Do a search on FR for the very first thread of the Quake. I was told it took the online quake sites at least 15 minutes to get up on the internet after it happened and almost 2 hours before it hit the 24 news headlines.
Why do a search at FR for 3rd hand information when I posted the information and links to NOAA with the actually reports that went out with the dates, times and graphics with the data that was sent?
Here is the first one. Notice that there was an announcement that there was no tsunami.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1308458/posts