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Magnitude 7.9 Earthquake - Samoa Islands Region...

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Originally posted by: Crono
Originally posted by: Kaido
Originally posted by: Crono
http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/

Additional tsunami info
IF TSUNAMI WAVES IMPACT HAWAII THE ESTIMATED EARLIEST ARRIVAL OF
THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS

0111 PM HST TUE 29 SEP 2009

That's in about 4 hours, correct?
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What was that thread the other day about having a million dollars but having to stay on Hawaii? I think I changed my mind :Q
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All the seeming paradises have issues. Volcanoes, quakes, wildfires (speaking of Cali mostly), etc. Give me moderately cold winters and warm-hot summers in New York, thank you very much.
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Yeah I'm just over in CT right now and it's great. In Florida we had hurricanes, in California we had earthquakes, in Michigan we had horrible, freezing winters thanks to the lake effect...New England is just peachy for me, 3 bad snowstorms a year and that's it! 😀
 
Curious to see if a tsunami is generated. Would be odd if it didn't but the 2004 one did (I understand the reasons why it wouldn't, just would be odd IMHO).
 
From cnn

The temblor generated a nearly 10-foot (3-meter) tsunami -- measured from crest to trough -- according to preliminary data, said Chip McCreery, the director of the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Ewa Beach, Hawaii.
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How large was the 2004 tsunami feet wise?
 
Originally posted by: Firebot
From cnn

The temblor generated a nearly 10-foot (3-meter) tsunami -- measured from crest to trough -- according to preliminary data, said Chip McCreery, the director of the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Ewa Beach, Hawaii.
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How large was the 2004 tsunami feet wise?
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I think it was a max of 5 to 9 feet, depending on location.
10 feet of a wall of water is a lot of force coming at you.
 
Originally posted by: Firebot
From cnn

The temblor generated a nearly 10-foot (3-meter) tsunami -- measured from crest to trough -- according to preliminary data, said Chip McCreery, the director of the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Ewa Beach, Hawaii.
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How large was the 2004 tsunami feet wise?
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Wayyyy bigger, I think like 20m
 
Tsunami is confirmed to be heading towards New Zealand and some other islands. However at this point they think that it's not a huge risk.
 
It's the horizontal force that is worrying, the height estimates out in the ocean don't give a true picture of the force coming from a tsunami.
 
Did I see "10 foot wave" ? What's the big deal with that? We had 15ft waves at Lake Michigan because of a windstorm just the other day with no problems.

Ed. Must be the horizontal motion...
 
Originally posted by: bobsmith1492
Did I see "10 foot wave" ? What's the big deal with that? We had 15ft waves at Lake Michigan because of a windstorm just the other day with no problems.

Ed. Must be the horizontal motion...
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Those 15 foot wind waves aren't anything even close to a 10 foot tsunami in destructive potential. Not even in the same category.
 
Originally posted by: bobsmith1492
Did I see "10 foot wave" ? What's the big deal with that? We had 15ft waves at Lake Michigan because of a windstorm just the other day with no problems.

Ed. Must be the horizontal motion...
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Yeah, but these waves are travelling five times faster. The longer they travel the less energy they have of course.
 
Originally posted by: MetalMat
Originally posted by: Firebot
From cnn

The temblor generated a nearly 10-foot (3-meter) tsunami -- measured from crest to trough -- according to preliminary data, said Chip McCreery, the director of the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Ewa Beach, Hawaii.
Click to expand...

How large was the 2004 tsunami feet wise?
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Wayyyy bigger, I think like 20m
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2004 Indian Ocean earthquake

The earthquake was caused by subduction and triggered a series of devastating tsunami along the coasts of most landmasses bordering the Indian Ocean, killing nearly 230,000 people in eleven countries, and inundating coastal communities with waves up to 30 meters (100 feet) high.
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The quake also lasted 8-12 minutes, 30km below sea level, and had a rupture size of 1600 km in length. The quake vibrated the whole earth by 1 cm. 9.1-9.3 on the scale (2nd largest recorded in history). It was a monster.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2...ndian_Ocean_earthquake
 
Has any video ever been captured of a tsunami making landfall? It's undoubtedly a tough thing to catch given the circumstances, but it's always I've wanted to see what it actually looks like. You always see the aftermath.

A 100ft wall of water would be an absolutely terrifying thing to see racing at you.
 
Originally posted by: crownjules
Has any video ever been captured of a tsunami making landfall? It's undoubtedly a tough thing to catch given the circumstances, but it's always I've wanted to see what it actually looks like. You always see the aftermath.

A 100ft wall of water would be an absolutely terrifying thing to see racing at you.
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There were videos of the 2004 tsunami. Scary stuff.
 
Originally posted by: Crono
Originally posted by: Kaido
Originally posted by: Crono
http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/

Additional tsunami info
IF TSUNAMI WAVES IMPACT HAWAII THE ESTIMATED EARLIEST ARRIVAL OF
THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS

0111 PM HST TUE 29 SEP 2009

That's in about 4 hours, correct?
Click to expand...

What was that thread the other day about having a million dollars but having to stay on Hawaii? I think I changed my mind :Q
Click to expand...

All the seeming paradises have issues. Volcanoes, quakes, wildfires (speaking of California), etc. Give me moderately cold winters and warm-hot summers in New York, thank you very much.
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New Yorker here, and I agree with you 100%. In fact, I don't get people from the West Coast who complain about New York having seasons, even though there seems to be a natural disaster there every other week!
 
Originally posted by: crownjules
Has any video ever been captured of a tsunami making landfall? It's undoubtedly a tough thing to catch given the circumstances, but it's always I've wanted to see what it actually looks like. You always see the aftermath.

A 100ft wall of water would be an absolutely terrifying thing to see racing at you.
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its not like a nice breaking wave. its just tons of water rushing. its very deceptive actually.
 
Originally posted by: Regs
Originally posted by: MetalMat
Originally posted by: Firebot
From cnn

The temblor generated a nearly 10-foot (3-meter) tsunami -- measured from crest to trough -- according to preliminary data, said Chip McCreery, the director of the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Ewa Beach, Hawaii.
Click to expand...

How large was the 2004 tsunami feet wise?
Click to expand...

Wayyyy bigger, I think like 20m
Click to expand...


2004 Indian Ocean earthquake

The earthquake was caused by subduction and triggered a series of devastating tsunami along the coasts of most landmasses bordering the Indian Ocean, killing nearly 230,000 people in eleven countries, and inundating coastal communities with waves up to 30 meters (100 feet) high.
Click to expand...

The quake also lasted 8-12 minutes, 30km below sea level, and had a rupture size of 1600 km in length. The quake vibrated the whole earth by 1 cm. 9.1-9.3 on the scale (2nd largest recorded in history). It was a monster.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2...ndian_Ocean_earthquake
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Those Waves(the 30 meter ones) depend on the coastline and not the height of the Tsunami wave. As the tsunami wave reaches the coast, the structure of the coastline increases the height as the force of the tsunami wave meets resistance from the seabed/shelf. It's similar to what causes those large waves loved by Surfers. So a 10 ft tsunami wave could turn into something much bigger depending on where they hit.
 
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