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Major Earthquake off the Chilean Coast


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based on the offshore DART buoy the tsunami could be large; over a meter is huge for a deep water tsunami measurement.

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=32401&type=2&seriestime=20140401234815

 

Yeah not good.......might add Hawaii next

 

TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER   2

NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI

215 PM HST TUE APR 01 2014

TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT - TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT

THIS STATEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. NO ACTION IS REQUIRED AT

THIS TIME. HOWEVER... THE TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII IS STILL

BEING EVALUATED.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

   ORIGIN TIME - 0147 PM HST 01 APR 2014

   COORDINATES - 19.8 SOUTH   70.8 WEST

   LOCATION    - OFF THE COAST OF NORTHERN CHILE

   MAGNITUDE   - 8.0  MOMENT

EVALUATION

THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER HAS ISSUED AN EXPANDING

REGIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH FOR PARTS OF THE PACIFIC

LOCATED CLOSER TO THE EARTHQUAKE. AN EVALUATION OF THE PACIFIC

WIDE TSUNAMI THREAT IS UNDERWAY AND THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT

HAWAII COULD BE ELEVATED TO A WATCH OR WARNING STATUS.

 

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...THIS IS A TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR ALASKA/ BRITISH

COLUMBIA/ WASHINGTON/ OREGON AND CALIFORNIA...

EVALUATION

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* A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED THAT COULD POTENTIALLY IMPACT

THE AREAS LISTED ABOVE.

* THE U.S. NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER IS ANALYZING

THE EVENT TO DETERMINE THE LEVEL OF DANGER.

* MORE INFORMATION WILL BE ISSUED AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE.

* THIS EARTHQUAKE HAS GENERATED A LARGE

TSUNAMI IN THE SOURCE REGION.

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Timing for the tsunami assuming it makes it to Hawaii

 

TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER   3
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
235 PM HST TUE APR 01 2014

TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT - TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT

THIS STATEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. NO ACTION IS REQUIRED AT
THIS TIME. HOWEVER... THE TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII IS STILL
BEING EVALUATED.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

   ORIGIN TIME - 0147 PM HST 01 APR 2014
   COORDINATES - 19.8 SOUTH   70.8 WEST
   LOCATION    - OFF THE COAST OF NORTHERN CHILE
   MAGNITUDE   - 8.2  MOMENT

EVALUATION

THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER HAS ISSUED AN EXPANDING
REGIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH FOR PARTS OF THE PACIFIC
LOCATED CLOSER TO THE EARTHQUAKE. AN EVALUATION OF THE PACIFIC
WIDE TSUNAMI THREAT IS UNDERWAY AND THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT
HAWAII COULD BE ELEVATED TO A WATCH OR WARNING STATUS.

IF TSUNAMI WAVES IMPACT HAWAII THEIR ESTIMATED EARLIEST ARRIVAL
TIME IS


                     0324 AM HST WED 02 APR 2014

FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS
WARRANT UNTIL THE THREAT TO HAWAII HAS PASSED.
 

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Its showed up on this buoy and the water depth here is 4300 meters and it looks like it was over a ft rise in water level

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=32412

Same station tighter data....

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=32412&type=2&seriestime=20140401235445

About 0.35m (1.15 ft) amplitude in 14,300 ft of water.....that's big I'd imagine out in open deep water

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Lot of pressure being released lately around the Pacific rim....wouldn't be surprised to see some resultant release of the New Madrid fault system over the next few days/weeks. Though experts generally say earthquakes separated by great distances are not related, there is some evidence that the Earth does indeed experience worldwide upticks in global activity.

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7.6 earthquake south of the Solomon Islands looks to have triggered a tsunami could possibly be issues for the Aussies and New Zealand not to mention all the smaller island states out there.....

 

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=55012&type=2&seriestime=20140412201900

 

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Seems they have given the all clear for other areas outside the islands immediately around the epicenter

 

EVALUATION

SEA LEVEL READINGS INDICATE A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. IT MAY HAVE
BEEN DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS NEAR THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. FOR
THOSE 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.

NO TSUNAMI THREAT EXISTS FOR OTHER COASTAL AREAS IN THE PACIFIC
ALTHOUGH SOME OTHER AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE SMALL SEA LEVEL CHANGES.
THE TSUNAMI WARNING IS NOW CANCELLED FOR ALL AREAS COVERED BY
THIS CENTER.

THIS WILL BE THE FINAL BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.
 

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