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Tsunami CL, HI, NZ (did not see anything in Honolulu)

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Tsunami CL, HI, NZ (did not see anything in Honolulu)

http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=hfo&wwa=tsunami%20watch wrote:

TSUNAMI WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 1254 PM HST 16 SEP 2015
COORDINATES - 31.5 SOUTH 72.0 WEST
LOCATION - NEAR THE COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE
MAGNITUDE - 8.3 MOMENT

MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY

GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER
------------------- ----- ------ ----- --------------- -----
VALPARAISO CL 33.0S 71.6W 2350Z 1.62M / 5.3FT 40MIN
CHANARAL CL 26.4S 70.6W 0010Z 0.67M / 2.2FT 34MIN
JUAN FERNANDEZ 33.6S 78.8W 0008Z 0.97M / 3.2FT 08MIN
COQUIMBO CL 30.0S 71.3W 2339Z 3.11M / 10.2FT 20MIN
BUCALEMU CL 34.6S 72.0W 2334Z 0.46M / 1.5FT 24MIN
CALDERA CL 27.1S 70.8W 2343Z 0.50M / 1.6FT 30MIN
SAN ANTONIO CL 33.6S 71.6W 2358Z 0.86M / 2.8FT 18MIN
DART 32402 26.7S 74.0W 2326Z 0.12M / 0.4FT 36MIN

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

BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A TSUNAMI MAY HAVE BEEN GENERATED BY
THIS EARTHQUAKE THAT COULD BE DESTRUCTIVE ON COASTAL AREAS EVEN
FAR FROM THE EPICENTER. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY TO DETERMINE
IF THERE IS A TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII.

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

0311 AM HST THU 17 SEP 2015
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Re: Tsunami Watch central Pacifc ETA 03:11AM HST

Southern California now....
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Re: Tsunami advisory HI 03:11AM, (S)CA 04:46AM, NZ ?

This is a freeking wave! Near Chile

COQUIMBO CL 30.0S 71.3W 2339Z 3.11M / 10.2FT 20MIN

Reference:

18:30:00 HST

http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=hfo&wwa=tsunami%20advisory

...MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY

GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER
------------------- ----- ------ ----- --------------- -----
DART 32402 26.7S 74.0W 2334Z 0.10M / 0.3FT 32MIN
CALLAO LA-PUNTA PE 12.1S 77.2W 0309Z 0.25M / 0.8FT 28MIN
MATARANI PE 17.0S 72.1W 0103Z 0.14M / 0.5FT 40MIN
QUIRIQUINA CL 36.6S 73.1W 0249Z 0.83M / 2.7FT 88MIN
JUAN FERNANDEZ 33.6S 78.8W 0038Z 1.21M / 4.0FT 08MIN
TALCAHUANO CL 36.7S 73.1W 0253Z 1.30M / 4.3FT 90MIN
DART 32412 18.0S 86.3W 0146Z 0.05M / 0.2FT 20MIN
CALDERA CL 27.1S 70.8W 0258Z 0.98M / 3.2FT 20MIN
BUCALEMU CL 34.6S 72.0W 0246Z 0.76M / 2.5FT 12MIN
HUASCO CL 28.5S 71.2W 0106Z 0.77M / 2.5FT 12MIN
SAN FELIX CL 26.3S 80.1W 0051Z 0.69M / 2.3FT 08MIN
CONSTITUCION CL 35.4S 72.5W 0124Z 0.88M / 2.9FT 60MIN
CORRAL CL 39.9S 73.4W 0124Z 0.22M / 0.7FT 34MIN
TOCOPILLA CL 22.1S 70.2W 0046Z 0.12M / 0.4FT 38MIN
CHANARAL CL 26.4S 70.6W 0043Z 1.09M / 3.6FT 30MIN
TALTAL CL 25.4S 70.5W 0018Z 0.25M / 0.8FT 38MIN
DART 32401 20.5S 73.4W 0020Z 0.06M / 0.2FT 48MIN
VALPARAISO CL 33.0S 71.6W 2350Z 1.62M / 5.3FT 40MIN
COQUIMBO CL 30.0S 71.3W 2339Z 3.11M / 10.2FT 20MIN
SAN ANTONIO CL 33.6S 71.6W 2358Z 0.86M / 2.8FT 18MIN...
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Re: Tsunami advisory CL now!, HI 03:11AM, (S)CA 04:46AM, NZ

No sirens last night. I guess we were lucky again.

Driving to the Ala Wai to check on the dock lines this morning. [-o<
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