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 Sep 29 2009, 01:13 PM
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Big quake just hit Samoa Islands region. Tsunami warning issued for the area as well. Kind of deep, though, at 85 km.
7.9 2009/09/29 17:48:20 -15.556 -172.303 85.4 SAMOA ISLANDS REGION Update: 8.0 2009/09/29 17:48:11 -15.558 -172.073 18.0 SAMOA ISLANDS REGION A little stronger and shallower. This post has been edited by BriSr: Sep 29 2009, 04:10 PM -------------------- Avatar: Winter in the Northland of MN. Photo courtesy Dennis O'Hara of Northern Images Photography. Browse photos of the Duluth, and the surrounding area. Live web cam, also. http://northernimages.smugmug.com/galleries |
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Sep 29 2009, 03:38 PM
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According to NOAA if a tsunami were to reach the Hawaiian Islands, it would at aprox. 7pm est.
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TSUHWX HIZ001>003-005>009-012>014-016>021-023>026-292059- /O.CON.PHEB.TS.A.0001.090929T1859Z-000000T0000Z/ BULLETIN TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 2 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 857 AM HST TUE SEP 29 2009 TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WATCH SUPPLEMENT A TSUNAMI WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS NOTE MOMENT MAGNITUDE INCREASE TO 8.3 ORIGIN TIME - 0748 AM HST 29 SEP 2009 COORDINATES - 15.3 SOUTH 171.0 WEST LOCATION - SAMOA ISLANDS REGION MAGNITUDE - 8.3 MOMENT MAGNITUDE - 8.0 RICHTER (MS) MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER ------------------- ----- ------ ----- --------------- ----- APIA UPOLU WS 13.8S 171.8W 1832Z 0.70M / 2.3FT 08MIN PAGO PAGO AS 14.3S 170.7W 1812Z 1.57M / 5.1FT 04MIN 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 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 0111 PM HST TUE 29 SEP 2009 MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. -------------------- Troll Mode engaged due to the explosion of the Philadelphia Flyers by their worthless management.
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Sep 29 2009, 08:01 PM
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Tsunamis Advisory up and down the West Coast now, advisory for Hawaii lifted.
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Sep 30 2009, 02:27 PM
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119 reported dead so far. Tsunami damage is pretty bad.
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