A 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
NOTE CORRECTED LOCATION AND UPGRADED MAGNITUDE BASED ON ADDITIONAL DATA.
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
0306 AM HST THU 17 SEP 2015
PING!
Lovely, I’m on Oahu now. Hopefully I’ve got time for dinner.