Tsunami in Chile, update: maybe not

[IronWing]

http://news.yahoo.com/powerful-quake-hits-off-coast-chile-coastal-evacuations-000228017.html#

 

[Jodell88]

You meant an earthquake in Chile.

 

[Riverhound777]

My roommate came into my room all crazy about the Tsunami coming, only to look at the report and see it is expected at less than 1 foot height...

 

[IronWing]

You meant an earthquake in Chile.

Earlier version of story stated that a coastal town had been hit with a 15ft wave. That report seems to have been yanked so I will edit the title.

 

[MongGrel]

My wife told me about this an hour ago.

Is pretty much what I told her, I doubt they will even notice it.

The news just likes saying the word "Tsunami" every chance they get, now you'll probably see it in commercials and crap all over again.

Newscasters and people selling things just seems to love to say the word.

 

[balloonshark]

My roommate came into my room all crazy about the Tsunami coming, only to look at the report and see it is expected at less than 1 foot height...

They've said that in the past and the ones that ran for high ground were the ones that survived.

 

[Jodell88]

Earlier version of story stated that a coastal town had been hit with a 15ft wave. That report seems to have been yanked so I will edit the title.

There was a smallish tsunami it seems.

 

[Jodell88]

They've said that in the past and the ones that ran for high ground were the ones that survived.

Yup.

The 1960 Valdivia earthquake (Spanish: Terremoto de Valdivia) or Great Chilean earthquake (Gran terremoto de Chile) of Sunday, 22 May 1960 was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded, rating a 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale. It occurred in the afternoon (19:11 GMT, 15:11 local time), and lasted approximately 10 minutes. The resulting tsunami affected southern Chile, Hawaii, Japan, the Philippines, eastern New Zealand, southeast Australia, and the Aleutian Islands.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_Valdivia_earthquake

 

[MongGrel]

I guess if does look one town in Chile might have gotten a 13' one.

http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/index.php

WEAK51 PAAQ 170442 TSUAK1 BULLETIN PUBLIC TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 7 NWS NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK 942 PM PDT WED SEP 16 2015 UPDATES ------- * UPDATED OBSERVATIONS ...THE TSUNAMI ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT... WARNINGS/ADVISORIES/WATCHES --------------------------- TSUNAMI ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR... * THE COASTAL AREAS OF CALIFORNIA FROM SAN ONOFRE STATE BEACH CALIFORNIA /WHICH IS LOCATED 45 MILES SE OF L.A./ TO RAGGED POINT CALIFORNIA /WHICH IS LOCATED 50 MILES NW OF SAN LUIS OBISPO/ FOR OTHER US AND CANADIAN PACIFIC COASTS IN NORTH AMERICA - THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT. IMPACTS FOR TSUNAMI ADVISORY AREAS ---------------------------------- * A TSUNAMI CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG CURRENTS OR WAVES DANGEROUS TO PERSONS IN OR VERY NEAR THE WATER IS EXPECTED. * CURRENTS MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO SWIMMERS... BOATS... AND COASTAL STRUCTURES AND MAY CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AFTER THE TSUNAMI ARRIVAL. * THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. RECOMMENDED ACTIONS ------------------- * IF YOU ARE IN AN ADVISORY AREA - MOVE OFF THE BEACH AND OUT OF HARBORS AND MARINAS. WIDESPREAD INUNDATION OF LAND IS NOT EXPECTED FOR ADVISORY AREAS. * BE ALERT TO INSTRUCTIONS FROM YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS. * DO NOT GO TO THE COAST TO OBSERVE THE TSUNAMI. * DO NOT RETURN TO THE COAST UNTIL LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS INDICATE IT IS SAFE TO DO SO. FORECASTS OF TSUNAMI ACTIVITY ----------------------------- FORECAST START OF SITE OF TSUNAMI ---- ---------- * CALIFORNIA NEWPORT BEACH 0446 PDT SEP 17 LOS ANGELES HARB 0447 PDT SEP 17 SANTA BARBARA 0506 PDT SEP 17 PORT SAN LUIS 0510 PDT SEP 17 OBSERVATIONS OF TSUNAMI ACTIVITY - UPDATED ------------------------------------------ TIME OBSERVED MAX SITE OF MEASUREMENT TSUNAMI HEIGHT ---------------------------- ------------------- -------------- VALPARAISO CHILE 0544 PM PDT SEP 16 6.1FT COQUIMBO CHILE 0525 PM PDT SEP 16 15.3FT CALDERA CHILE 0716 PM PDT SEP 16 3.0FT JUAN_FERNANDEZ CHILE 0523 PM PDT SEP 16 3.2FT ANTOFAGASTA CHILE 0812 PM PDT SEP 16 1.5FT TALCAHUANO CHILE 0544 PM PDT SEP 16 1.5FT CORRAL CHILE 0608 PM PDT SEP 16 0.9FT ARICA CHILE 0707 PM PDT SEP 16 1.7FT LA PUNTA PERU 0915 PM PDT SEP 16 1.3FT EASTER IS. CHILE 0934 PM PDT SEP 16 1.2FT CHANARAL CHILE 0600 PM PDT SEP 16 3.4FT CORONEL CHILE 0823 PM PDT SEP 16 1.9FT CONSTITUCION CHILE 0550 PM PDT SEP 16 2.2FT HUASCO CHILE 0601 PM PDT SEP 16 2.5FT PAPOSO CHILE 0451 PM PDT SEP 16 0.6FT PATACHE CHILE 0730 PM PDT SEP 16 1.0FT QUIRIQUINA CHILE 0555 PM PDT SEP 16 0.8FT QUINTERO CHILE 0504 PM PDT SEP 16 5.8FT SAN ANTONIO CHILE 0528 PM PDT SEP 16 3.4FT TALTAL CHILE 0540 PM PDT SEP 16 0.8FT HEIGHT - OBSERVED MAX TSUNAMI HEIGHT IS THE WATER LEVEL ABOVE THE TIDE LEVEL AT THE TIME OF MEASUREMENT. PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS --------------------------------- * MAGNITUDE 8.3 * ORIGIN TIME 1455 AKDT SEP 16 2015 1555 PDT SEP 16 2015 2255 UTC SEP 16 2015 * COORDINATES 31.5 SOUTH 72.0 WEST * DEPTH 6 MILES * LOCATION OFF COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION -------------------------------------- * THIS MESSAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITHIN 60 MINUTES. * REFER TO THE INTERNET SITE NTWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV FOR MORE INFORMATION. * PACIFIC COASTAL RESIDENTS OUTSIDE CALIFORNIA... OREGON... WASHINGTON... BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA SHOULD REFER TO THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER MESSAGES AT PTWC.WEATHER.GOV. $$