Tsunami Watch for Hawaii [Update: tsunami confirmed, 8.3 quake]

NOAA ^ | 09-29-09 | USGS

[Right_Handed_Writer]

BULLETIN TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 1 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 805 AM HST TUE SEP 29 2009

TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WATCH

A TSUNAMI WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII EFFECTIVE AT 0805 AM HST.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 0748 AM HST 29 SEP 2009 COORDINATES - 15.3 SOUTH 171.0 WEST LOCATION - SAMOA ISLANDS REGION MAGNITUDE - 7.9 MOMENT

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.

Tsunami Warning as follows:

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001 PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS ISSUED AT 1804Z 29 SEP 2009

THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS...EXCEPT ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA... WASHINGTON...OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.

... A TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH ARE IN EFFECT ...

A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR

AMERICAN SAMOA / SAMOA / NIUE / WALLIS-FUTUNA / TOKELAU / COOK ISLANDS / TONGA / TUVALU / KIRIBATI / KERMADEC IS / FIJI / HOWLAND-BAKER / JARVIS IS. / NEW ZEALAND / FR. POLYNESIA / PALMYRA IS.

[spectre]

Be safe, fish hawk.

sw

[Nikas777]

A prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos

by St Peter of Damascus

Blessed Queen of the universe, thou knowest that we sinners have no intimacy with God whom thou hast borne. But, putting our trust in thee, through thy mediation we thy servants prostrate ourselves before the Lord: for thou canst freely approach Him since He is thy son and our God. Thus I, too, unworthy believer that I am, entreat thee, holy Queen, that I may be allowed to perceive the gifts of grace bestowed on thee and on the other saints, and to understand how thou dost display so many virtues. Simply thy giving birth to the Son of God shows that thou excellest all other beings. For He Who, as creator of all, knows all things before they come into existence, found thy womb worthy of His indwelling.

From St. Peter of Damascus (Book 1 : A Treasury of Divine Knowledge, The Philokalia Vol. 3 edited by Palmer, Sherrard and Ware; Faber and Faber pgs. 129-130), from the Web site: http://www.orthodox.net/trebnic/to-theotokos-by-peter-of-damascus.html

[Petronski]

I had no idea.

Just read the same info on AP.

[maica]

What a trip down memory lane to see that list of locations. My family cruised the Pacific 20 years ago, loved every minute - except for the no-see’ums on Hiva Oa.

Prayers for all who continue to live so close to the sea, and on some atolls where there is no “up” to go to.

[bvw]

23’ is three stories, tree-top of mid-sized trees. I hope most made to higher ground. Recovery will be hard on everyone.

[Stentor]

I live close to the beach at 7 foot elevation on Maui.

I think I used to envy you.

[tcrlaf]

Frok BNO:

Tsunami hits American Samoa; new tsunami warnings issued; magnitude is upgraded to 8.3:

[tcrlaf]

REUTERS:

Tsunami causes deaths in American Samoa-US park service.

Holly Bundock, spokeswoman for the National Park Service’s Pacific West Region in Oakland, California, quoted Mike Reynolds, superintendent of the National Park of American Samoa, as saying there had been some deaths.

[MagUSNRET]

From this other thread..PACIFIC TSUNAMI — Villages on Samoa’s Upolu “flattened” by earthquake;

.http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350993/posts?q=1&;page=51

“all the fones have just crashed”

(It is so much easier when there is only one thread...but I will try to monitor both.)

[La Enchiladita]

Good to see you checked in, fish hawk, now where the heck is BIG LOOK?

Come in, BIG LOOK.

[La Enchiladita]

Oh, p.s., you guys. See post #122 and others by tcrlaf.

[BIGLOOK]

Can’t get messaging to work

[ResponseAbility]

****90% of Samoans live on the coast or within 1 km of shoreline****

I pray that the 90% make it to high ground, but that won’t protect their houses and property. I hope it is over by now.

[fatima]

OK,Just so you know about this.((((((Hugs))))))

[Irish Eyes]

mark

[La Enchiladita]

I can see your message:-)
And glad of it.

[Publius6961]

Why does Shep continue to see “Pongo Pongo?”
Isn’t it Pago Pago?

The name was given during the brief occupation by Germany. In old German, certain letters of the alphabet have an implicit "n" added before it. "G" is one of them. I don't know enough German to identify the others.

The "Pango Pango" pronunciation is correct.

[Publius6961]

What happens if a cruise ship is docked near the location of an incoming tsunami, I wonder?

LOL.
That's a whole other issue.

I suspect that in that case the effects could be dramatic, depending whether it's a slip fault movement or a "thrust fault" one.

[BIGLOOK]

Working now....

At 2115Z the tsunami watch for Hawaii Island was cancelled, which is good news but everyone is going to be watching the bay in an hour or so.

There haven't been reports of other islands to the South having been hit. That's usually the tip off that the quake generated a seismic sea wave, it seems to have been local.

2200Z and counting.

[Experiment 6-2-6]

No problem.

After living here for over 13 years, you learn to pronounce the absent n...