Tsunami Warning Issued For The State Of Hawaii

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TSUNAMI WARNING ISSUED FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII < br />

2012-10-28 12:26:52 GMT+7 (ICT)

VANCOUVER (BNO NEWS) -- Tsunami warning issued for the state of Hawaii; warning center says damaging waves could hit from 10:28 p.m. HST.

-- © BNO News All rights reserved 2012-10-28

[george]

Tsunami warning issued for Hawaii

Posted on 10-28 at 04:26:42 CST

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WEHW40 PHEB 280514

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BULLETIN

TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 3

NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI

709 PM HST SAT OCT 27 2012

TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WARNING

A TSUNAMI WARNING IS ISSUED FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII EFFECTIVE AT

0709 PM HST. THIS UPGRADE IS DUE TO THE SEA LEVEL READINGS

RECEIVED AND THE RESULTING CHANGE IN THE HAWAII TSUNAMI

FORECAST.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 0504 PM HST 27 OCT 2012

COORDINATES - 52.8 NORTH 131.8 WEST

LOCATION - QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS REGION

MAGNITUDE - 7.7 MOMENT

MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY

GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER

------------------- ----- ------ ----- --------------- -----

DART 46404 45.9N 128.8W 0417Z 0.05M / 0.2FT 20MIN

LANGARA POINT BC 54.2N 133.1W 0424Z 0.20M / 0.7FT 26MIN

DART 46419 48.8N 129.6W 0346Z 0.06M / 0.2FT 12MIN

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.

NOTE - DART MEASUREMENTS ARE FROM THE DEEP OCEAN AND THEY

ARE GENERALLY MUCH SMALLER THAN WOULD BE COASTAL

MEASUREMENTS AT SIMILAR LOCATIONS.

EVALUATION

A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED THAT COULD CAUSE DAMAGE ALONG

COASTLINES OF ALL ISLANDS IN THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION

SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY.

A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES. EACH INDIVIDUAL WAVE

CREST CAN LAST 5 TO 15 MINUTES OR MORE AND EXTENSIVELY FLOOD

COASTAL AREAS. THE DANGER CAN CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AFTER THE

INITIAL WAVE AS SUBSEQUENT WAVES ARRIVE. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS

CANNOT BE PREDICTED AND THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST.

TSUNAMI WAVES EFFICIENTLY WRAP AROUND ISLANDS. ALL SHORES ARE AT

RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE. THE TROUGH OF A TSUNAMI

WAVE MAY TEMPORARILY EXPOSE THE SEAFLOOR BUT THE AREA WILL

QUICKLY FLOOD AGAIN. EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEARSHORE

CURRENTS CAN ACCOMPANY A TSUNAMI. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED

BY A TSUNAMI AMPLIFIES ITS DESTRUCTIVE POWER. SIMULTANEOUS HIGH

TIDES OR HIGH SURF CAN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE TSUNAMI HAZARD.

THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIME IN HAWAII OF THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS

1028 PM HST SAT 27 OCT 2012

MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

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[cdnvic]

I can confirm a tsunami has hit islands near the epicenter. Approximately 2ft in height.

[Lite Beer]

Tsunami advisory issued for northern California and southern Oregon

Posted on 10-28 at 04:50:39 CST

NWS-WCATWC Tsunami Warning/Advisory

WEPA41 PAAQ 280544

TSUWCA

BULLETIN

TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 6

NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK

1044 PM PDT SAT OCT 27 2012

THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND

SOUTHERN OREGON.

[george]

There's currently a tsunami warning in effect for all coastlines in Hawaii.

Estimated arrival time is 10:28 PM HST local time.

[george]

Tsunami warning issued for Hawaii after Canadian quake

Hawaii is under a tsunami warning after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake rocked an island off the west coast of Canada late Saturday night.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center originally said there was no tsunami threat to Hawaii, but then issued the warning late Saturday. It remains in effect until 7 p.m. Sunday and a small craft advisory is in effect until Sunday morning. Officials are estimating a wave between 3-6 feet for certain locations in Hawaii.

The center says the first tsunami wave could hit the islands by about 10:30 p.m. local time.

In addition, the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center says parts of coastal Oregon and northern California have been placed under a tsunami advisory.

The alerts came after the U.S. Geological Survey said the 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit in the Queen Charlotte Islands area Saturday night.

A tsunami warning means an area is likely to be hit by a wave, while an advisory means an area could be hit.

A small tsunami was barely noticeable in Craig, Alaska, where a four-inch wave was recorded.

Dennis Sinnott of the Canadian Institute of Ocean Science said a 27 inch wave was recorded off Langara Island on the northeast tip of Haida Gwaii, formerly called the Queen Charlotte Islands. Another 21 inch wave hit Winter Harbour on the northeast coast of Vancouver Island.

"It appears to be settling down," he said. "It does not mean we won't get another small wave coming through."

The temblor shook the waters around British Columbia and was followed by a 5.8 magnitude aftershock several minutes later. Several other aftershocks were reported.

The U.S. Coast Guard in Alaska said it was trying to warn everyone with a boat on the water to prepare for a potential tsunami.

Lt. Bernard Auth of the Juneau Command Center said the Coast Guard was working with local authorities to alert people in coastal towns to take precautions.

The quake struck 25 miles south of Sandspit, British Columbia, on the Haida Gwaii archipelago, formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands. People in coastal areas were advised to move to higher ground.

Urs Thomas, operator of the Golden Spruce hotel in Port Clements said there was no warning before everything began moving inside and outside the hotel. He said it lasted about three minutes.

"It was a pretty good shock," Thomas, 59, said. "I looked at my boat outside. It was rocking. Everything was moving. My truck was moving."

After the initial jolt, Thomas began to check the hotel.

"The fixtures and everything were still swinging," he said. "I had some picture frames coming down."

Natural Resources Canada said in a statement that a major earthquake was felt across much of north and central British Columbia but that there were no immediate reports of damage. PrayForCanada became a worldwide trending topic on Twitter.

"I was sitting at my desk on my computer and everything just started to move. It was maybe 20 seconds," said Joan Girbav, manager of Pacific Inn in Prince Rupert, British Columbia. "It's very scary. I've lived here all my life and I've never felt that."

The quake was felt on the mainland in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, which is across the Hecate Strait from the islands.

"Everyone felt it here," said city recreation director Rudy Kelly, who was setting up an evacuation center for people from the city's low-lying areas. He said the work was in anticipation of a tsunami wave.

Prince Rupert resident Grainne Barthe said fire trucks had blocked access to the waterfront when she came out of a restaurant.

"Everything was moving. It was crazy," she said. "I've felt earthquakes before but this was the biggest. It was nerve wracking. I thought we should be going under a table."

Residents rushed out of their homes in Tofino, British Columbia on Vancouver Island when the tsunami sirens sounded, but they were allowed to return about two hours after the quake.

Yvett Drews, a resident of Tofino, said she and dozens of others had gathered at the local elementary school where they were told by police that they could return home.

But while on the way home, Drews said she heard the tsunami sirens go off again.

"Well that just freaked me out, hearing the siren and the voice," she said.

Carsten Ginsburg, a resident on British Columbia's mainland in Bella Coola, said the quake lasted for about 40 seconds.

"It shook everything. The electricity went out, the power lines were swinging all over the place and stuff was falling off the shelves."

Ginsburg owns the Float House Inn on the public wharf in Bella Coola and had about six customers celebrating a birthday party.

Canada's largest earthquake since 1700 was an 8.1 magnitude quake on August 22, 1949 off the coast of British Columbia, according to the Canadian government's Natural Resources website. It occurred on the Queen Charlotte Fault in what the department called Canada's equivalent of the San Andreas Fault -- the boundary between the Pacific and North American plates that runs underwater along the west coast of the Haida Gwaii.

Saturday's quake is the strongest in Canada since 1958 when a 7.9 magnitude quake struck along the B.C.-Alaska border about 300 miles northeast of Saturday's quake, according to the website.

-- Agencies 2012-10-28

[Lite Beer]

RT@ChannelNewsAsia: URGENT: First #tsunami wave measuring 0.9m hits #Hawaii. Larger waves expected

RT@ChannelNewsAsia: Boats in #Hawaii's Hilo Bay are touching dry ground because the water's receded #tsunami

[Lite Beer]

First tsunami wave hits Hawaii

Washington - The first tsunami wave hit Hawaii Sunday but the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center did not immediately say what the height was.

Earlier a spokesman for the centre told dpa there would be a first wave up to two metres, with further waves following.

"What we’re expecting, however is far from the disaster in Japan last year," Victor Sardina said.

-- The Nation 2012-10-28

[Lite Beer]

RT@mpoppel: Tsunami wave of 0.43M (1.4 feet) recorded off Haleiwa, Hawaii

[Lite Beer]

67-centimetre tsunami wave recorded along US coast

Washington - The first wave of a tsunami to hit the coast of northern California and south Oregon Sunday measured 67 centimetres, Pacific Tsunami Warning Center spokesman Victor Sardina told dpa on Sunday.

The measurement was taken at Arena Cove, he said. There were no immediate reports of damage

-- The Nation 2012-10-28