Tsunami Warning For Hawaii.

[Hoorah]

BULLETIN
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER  10
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
447 AM HST SAT FEB 27 2010

TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WARNING SUPPLEMENT

A TSUNAMI WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

   ORIGIN TIME - 0834 PM HST 26 FEB 2010
   COORDINATES - 36.1 SOUTH   72.6 WEST
   LOCATION    - NEAR COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE
   MAGNITUDE   - 8.8  MOMENT

MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY

GAUGE LOCATION        LAT   LON    TIME        AMPL         PER
-------------------  ----- ------  -----  ---------------  -----
QUEPOS CR             0.0N   9.4E  1418Z   0.24M /  0.8FT  44MIN
BALTRA GALAPAGS EC    0.4S  90.3W  1313Z   0.25M /  0.8FT  36MIN
EASTER CL            27.2S 109.5W  1205Z   0.35M /  1.1FT  52MIN
ANCUD CL             41.9S  73.8W  0838Z   0.62M /  2.0FT  84MIN
CALLAO LA-PUNTA PE   12.1S  77.2W  1029Z   0.36M /  1.2FT  30MIN
ARICA CL             18.5S  70.3W  1008Z   0.94M /  3.1FT  42MIN
IQUIQUE CL           20.2S  70.1W  0907Z   0.28M /  0.9FT  68MIN
ANTOFAGASTA CL       23.2S  70.4W  0941Z   0.49M /  1.6FT  52MIN
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

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

                     1119 AM HST SAT 27 FEB 2010

MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

Pray for Hawaii. Lets engage Our CAP Counterparts like California, Hawaii,Oregon Washington.

[RiverAux]

Wow, an 8.8 earthquake.  Don't see those every day. 
A news story said the largest earthquake ever recorded hit the same part of Chile in 1962 and did cause a tsunami that killed people in Hawaii and damage along the west coast of the US.

[Hoorah]

Wow, an 8.8 earthquake.  Don't see those every day. 
A news story said the largest earthquake ever recorded hit the same part of Chile in 1962 and did cause a tsunami that killed people in Hawaii and damage along the west coast of the US.

"Brian Adams Never Let Go.

[AlphaSigOU]

All CAPTalkers:

Just to let you know I am safe and sound on Kwajalein, over 9000 miles from the earthquake epicenter (and 2100 miles from Honolulu). Because of the way the atoll is constructed it's very difficult for tsunamis to form. All we'll probably get is barely a ripple in the water.

[Major Carrales]

All CAPTalkers:

Just to let you know I am safe and sound on Kwajalein, over 9000 miles from the earthquake epicenter (and 2100 miles from Honolulu). Because of the way the atoll is constructed it's very difficult for tsunamis to form. All we'll probably get is barely a ripple in the water.

I had thought of you en re this.  Waves and water are precarious things.

[RiverAux]

I think this may be one of the few times I've seen NHQ update VolunteerNow on a weekend...the press release is up. 

[Hoorah]

All CAPTalkers:

Just to let you know I am safe and sound on Kwajalein, over 9000 miles from the earthquake epicenter (and 2100 miles from Honolulu). Because of the way the atoll is constructed it's very difficult for tsunamis to form. All we'll probably get is barely a ripple in the water.

Thanks Sir.

[raivo]

I got two automated recordings and two e-mails from the base emergency notification system, and a call from my squadron making sure I was alive.

Irony: getting flooded with messages warning you about a possible tsunami...

[Smithsonia]

I'm in Denver at 5000ft. Should we ever get a Tsunami warning here, I promise to listen. Good work Hawaii, Good Luck Hawaii. It must've made for a tense and interesting day, in Hawaii.

[AirDX]

It was an interesting day.  The whole wing stood up for our tsunami warning/damage assessment mission.

We had good visibility on local media and good visibility up to the regular AF 4-star level.

Thank God we didn't have a damaging tsunami, but the state was as ready as it could be.