People are stating rumor not facts. The worst CNN can do is stoke fear. The 1960 quake was a 9.5 and the wave height was no more than 13 feet in Hawaii....
A tsunami after the magnitude-9.5 quake that struck Chile in 1960, the largest earthquake ever recorded, killed about 140 people in Japan, 61 in Hawaii and 32 in the Philippines. That tsunami was about 3.3 to 13 feet (one to four meters) in height, Japan’s Meteorological Agency said.
We were just trying to clear up measurements.
There’s a big difference between 20 feet and 20 meters.
However, as someone pointed out on another thread, there is a full moon tonight, which would make for a high tide.
No doubt there are other factors influencing tsunami development than just earthquake magnitude.
They simply can’t take the chance with that potential for loss of life. If they didn’t and people died, they’d be slammed for that.
What do you want them to do? Which would you rather they did? Be too cautious, or not cautious enough? What’s it going to hurt anyone to get out of potential harms way for a few hours?
They’re damned if they do and damned if they don’t.