CHILE to 20222 to donate $10 to World Vision
AT&T also released this statement: "We're monitoring the situation to determine how we can help. As was the case in Haiti, the need to work with local authorities is critical."
Update at 4:00 p.m. ET: How to help information is available at helpchile.msnbc.com
Elevations in Hawaii | 3:14 p.m. ET
Msnbc.com just published this map which shows the elevation of Hawaiian islands.
500,000 homes damaged | 3:08 p.m. ET
According to Chile's housing minister speaking live on state television, there are reports of up to 500,000 homes that were damaged severely. That means there are about 500,000 families that have been displaced by the earthquake, so far. Most are seeking shelter with family & friends.
Hawaii hotels move guests to higher floors | 2:54 p.m. ET
Tayaba Jafri tweets from the Westin Moana Surfrider in Honolulu and shares this photo, saying choppers were blaring "Everyone get out of the water!"
Two of the three wings of her hotel were evacuated, excluding the wing where her room was located.
According to tweets, members of the cast and crew of "Lost" were also moved to the top floor of Hawaii's highest hotel. The popular ABC show films in Oahu.
Bill Brennan, the communications director for the mayor of Honolulu, told MSNBC's David Shuster that tourists staying in hotel rooms on the third floor or lower were being moved to higher floors. Airports are also continuing to operate for folks who want to leave the island. Brennan says that there are safe places for residents and visitors and they are doing everything to make sure everyone stays out of harm's way.
Waves in Hawaii from NBC producer Randy Brant in Honolulu | 2:35 p.m. ET
Hawaii Civil Defense now reports the following waves:
Hilo 8 feet
Maui 7 feet
Oahu 1 1/2 feet
400,000 victims? | 2:22 p.m. ET
Chile's national emergency agency is now reporting as many as 400,000 victims in the Bio-Bío Region (south of Santiago) alone.
On MSNBC, a journalist interviewed in Chile via Skype cautioned that the number could refer to those injured or those who have lost property and may not mean a death toll.
The Associated Press published this list of earthquakes that registered a magnitude of at least 8.6:
-- May 22, 1960: A magnitude 9.5 earthquake in southern Chile and ensuing tsunami killed at least 1,716 people.
-- March 27, 1964: A magnitude 9.2 quake in Prince William Sound, Alaska, and ensuing tsunami killed 128 people.
-- Dec. 26, 2004: A magnitude 9.1 quake off the Indonesian island of Sumatra triggered a tsunami that killed 226,000 people in 12 countries, including 165,700 in Indonesia and 35,400 in Sri Lanka.
-- Aug. 13, 1868: A magnitude 9.0 quake in Arica, Peru (now Chile) generated catastrophic tsunamis; more than 25,000 people were killed in South America.
-- Jan. 26, 1700: A magnitude 9.0 quake shakes Northern California, Oregon, Washington and British Colombia and triggers tsunami that damages villages in Japan.
-- Nov. 4, 1952: A magnitude 9.0 quake in Kamchatka causes damage but no reported deaths, despite setting off 30-foot (9.1-meter) waves in Hawaii.
-- Jan. 31, 1906: A magnitude 8.8 quake off the coast of Ecuador and Colombia generated a tsunami that killed at least 500 people.
-- Feb. 27, 2010: A magnitude 8.8 quake off the coast of Chile killed a still-undetermined number of people and sends a tsunami across the Pacific.
-- Nov. 1, 1755: A magnitude 8.7 quake and ensuing tsunami in Lisbon, Portugal killed an estimated 60,000 people and destroyed much of Lisbon.
-- July 8, 1730: A magnitude 8.7 quake in Valparasio, Chile, killed at least 3,000 people.
-- Aug. 15, 1950: A magnitude 8.6 earthquake in Assam, Tibet, killed at least 780 people.
Hawaii prepares | 2: 18 p.m. ET
The tsunami is expected to hit Hawaii sometime after 11 a.m. local time (4 p.m. ET)
Click here to see photographs of residents stocking up on emergency supplies and fuel in preparation.
The tsunami at Marquesas Island smaller than forecast (on 5.9 feet), according to the National Weather Service, and the impact on Hawaii impact could be less than initial expectations.
Facebook's Disaster Relief effort | 2:09 p.m. ET
According to Facebook spokesman Andrew Noyes:
We've updated Facebook.com/DisasterRelief, which has 250K fans, with the latest resources on Chile and Hawaii. We're driving traffic to the page through Facebook.com/Facebook, which has more than 7.4 million fans, and through Twitter.com/Facebook, which has 194,000 followers.
President Obama warns of potential tsunami | 1:56 p.m. ET
President Obama came out for a brief statement, saying America is ready and has resources ready to deploy should Chile ask for help. He also encouraged U.S. citizens to heed warnings by local officials ahead of potential tsunami in Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, and the California coast.
Watch his statement here.
Entire Pacific basin at risk | 1:55 p.m. ET
At 1:45 p.m. ET, the U.S. Geological Survey had recorded 49 major aftershocks, each of magnitude 5.0 or greater, after the monster earthquake in Chile. Nearly all of them were centered near the site of the original quake, in the areas of Bio-Bio and Libertadores O'Higgins.
The quake triggered a Pacific-wide “tsunami event” that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration SAID was similar to the Christmas 2004 tsunami that killed more than 230,000 people in the Banda Aceh reagion of Indonesia.
Jenifer Rhoads, NOAA's tsunami program manager, told NBC News that the entire Pacific basin was at risk and that residents anywhere in tsunami areas of the region — which covers about a quarter of the globe — should seek higher ground.
Aftershocks continue | 1:43 p.m. ET
The 48th major aftershock, magnitude 5.6, centered off Bio-Bio shore of Chile was just reported by the U.S. Geological Survey.
Chile's National Emergency Office has revised the death toll to 147.
Warning for American Samoa, Guam | 1:37 p.m.
NOAA is telling NBC News that anybody in Guam or American Samoa needs to get to higher ground because they are in the warning area. NOAA wants to reiterate that the warning area is serious, and that a tsunami is a series of waves that occur over multiple hours. Periods between each wave varies.
Tsunami travel times | 1:29 p.m. ET
This NOAA graphic explains how they can forecast the tsunami in Hawaii so far in advance.
Click here to enlarge and here to see a quicktime movie of the animation.
Twitcaps also has this visualization of twitter photos relating to the quake.
Local media is reporting that a wall in the El Cerezo prison in Chillan allowed 209 criminals to escape. About 60 more inmates tried to flee but were recaptured. Approximately 600 other inmates are being transferred to a unit in Concepcion.
Today's Chile quake and its relationship to 1960 event by Robert Bazell | 1:09 p.m. ET
Today's earthquake is 150 miles south of the largest earthquake ever recorded -- a 9.5 on May 22, 1960. Scientists say the two events are related. The 1960 quake killed 1655 people and caused a devastating tsunami in Hilo, Hawaii.
Both quakes occurred at the intersection of the Nzca plate (an Aztec word for a part of the larger Pacific plate) and the South American plate
FEMA Statement on Tsunami from Craig Fugate, FEMA administrator | 1:04 p.m. ET
"FEMA and the Department of Homeland Security are closely monitoring the situation, and officials are in close contact with the State of Hawaii and the U.S. territories in the Pacific Ocean that could be impacted by a potential tsunami. FEMA stands ready to assist should a request for assistance be made, and does have pre-deployed assets in Hawaii, including food, water, generators and other resources. We urge all individuals to follow the direction provided by local officials."
Concerns for Concepcion from the Associated Press | 12:56 p.m. ET
In Concepcion, Chile's second-largest city and only 70 miles (115 kilometers) from the epicenter, nurses and residents pushed the injured through the streets on stretchers. Others walked around in a daze wrapped in blankets, some carrying infants in their arms.
A 15-story building collapsed, leaving only a few floors intact.
"I was on the 8th floor and all of a sudden I was down here," said Fernando Abarzua, marveling that he escaped with no major injuries. He said a relative was still trapped in the rubble six hours after the quake, "but he keeps shouting, saying he's OK."
NOAA buoys detect tsunami in Peru filed by Robert Bazell, NBC Science Correspondent | 12:44 p.m.
After the Indonesian Tsunami, NOAA installed more buoys at sea to detect tsunamis. A buoy off Lima, Peru has detected a 9-inch tsunami.
Scientists say that small size is NOT necessarily reassuring because the depth of the ocean and the structure of the ocean floor can greatly influence the size of a tsunami
Information from the U.S. military, filed by Jim Miklasewski | 12:21 p.m. ET
U.S. military officials say Chile has still not formally sought any US military assistance in response to the earthquake, "and frankly we don't expect them to ask."
As for the tsunami, U.S. Navy officials say they're expecting only a two 2-foot surge to hit the islands within hours.
As a result they have evacuated two military housing complexes on the Island of Oahu "as a precaution." The Navy is NOT removing any ships from ports and sending them out to sea.
Update as of 1:11 p.m. ET: The U.S. Navy will redeploy 4 ships out of port in Hawaii to open waters as a precaution against the approaching tsunami.
The two military housing complexes on the Island of Oahu were evacuated.
Olympic athletes in Chile head home | 11:52 p.m. ET
Chile's athletes and coaches are planning to skip the Olympic closing ceremonies following a magnitude-8.8 earthquake that has devastated their country.
Team spokesman Luis Alberto Santa Cruz said Saturday morning that the athletes and coaches are trying to get home from Vancouver as soon as possible because of the quake.
Chile has three Alpine skiers representing the country at the Vancouver Games. Noelle Barahona, Maui Gayme and Jorge Mandru are all finished competing, so they won't miss any remaining events.
Santa Cruz says that some of the coaches and athletes have been able to reach family and so far, they have found out that their loved ones are fine. Some are still trying to make contact.
Evacuation in Hawaii | 11:54 p.m. ET
Senators Daniel K. Inouye and Daniel K. Akaka are urging Hawaii residents to remain calm, listen to the news and follow evacuation orders after a 8.8 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Chile generated a tsunami expected to affect all coastlines in the Hawaii islands.
"We have not had voluntary tsunami evacuations in Hawaii since 1994 so this is a serious event. If you live in an evacuation zone I urge you to gather your family and please leave the area," said Senator Inouye. "It is important to remain calm, listen to the news, and follow the instructions being issued by state and county civil defense officials."
"This is not something to take lightly," said Senator Akaka. "I encourage all to stay calm, follow the directions of our State Civil Defense, and stay away from all shorelines."
The first waves are expected to hit the Big Island at 11:19 a.m. and the estimated arrival time for Honolulu is 11:25 a.m., according to the warning center. Some areas of Hawaii could see an initial 10 to 15 foot rise and waves could continue for at least six hours according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning cCnter.
Evacuation maps and information is available on the Tsunami Warning Center's Web site, but individuals on Twitter are alerting each other about not crowding the servers by needlessly hitting the site.
Tsunami Reaches Hawaii; Tides Fluctuate
EWA BEACH, Hawaii, Feb. 27, 2010 (CBS/AP) Last Updated 5:54 p.m. ET
While urging caution, an official from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center gave an optimistic view about the tsunami hitting against the Hawaii coastline after Saturday morning's 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Chile.
"I think we dodged a bullet," Gerard Fryer, a geophysist for the tsunami center of the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, which issues warnings to almost every country around the Pacific Rim and to most of the Pacific island states, told reporters in Hawaii Saturday afternoon. "It's sort of the best tsunami you think you can have."
The tsunami hit Hawaii around noon local time. The extent of the damage was not immediately clear, but the effects of the tsunami were obvious.
Water began pulling away from shore off Hilo Bay on the Big Island just before noon local time, exposing reefs and sending dark streaks of muddy, sandy water offshore. Water later washed over Coconut Island, a small park off the coast of Hilo.
CBS News Affiliate KGMB-TV in Honolulu reported that the water at Hilo Bay started to recede about 45 minutes after the tsunami was expected to hit the Hawaii coast. KGMB-TV reported that the tide was about a half foot of water lower, exposing rocks, which could be a sign of the impending tsunami.
The first waves in Hawaii were expected to hit shortly after 11 a.m. local time Saturday (4 p.m. EST) and measure roughly 8 feet at Hilo. A look at the shoreline at that time showed little abnormal wave activity, but officials continued to urge caution.
Most Pacific Rim nations did not immediately order evacuations, but advised people in low-lying areas to be on the lookout.
Earlier, sirens blared in Hawaii to alert residents to the potential waves. As the waves expected arrival drew near, roads into the tourist-heavy Waikiki were closed off. Police patrolled main roads, telling tourists to get off the streets.
On several South Pacific islands hit by a tsunami last fall, police evacuated tens of thousands of coastal residents.
Victor Sardina, a geophysicist at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the tsunami would be a series of big waves, rather than a wall of water.
Charles McCreery, the director of the center, said the tsunami would be "a lot like a fast high tide" and could pose dangers for several hours after the initial waves hit.
Special Section: Earthquake in Chile
Tsunami Warning for Hawaii (NOAA Alert, 2.27.10)
Hawaii's 1960 Tsunami
Tsunami warnings - the highest alert level - are also in effect for Guam, American Samoa and dozens of other Pacific islands, as well as Australia and New Zealand, Japan, the Philippines and Russia.
An advisory - the lowest level - includes California, Oregon, Washington state, parts of Alaska, and coastal British Colombia.
In Hawaii, boats and people near the coast were being evacuated. Hilo International Airport, located along the coast, was closed.
"These are dangerous, dangerous events," said John Cummings, spokesman for the Honolulu Emergency Management Department.
CBS News Pentagon correspondent David Martin reports that the U.S. Navy has sent ships to evacuate four low-lying facilities - one of them a hospital - on the Hawaiian island of Oahu.
The Navy was moving more than a half dozen vessels Saturday to try to avoid damage from the tsunami.
A frigate, three destroyers and two smaller vessels were being sent out of Pearl Harbor and a cruiser out of Naval Base San Diego. At the Pentagon, Navy spokesman Lt. Myers Vasquez said the ships will be safer out on the sea than if they were tied to piers where they could be banged around by the waves, meaning damage to the vessels as well as the piers.
Elsewhere in Hawaii, many private boats also left their docks to ride out the tsunami at sea.
In Honolulu, residents lined up at supermarkets to stock up on water, canned food and batteries. Cars lined up 15 long at several gas stations.
In a statement, FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate said officials were closely monitoring the situation: "FEMA stands ready to assist should a request for assistance be made, and does have pre-deployed assets in Hawaii, including food, water, generators and other resources. We urge all individuals to follow the direction provided by local officials.�
The first waves in Hawaii are expected to hit shortly after 11 a.m. local time Saturday (4 p.m. EST; 2100 GMT) and measure roughly 8 feet at Hilo. Most Pacific Rim nations however did not order evacuations, but advised people in low-lying areas to be on the lookout.
Unlike other tsunamis in recent years, emergency officials along the Pacific have hours to prepare and possibly evacuate residents.
"We've got a lot of things going for us," said Charles McCreery, the director of the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, which issues warnings to almost every country around the Pacific Rim and to most of the Pacific island states. "We have a reasonable lead time.
"We should be able to alert everyone in harm's way to move out of the evacuation zones," he said.
Authorities are closing beaches in Northern California's San Mateo County, including beaches in Pacifica and Half Moon Bay, where the National Weather Service has predicted strong currents and choppy waves for several hours starting around 1 p.m. PT.
Sirens blared in Hawaii to alert residents to the impending waves, with authorities asking people living near the water to evacuate. On several South Pacific islands hit by a tsunami last fall, police evacuated tens of thousands of residents from the coast.
In Tonga, where nine people died in a Sept. 29 tsunami, police and defense forces began evacuating people from low-lying coastal areas as they warned residents that tsunami waves about three feet high could wash ashore within three hours.
"I can hear the church bells ringing to alert the people," National Disaster Office deputy director Mali'u Takai said. "We will move up to 50,000 people to the interior and away from the coasts."
Waves 6 feet above normal hit near Concepcion, Chile shortly after the quake.
A tsunami warning - the highest alert level - was also in effect for Guam, American Samoa, Samoa and dozens of other Pacific islands. An advisory - the lowest level - has been extended to include Oregon, Washington state, parts of Alaska, and coastal British Colombia.
The White House is keeping close watch on the Chilean quake, which has raised the possibility of a tsunami striking Hawaii. Presidential press secretary Robert Gibbs said the U.S. stands ready to help the Chilean people "in this hour of need."
American Samoa Lt. Gov. Aitofele Sunia activated emergency services and called on residents of shoreline villages to move to higher ground. Police in Samoa issued a nationwide alert to begin coastal evacuations. The tsunami is expected to reach the islands Saturday morning.
In French Polynesia, tsunami waves up to 6 feet high swept ashore, but no damage was immediately reported.
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Meanwhile, disaster management officials in Fiji said they have been warned to expect waves of as high as 7.5 feet to hit the northern and eastern islands of the archipelago and the nearby Tonga islands.
A lower-grade tsunami advisory was in effect for the coast of California and an Alaskan coastal area from Kodiak to Attu islands. Tsunami Center officials said they did not expect the advisory would be upgraded to a warning.
Waves were likely to hit Asian, Australian and New Zealand shores within 24 hours of Saturday's quake. A tsunami wave can travel at up to 600 mph, said Jenifer Rhoades, tsunami program manager at the National Weather Service in Washington, DC.
The sirens in Hawaii will also be sounded again three hours prior to the estimated arrival time.
McCreery said he didn't know how big the waves will be, but expected them to be the largest to hit Hawaii since 1964.
"If you're in an evacuation zone, police or civil defense volunteers would instruct you to evacuate, or instructions will come out over the radio and TV," said Shelly Ichishita, spokeswoman for the state's civil defense.
If coastal areas are evacuated, visitors in Waikiki would be moved to higher floors in their hotels, rather than moved out of the tourist district, which could cause gridlock.
Some Pacific nations in the warning area were heavily damaged by a tsunami last year.
On Sept. 29, a tsunami spawned by a magnitude-8.3 earthquake killed 34 people in American Samoa, 183 in Samoa and nine in Tonga. Scientists later said that wave was 46 feet high.
Past South American earthquakes have had deadly effects across the Pacific.
A tsunami after a magnitude-9.5 quake that struck Chile in 1960, the largest earthquake ever recorded, killed about 140 people in Japan, 61 in Hawaii and 32 in the Philippines.
That tsunami was about 3.3 to 13 feet in height, Japan's Meteorological Agency said.
Japanese public broadcaster NHK quoted earthquake experts as saying the tsunami would likely be tens of inches high and reach Japan in about 22 hours.
A tsunami of 11 inches was recorded after a magnitude-8.4 earthquake near Chile in 2001.
The Meteorological Agency said it was still investigating the likelihood of a tsunami in Japan and did not issue a formal coastal warning.
Australia, meanwhile, was put on a tsunami watch.
The Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami warning Saturday night for a "potential tsunami threat" to New South Wales state, Queensland state, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island.
Any potential wave would not hit Australia until Sunday morning local time, it said.
New Zealand officials warned that "non-destructive" tsunami waves of less than three feet could hit the entire east coast of the country's two main islands and its Chatham Islands territory, some 300 miles east of New Zealand.
The Philippine Institute of Vulcanology and Seismology issued a low-level alert saying people should await further notice of a possible tsunami. It did not recommend evacuations.
Seismologist Fumihiko Imamura, of Japan's Tohoku University, told NHK that residents near ocean shores should not underestimate the power of a tsunami even though they may be generated by quakes on the other side of the ocean.
"There is the possibility that it could reach Japan without losing its strength," he said.
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Tsunami Reaches Hawaii; Tides Fluctuate
Tsunami Forces Hawaii Tide to Recede, Surge as Effect of Chilean Quake Hits U.S.; Advisories Issued for Calif., Alaska
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Dr. Charles McCreery speaks on the phone at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, in Ewa Beach, Hawaii, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010, before a computer monitor showing the possible path of tsunami waves from an earthquake in Chile. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)
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Photo Essay Tsunami Alert A tsunami triggered by the Chilean earthquake raced across the Pacific Ocean, threatening Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast as well as hundreds of islands
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Photo Essay Chile Earthquake An 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck central Chile early Saturday, southwest of the capital Santiago.
While urging caution, an official from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center gave an optimistic view about the tsunami hitting against the Hawaii coastline after Saturday morning's 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Chile.
"I think we dodged a bullet," Gerard Fryer, a geophysist for the tsunami center of the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, which issues warnings to almost every country around the Pacific Rim and to most of the Pacific island states, told reporters in Hawaii Saturday afternoon. "It's sort of the best tsunami you think you can have."
The tsunami hit Hawaii around noon local time. The extent of the damage was not immediately clear, but the effects of the tsunami were obvious.
Water began pulling away from shore off Hilo Bay on the Big Island just before noon local time, exposing reefs and sending dark streaks of muddy, sandy water offshore. Water later washed over Coconut Island, a small park off the coast of Hilo.
CBS News Affiliate KGMB-TV in Honolulu reported that the water at Hilo Bay started to recede about 45 minutes after the tsunami was expected to hit the Hawaii coast. KGMB-TV reported that the tide was about a half foot of water lower, exposing rocks, which could be a sign of the impending tsunami.
The first waves in Hawaii were expected to hit shortly after 11 a.m. local time Saturday (4 p.m. EST) and measure roughly 8 feet at Hilo. A look at the shoreline at that time showed little abnormal wave activity, but officials continued to urge caution.
Most Pacific Rim nations did not immediately order evacuations, but advised people in low-lying areas to be on the lookout.
Earlier, sirens blared in Hawaii to alert residents to the potential waves. As the waves expected arrival drew near, roads into the tourist-heavy Waikiki were closed off. Police patrolled main roads, telling tourists to get off the streets.
On several South Pacific islands hit by a tsunami last fall, police evacuated tens of thousands of coastal residents.
Victor Sardina, a geophysicist at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the tsunami would be a series of big waves, rather than a wall of water.
Charles McCreery, the director of the center, said the tsunami would be "a lot like a fast high tide" and could pose dangers for several hours after the initial waves hit.
Special Section: Earthquake in Chile
Tsunami Warning for Hawaii (NOAA Alert, 2.27.10)
Hawaii's 1960 Tsunami
Tsunami warnings - the highest alert level - are also in effect for Guam, American Samoa and dozens of other Pacific islands, as well as Australia and New Zealand, Japan, the Philippines and Russia.
An advisory - the lowest level - includes California, Oregon, Washington state, parts of Alaska, and coastal British Colombia.
In Hawaii, boats and people near the coast were being evacuated. Hilo International Airport, located along the coast, was closed.
"These are dangerous, dangerous events," said John Cummings, spokesman for the Honolulu Emergency Management Department.
CBS News Pentagon correspondent David Martin reports that the U.S. Navy has sent ships to evacuate four low-lying facilities - one of them a hospital - on the Hawaiian island of Oahu.
The Navy was moving more than a half dozen vessels Saturday to try to avoid damage from the tsunami.
A frigate, three destroyers and two smaller vessels were being sent out of Pearl Harbor and a cruiser out of Naval Base San Diego. At the Pentagon, Navy spokesman Lt. Myers Vasquez said the ships will be safer out on the sea than if they were tied to piers where they could be banged around by the waves, meaning damage to the vessels as well as the piers.
Elsewhere in Hawaii, many private boats also left their docks to ride out the tsunami at sea.
In Honolulu, residents lined up at supermarkets to stock up on water, canned food and batteries. Cars lined up 15 long at several gas stations.
In a statement, FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate said officials were closely monitoring the situation: "FEMA stands ready to assist should a request for assistance be made, and does have pre-deployed assets in Hawaii, including food, water, generators and other resources. We urge all individuals to follow the direction provided by local officials.�
The first waves in Hawaii are expected to hit shortly after 11 a.m. local time Saturday (4 p.m. EST; 2100 GMT) and measure roughly 8 feet at Hilo. Most Pacific Rim nations however did not order evacuations, but advised people in low-lying areas to be on the lookout.
Unlike other tsunamis in recent years, emergency officials along the Pacific have hours to prepare and possibly evacuate residents.
"We've got a lot of things going for us," said Charles McCreery, the director of the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, which issues warnings to almost every country around the Pacific Rim and to most of the Pacific island states. "We have a reasonable lead time.
"We should be able to alert everyone in harm's way to move out of the evacuation zones," he said.
(CBS)
Authorities are closing beaches in Northern California's San Mateo County, including beaches in Pacifica and Half Moon Bay, where the National Weather Service has predicted strong currents and choppy waves for several hours starting around 1 p.m. PT.
Sirens blared in Hawaii to alert residents to the impending waves, with authorities asking people living near the water to evacuate. On several South Pacific islands hit by a tsunami last fall, police evacuated tens of thousands of residents from the coast.
In Tonga, where nine people died in a Sept. 29 tsunami, police and defense forces began evacuating people from low-lying coastal areas as they warned residents that tsunami waves about three feet high could wash ashore within three hours.
"I can hear the church bells ringing to alert the people," National Disaster Office deputy director Mali'u Takai said. "We will move up to 50,000 people to the interior and away from the coasts."
Waves 6 feet above normal hit near Concepcion, Chile shortly after the quake.
A tsunami warning - the highest alert level - was also in effect for Guam, American Samoa, Samoa and dozens of other Pacific islands. An advisory - the lowest level - has been extended to include Oregon, Washington state, parts of Alaska, and coastal British Colombia.
The White House is keeping close watch on the Chilean quake, which has raised the possibility of a tsunami striking Hawaii. Presidential press secretary Robert Gibbs said the U.S. stands ready to help the Chilean people "in this hour of need."
American Samoa Lt. Gov. Aitofele Sunia activated emergency services and called on residents of shoreline villages to move to higher ground. Police in Samoa issued a nationwide alert to begin coastal evacuations. The tsunami is expected to reach the islands Saturday morning.
In French Polynesia, tsunami waves up to 6 feet high swept ashore, but no damage was immediately reported.
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Meanwhile, disaster management officials in Fiji said they have been warned to expect waves of as high as 7.5 feet to hit the northern and eastern islands of the archipelago and the nearby Tonga islands.
A lower-grade tsunami advisory was in effect for the coast of California and an Alaskan coastal area from Kodiak to Attu islands. Tsunami Center officials said they did not expect the advisory would be upgraded to a warning.
Waves were likely to hit Asian, Australian and New Zealand shores within 24 hours of Saturday's quake. A tsunami wave can travel at up to 600 mph, said Jenifer Rhoades, tsunami program manager at the National Weather Service in Washington, DC.
The sirens in Hawaii will also be sounded again three hours prior to the estimated arrival time.
McCreery said he didn't know how big the waves will be, but expected them to be the largest to hit Hawaii since 1964.
"If you're in an evacuation zone, police or civil defense volunteers would instruct you to evacuate, or instructions will come out over the radio and TV," said Shelly Ichishita, spokeswoman for the state's civil defense.
If coastal areas are evacuated, visitors in Waikiki would be moved to higher floors in their hotels, rather than moved out of the tourist district, which could cause gridlock.
Some Pacific nations in the warning area were heavily damaged by a tsunami last year.
On Sept. 29, a tsunami spawned by a magnitude-8.3 earthquake killed 34 people in American Samoa, 183 in Samoa and nine in Tonga. Scientists later said that wave was 46 feet high.
Past South American earthquakes have had deadly effects across the Pacific.
A tsunami after a magnitude-9.5 quake that struck Chile in 1960, the largest earthquake ever recorded, killed about 140 people in Japan, 61 in Hawaii and 32 in the Philippines.
That tsunami was about 3.3 to 13 feet in height, Japan's Meteorological Agency said.
Japanese public broadcaster NHK quoted earthquake experts as saying the tsunami would likely be tens of inches high and reach Japan in about 22 hours.
A tsunami of 11 inches was recorded after a magnitude-8.4 earthquake near Chile in 2001.
The Meteorological Agency said it was still investigating the likelihood of a tsunami in Japan and did not issue a formal coastal warning.
Australia, meanwhile, was put on a tsunami watch.
The Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami warning Saturday night for a "potential tsunami threat" to New South Wales state, Queensland state, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island.
Any potential wave would not hit Australia until Sunday morning local time, it said.
New Zealand officials warned that "non-destructive" tsunami waves of less than three feet could hit the entire east coast of the country's two main islands and its Chatham Islands territory, some 300 miles east of New Zealand.
The Philippine Institute of Vulcanology and Seismology issued a low-level alert saying people should await further notice of a possible tsunami. It did not recommend evacuations.
Seismologist Fumihiko Imamura, of Japan's Tohoku University, told NHK that residents near ocean shores should not underestimate the power of a tsunami even though they may be generated by quakes on the other side of the ocean.
"There is the possibility that it could reach Japan without losing its strength," he said.
(NOAA/USGS/AP)
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a 130-foot tsunami wave has already hit the Juan Fernandez Island.
Santiago Airport damaged - closed for 24 hours
February 27th, 2010 - 7:34 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt Santiago,Feb 27 (THAINDIAN NEWS) As an aftermath of the Chile earthquake, the Santiago airport was damaged, and it is going to remain closed for 24 hours. The airport officials said that due to the devastating earthquake the Santiago airport has also been closed down, till further notice, and therefore all the flights in and out of the airport have been canceled till the situation is under control, according to the airline officials. It is also been learnt from the airline officials, that the flights were being diverted to Mendoza in Argentina, for the time being.
The earthquake was so devastating that many buildings have collapsed like a game of cards. Many buildings are in complete shambles, and huge parts of the buildings have fallen onto the street, and are making the relief work all the more difficult. Trees and power lines have also been knocked down, and the situation is totally chaotic all over the earthquake ravaged region.
The massive earthquake of magnitude 8.8, had struck in the morning at 0634 GMT about 115km (70 miles) northeast of the city of Concepcion, and 325km southwest of the capital, Santiago. Apart from the earthquake more calamity can follow in the form of tsunami, as tsunami warnings have been issued for Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand and Pacific island nations. According to latest reports, a 130-foot tsunami wave has already hit the Juan Fernandez Island.
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TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 005
TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 005
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 1045Z 27 FEB 2010
THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC
OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS...EXCEPT ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...
WASHINGTON...OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.
... A WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT ...
A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR
CHILE / PERU / ECUADOR / COLOMBIA / ANTARCTICA / PANAMA /
COSTA RICA / NICARAGUA / PITCAIRN / HONDURAS / EL SALVADOR /
GUATEMALA / FR. POLYNESIA / MEXICO / COOK ISLANDS / KIRIBATI /
KERMADEC IS / NIUE / NEW ZEALAND / TONGA / AMERICAN SAMOA /
SAMOA / JARVIS IS. / WALLIS-FUTUNA / TOKELAU / FIJI /
AUSTRALIA / HAWAII / PALMYRA IS. / TUVALU / VANUATU /
HOWLAND-BAKER / NEW CALEDONIA / JOHNSTON IS. / SOLOMON IS. /
NAURU / MARSHALL IS. / MIDWAY IS. / KOSRAE / PAPUA NEW GUINEA /
POHNPEI / WAKE IS. / CHUUK / RUSSIA / MARCUS IS. / INDONESIA /
N. MARIANAS / GUAM / YAP / BELAU / JAPAN / PHILIPPINES /
CHINESE TAIPEI
THIS BULLETIN IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. ONLY
NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE
DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND
ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE.
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS
ORIGIN TIME - 0634Z 27 FEB 2010
COORDINATES - 36.1 SOUTH 72.6 WEST
DEPTH - 55 KM
LOCATION - NEAR COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE
MAGNITUDE - 8.8
MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY
GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER
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IQUIQUE CL 20.2S 70.1W 0906Z 0.27M / 0.9FT 72MIN
ANTOFAGASTA CL 23.2S 70.4W 0941Z 0.49M / 1.6FT 52MIN
ARICA CL 18.5S 70.3W 1007Z 0.94M / 3.1FT 44MIN
DART LIMA 32412 18.0S 86.4W 0941Z 0.24M / 0.8FT 36MIN
CALDERA CL 27.1S 70.8W 0843Z 0.45M / 1.5FT 20MIN
TALCAHUANO CL 36.7S 73.4W 0653Z 2.34M / 7.7FT 88MIN
COQUIMBO CL 30.0S 71.3W 0852Z 1.32M / 4.3FT 30MIN
CORRAL CL 39.9S 73.4W 0739Z 0.90M / 2.9FT 16MIN
SAN FELIX CL 26.3S 80.1W 0815Z 0.53M / 1.7FT 08MIN
VALPARAISO CL 33.0S 71.6W 0708Z 1.29M / 4.2FT 20MIN
LAT - LATITUDE (N-NORTH, S-SOUTH)
LON - LONGITUDE (E-EAST, W-WEST)
TIME - TIME OF THE MEASUREMENT (Z IS UTC IS GREENWICH TIME)
AMPL - TSUNAMI AMPLITUDE MEASURED RELATIVE TO NORMAL SEA LEVEL.
IT IS ...NOT... CREST-TO-TROUGH WAVE HEIGHT.
VALUES ARE GIVEN IN BOTH METERS(M) AND FEET(FT).
PER - PERIOD OF TIME IN MINUTES(MIN) FROM ONE WAVE TO THE NEXT.
EVALUATION
SEA LEVEL READINGS CONFIRM THAT A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED
WHICH COULD CAUSE WIDESPREAD DAMAGE. AUTHORITIES SHOULD TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS THREAT. THIS CENTER WILL
CONTINUE TO MONITOR SEA LEVEL DATA TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT AND
SEVERITY OF THE THREAT.
A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE
LARGEST. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED AND CAN VARY
SIGNIFICANTLY ALONG A COAST DUE TO LOCAL EFFECTS. THE TIME FROM
ONE TSUNAMI WAVE TO THE NEXT CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO AN HOUR, AND
THE THREAT CAN CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AS MULTIPLE WAVES ARRIVE.
FOR ALL AREAS - WHEN NO MAJOR WAVES ARE OBSERVED FOR TWO HOURS
AFTER THE ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL OR DAMAGING WAVES HAVE NOT
OCCURRED FOR AT LEAST TWO HOURS THEN LOCAL AUTHORITIES CAN ASSUME
THE THREAT IS PASSED. DANGER TO BOATS AND COASTAL STRUCTURES CAN
CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS DUE TO RAPID CURRENTS. AS LOCAL
CONDITIONS CAN CAUSE A WIDE VARIATION IN TSUNAMI WAVE ACTION THE
ALL CLEAR DETERMINATION MUST BE MADE BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES.
ESTIMATED INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE ARRIVAL TIMES AT FORECAST POINTS
WITHIN THE WARNING AND WATCH AREAS ARE GIVEN BELOW. ACTUAL
ARRIVAL TIMES MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE
LARGEST. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE TIME BETWEEN
SUCCESSIVE WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.
LOCATION FORECAST POINT COORDINATES ARRIVAL TIME
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CHILE TALCAHUANO 36.7S 73.1W 0729Z 27 FEB
VALPARAISO 33.0S 71.6W 0739Z 27 FEB
COQUIMBO 29.9S 71.3W 0801Z 27 FEB
CORRAL 39.8S 73.5W 0810Z 27 FEB
CALDERA 27.1S 70.8W 0821Z 27 FEB
ANTOFAGASTA 23.3S 70.4W 0844Z 27 FEB
IQUIQUE 20.2S 70.1W 0911Z 27 FEB
ARICA 18.5S 70.3W 0929Z 27 FEB
GOLFO DE PENAS 47.1S 74.9W 0934Z 27 FEB
PUERTO MONTT 41.5S 73.0W 1052Z 27 FEB
EASTER IS. 27.1S 109.4W 1205Z 27 FEB
PUNTA ARENAS 53.2S 70.9W 1213Z 27 FEB
PUERTO WILLIAMS 54.8S 68.2W 1404Z 27 FEB
PERU MOLLENDO 17.1S 72.0W 0936Z 27 FEB
SAN JUAN 15.3S 75.2W 0952Z 27 FEB
LA PUNTA 12.1S 77.2W 1045Z 27 FEB
PIMENTAL 6.9S 80.0W 1114Z 27 FEB
TALARA 4.6S 81.5W 1127Z 27 FEB
CHIMBOTE 9.0S 78.8W 1132Z 27 FEB
ECUADOR LA LIBERTAD 2.2S 81.2W 1202Z 27 FEB
ESMERELDAS 1.2N 79.8W 1234Z 27 FEB
BALTRA IS. 0.5S 90.3W 1313Z 27 FEB
COLOMBIA TUMACO 1.8N 78.9W 1253Z 27 FEB
BAHIA SOLANO 6.3N 77.4W 1327Z 27 FEB
BUENAVENTURA 3.8N 77.2W 1340Z 27 FEB
ANTARCTICA THURSTON IS. 72.0S 100.0W 1312Z 27 FEB
CAPE ADARE 71.0S 170.0E 1650Z 27 FEB
PANAMA PUERTO PINA 7.4N 78.1W 1331Z 27 FEB
PUNTA MALA 7.5N 79.9W 1334Z 27 FEB
PUNTA BURICA 8.0N 82.8W 1340Z 27 FEB
BALBOA HTS. 9.0N 79.6W 1457Z 27 FEB
COSTA RICA CABO MATAPALO 8.4N 83.3W 1344Z 27 FEB
PUERTO QUEPOS 9.4N 84.2W 1417Z 27 FEB
CABO SAN ELENA 10.9N 86.0W 1452Z 27 FEB
NICARAGUA SAN JUAN DL SUR 11.2N 85.9W 1452Z 27 FEB
PUERTO SANDINO 12.2N 86.8W 1512Z 27 FEB
CORINTO 12.5N 87.2W 1520Z 27 FEB
PITCAIRN PITCAIRN IS. 25.1S 130.1W 1455Z 27 FEB
HONDURAS AMAPALA 13.2N 87.6W 1520Z 27 FEB
EL SALVADOR ACAJUTLA 13.6N 89.8W 1531Z 27 FEB
GUATEMALA SIPICATE 13.9N 91.2W 1539Z 27 FEB
FR. POLYNESIA RIKITEA 23.1S 135.0W 1542Z 27 FEB
HIVA OA 10.0S 139.0W 1723Z 27 FEB
PAPEETE 17.5S 149.6W 1748Z 27 FEB
MEXICO PUERTO MADERO 14.8N 92.5W 1552Z 27 FEB
ACAPULCO 16.9N 99.9W 1615Z 27 FEB
MANZANILLO 19.1N 104.3W 1709Z 27 FEB
SOCORRO 18.8N 111.0W 1719Z 27 FEB
CABO SAN LUCAS 22.8N 110.0W 1749Z 27 FEB
MAZATLAN 23.2N 106.4W 1753Z 27 FEB
PUNTA ABREOJOS 26.7N 113.6W 1856Z 27 FEB
ENSENADA 31.8N 116.8W 2016Z 27 FEB
COOK ISLANDS RAROTONGA 21.2S 159.8W 1814Z 27 FEB
PENRYN IS. 8.9S 157.8W 1925Z 27 FEB
PUKAPUKA IS. 10.8S 165.9W 1950Z 27 FEB
KIRIBATI FLINT IS. 11.4S 151.8W 1836Z 27 FEB
MALDEN IS. 3.9S 154.9W 1934Z 27 FEB
CHRISTMAS IS. 2.0N 157.5W 2028Z 27 FEB
KANTON IS. 2.8S 171.7W 2112Z 27 FEB
TARAWA IS. 1.5N 173.0E 2258Z 27 FEB
KERMADEC IS RAOUL IS. 29.2S 177.9W 1912Z 27 FEB
NIUE NIUE IS. 19.0S 170.0W 1918Z 27 FEB
NEW ZEALAND EAST CAPE 37.7S 178.5E 1918Z 27 FEB
GISBORNE 38.7S 178.0E 1922Z 27 FEB
DUNEDIN 45.9S 170.5E 1952Z 27 FEB
NAPIER 39.5S 176.9E 1954Z 27 FEB
WELLINGTON 41.3S 174.8E 1955Z 27 FEB
MILFORD SOUND 44.6S 167.9E 2005Z 27 FEB
NORTH CAPE 34.4S 173.3E 2010Z 27 FEB
BLUFF 46.6S 168.3E 2030Z 27 FEB
LYTTELTON 43.6S 172.7E 2040Z 27 FEB
AUCKLAND(E) 36.7S 175.0E 2056Z 27 FEB
NELSON 41.3S 173.3E 2127Z 27 FEB
WESTPORT 41.8S 171.6E 2129Z 27 FEB
AUCKLAND(W) 37.1S 174.2E 2140Z 27 FEB
NEW PLYMOUTH 39.1S 174.1E 2219Z 27 FEB
TONGA NUKUALOFA 21.0S 175.2W 1940Z 27 FEB
AMERICAN SAMOA PAGO PAGO 14.3S 170.7W 1951Z 27 FEB
SAMOA APIA 13.8S 171.8W 2006Z 27 FEB
JARVIS IS. JARVIS IS. 0.4S 160.1W 2026Z 27 FEB
WALLIS-FUTUNA WALLIS IS. 13.2S 176.2W 2028Z 27 FEB
TOKELAU NUKUNONU IS. 9.2S 171.8W 2030Z 27 FEB
FIJI SUVA 18.1S 178.4E 2104Z 27 FEB
AUSTRALIA HOBART 43.3S 147.6E 2105Z 27 FEB
SYDNEY 33.9S 151.4E 2146Z 27 FEB
BRISBANE 27.2S 153.3E 2310Z 27 FEB
GLADSTONE 23.8S 151.4E 0101Z 28 FEB
CAIRNS 16.7S 145.8E 0159Z 28 FEB
MACKAY 21.1S 149.3E 0251Z 28 FEB
HAWAII HILO 19.7N 155.1W 2119Z 27 FEB
HONOLULU 21.3N 157.9W 2152Z 27 FEB
NAWILIWILI 22.0N 159.4W 2158Z 27 FEB
PALMYRA IS. PALMYRA IS. 6.3N 162.4W 2124Z 27 FEB
TUVALU FUNAFUTI IS. 7.9S 178.5E 2125Z 27 FEB
VANUATU ANATOM IS. 20.2S 169.9E 2137Z 27 FEB
ESPERITU SANTO 15.1S 167.3E 2235Z 27 FEB
HOWLAND-BAKER HOWLAND IS. 0.6N 176.6W 2154Z 27 FEB
NEW CALEDONIA NOUMEA 22.3S 166.5E 2218Z 27 FEB
JOHNSTON IS. JOHNSTON IS. 16.7N 169.5W 2245Z 27 FEB
SOLOMON IS. KIRAKIRA 10.4S 161.9E 2321Z 27 FEB
MUNDA 8.4S 157.2E 0001Z 28 FEB
GHATERE 7.8S 159.2E 0001Z 28 FEB
AUKI 8.8S 160.6E 0004Z 28 FEB
HONIARA 9.3S 160.0E 0004Z 28 FEB
FALAMAE 7.4S 155.6E 0017Z 28 FEB
PANGGOE 6.9S 157.2E 0020Z 28 FEB
NAURU NAURU 0.5S 166.9E 2331Z 27 FEB
MARSHALL IS. MAJURO 7.1N 171.4E 2339Z 27 FEB
KWAJALEIN 8.7N 167.7E 0013Z 28 FEB
ENIWETOK 11.4N 162.3E 0102Z 28 FEB
MIDWAY IS. MIDWAY IS. 28.2N 177.4W 0022Z 28 FEB
KOSRAE KOSRAE IS. 5.5N 163.0E 0026Z 28 FEB
PAPUA NEW GUINE AMUN 6.0S 154.7E 0036Z 28 FEB
KIETA 6.1S 155.6E 0038Z 28 FEB
RABAUL 4.2S 152.3E 0102Z 28 FEB
PORT MORESBY 9.3S 146.9E 0123Z 28 FEB
LAE 6.8S 147.0E 0128Z 28 FEB
KAVIENG 2.5S 150.7E 0135Z 28 FEB
MADANG 5.2S 145.8E 0154Z 28 FEB
MANUS IS. 2.0S 147.5E 0214Z 28 FEB
WEWAK 3.5S 143.6E 0237Z 28 FEB
VANIMO 2.6S 141.3E 0258Z 28 FEB
POHNPEI POHNPEI IS. 7.0N 158.2E 0111Z 28 FEB
WAKE IS. WAKE IS. 19.3N 166.6E 0112Z 28 FEB
CHUUK CHUUK IS. 7.4N 151.8E 0213Z 28 FEB
RUSSIA MEDNNY IS 54.7N 167.4E 0236Z 28 FEB
UST KAMCHATSK 56.1N 162.6E 0302Z 28 FEB
PETROPAVLOVSK K 53.2N 159.6E 0333Z 28 FEB
URUP IS 46.1N 150.5E 0354Z 28 FEB
SEVERO KURILSK 50.8N 156.1E 0410Z 28 FEB
MARCUS IS. MARCUS IS. 24.3N 154.0E 0248Z 28 FEB
INDONESIA JAYAPURA 2.4S 140.8E 0302Z 28 FEB
WARSA 0.6S 135.8E 0345Z 28 FEB
MANOKWARI 0.8S 134.2E 0405Z 28 FEB
SORONG 0.8S 131.1E 0433Z 28 FEB
BEREBERE 2.5N 128.7E 0452Z 28 FEB
PATANI 0.4N 128.8E 0505Z 28 FEB
GEME 4.6N 126.8E 0512Z 28 FEB
N. MARIANAS SAIPAN 15.3N 145.8E 0303Z 28 FEB
GUAM GUAM 13.4N 144.7E 0311Z 28 FEB
YAP YAP IS. 9.5N 138.1E 0352Z 28 FEB
BELAU MALAKAL 7.3N 134.5E 0413Z 28 FEB
JAPAN KUSHIRO 42.9N 144.3E 0435Z 28 FEB
KATSUURA 35.1N 140.3E 0453Z 28 FEB
HACHINOHE 40.5N 141.5E 0509Z 28 FEB
SHIMIZU 32.8N 133.0E 0557Z 28 FEB
OKINAWA 26.2N 127.8E 0610Z 28 FEB
PHILIPPINES DAVAO 6.8N 125.7E 0527Z 28 FEB
PALANAN 17.1N 122.6E 0559Z 28 FEB
LEGASPI 13.2N 123.8E 0604Z 28 FEB
CHINESE TAIPEI HUALIEN 24.0N 121.6E 0626Z 28 FEB
HUALIEN 24.0N 121.7E 0626Z 28 FEB
CHILUNG 25.2N 121.8E 0654Z 28 FEB
TAITUNG 22.7N 121.2E 0655Z 28 FEB
BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.
THE TSUNAMI WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE PRODUCTS
FOR ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...WASHINGTON...OREGON...CALIFORNIA.
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