The first waves should hit Hawaii about 4 hours from now at 11:19am Hawaii time, it is 7:09am right NOW there.
Oahu Beach is going to get it in the neck. Right in the middle of tourist season, too. All those miles of hotels.
Jeez. Hey, does anybody know what the contingency plan for the Pacific Fleet is at Pearl Harbor?
NEW arrival times...Hilo, 11:05, Honolulu, 11:36. Just updated from the Pacific Tsunami Center at Ewa Beach.
Of course the 1960 quake which hit Chile with a 9.5 on the Richter scale, had been preceded with a warning 7.0 quake the day before.
Hopefully the 8.8 quake is the big one and not just a precursor for tomorrow or tonight. Full moon is tomorrow at 11:38am.
The tsunami from the 1960 quake hit Hilo, Hawaii with a 10 meter wave, wiping out its waterfront about 15 hrs after the seismic event.