Following a major earthquake in Chile, the national weather service has issued a Tsunami watch for Hawaii. According this update (read the full text below) from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, there is no major tsunami expected to strike Hawaii. Please pray for those who may be in the evacuation zones to take steps to prepare themselves for a Tsunami. Pray for the people in Chile following this major earthquake.
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 4
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
324 PM HST WED SEP 16 2015
TO - EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN THE STATE OF HAWAII
SUBJECT - TSUNAMI ADVISORY
A TSUNAMI ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII EFFECTIVE
AT 0323 PM HST.
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
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CHANARAL CL 26.4S 70.6W 0043Z 1.09M / 3.6FT 30MIN
TALTAL CL 25.4S 70.5W 0018Z 0.25M / 0.8FT 38MIN
TALCAHUANO CL 36.7S 73.1W 0020Z 0.42M / 1.4FT 84MIN
DART 32401 20.5S 73.4W 0020Z 0.06M / 0.2FT 48MIN
SAN FELIX CL 26.3S 80.1W 0019Z 0.50M / 1.6FT 06MIN
VALPARAISO CL 33.0S 71.6W 2350Z 1.62M / 5.3FT 40MIN
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 MAJOR TSUNAMI IS NOT EXPECTED TO
STRIKE THE STATE OF HAWAII. HOWEVER...SEA LEVEL CHANGES AND
STRONG CURRENTS MAY OCCUR ALONG ALL COASTS THAT COULD BE A HAZARD
TO SWIMMERS AND BOATERS AS WELL AS TO PERSONS NEAR THE SHORE AT
BEACHES AND IN HARBORS AND MARINAS. THE THREAT MAY CONTINUE FOR
SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE ARRIVAL.
THE ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL OF THE INITIAL WAVE IS
0311 AM HST THU 17 SEP 2015
FURTHER MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS
WARRANT UNTIL THE THREAT TO HAWAII HAS PASSED.
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