Magnitude 8.8 Offshore Maule, Chile

Originally posted by BRITWARRIOR

Originally posted by kolta

im no expert, but thats wot my knowledge on wave dynamics /fluid dynamics tells me... id say, find out how big the wave was in 1960 that hit due to the 9.5 chile quake, then do your own estimates the one that hit the chilean coast back then was around 85ft

Roughly 9.5 - 8.8 x 32 x 32 makes the 9.5 716 times larger than this one. It is NOT going to be anything like that. Estimates go to about 2.5 metres in Hawaii.

reply to post by JakiusFogg

Originally posted by JakiusFogg

Originally posted by masqua
reply to post by Katie

 

Pray that it doesn't trigger the Juan De Fuca plate. That would be utter calamity.

For those that don't know can you confirm that location?

juan de fuca plate

The cascadia subduction zone along the US West Coast.





[edit on 27-2-2010 by LadySkadi]

Apparently the tsunami from the 1960 Chile quake was so powerful that it even killed close to 200 people in Japan, batterin the country for hours with 10-20 foot waves or more

reply to post by Akkadian


Shoot...
en.wikipedia.org...
Your right I was rounding up to a 9 on the richter scale, thanks for pointing that out

Latest from NOAA

MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY

GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER
------------------- ----- ------ ----- --------------- -----
MANZANILLO MX 19.1N 104.3W 1705Z 0.32M / 1.0FT 24MIN
DART MANZANILLO 434 16.0N 107.0W 1611Z 0.07M / 0.2FT 24MIN
ACAPULCO MX 16.8N 99.9W 1549Z 0.16M / 0.5FT 24MIN
RIKITEA PF 23.1S 134.9W 1559Z 0.15M / 0.5FT 22MIN
DART MARQUESAS 5140 8.5S 125.0W 1531Z 0.18M / 0.6FT 18MIN
BALTRA GALAPAGS EC 0.4S 90.3W 1452Z 0.35M / 1.2FT 14MIN
EASTER CL 27.2S 109.5W 1205Z 0.35M / 1.1FT 52MIN
ANCUD CL 41.9S 73.8W 0838Z 0.62M / 2.0FT 84MIN
CALLAO LA-PUNTA PE 12.1S 77.2W 1029Z 0.36M / 1.2FT 30MIN
ARICA CL 18.5S 70.3W 1008Z 0.94M / 3.1FT 42MIN
IQUIQUE CL 20.2S 70.1W 0907Z 0.28M / 0.9FT 68MIN
ANTOFAGASTA CL 23.2S 70.4W 0941Z 0.49M / 1.6FT 52MIN
DART LIMA 32412 18.0S 86.4W 0941Z 0.24M / 0.8FT 36MIN
CALDERA CL 27.1S 70.8W 0843Z 0.45M / 1.5FT 20MIN
TALCAHUANO CL 36.7S 73.4W 0653Z 2.34M / 7.7FT 88MIN
COQUIMBO CL 30.0S 71.3W 0852Z 1.32M / 4.3FT 30MIN
CORRAL CL 39.9S 73.4W 0739Z 0.90M / 2.9FT 16MIN
SAN FELIX CL 26.3S 80.1W 0815Z 0.53M / 1.7FT 08MIN
VALPARAISO CL 33.0S 71.6W 0708Z 1.29M / 4.2FT 20MIN

Has anyone posted live webcam of the Hawaiian shore lines?

RSOE EDIS

Can anybody tell me why just about 90% of the ring of fire is supposedly "eruption ongoing"?

Is this normal or what?

reply to post by gwydionblack

"Ring of fire"

It's called that for a reason. Yes, it's normal.

Originally posted by TheCoffinman
i googled "hawaii beach cams" its the 23rd most popular search right now and i cant seem to get on any of em... anyone find a webcam for hawaii beachfront to watch?

I tried all morning. I can't get the cam to come up. I lived in Honolulu a long time ago. The Ewa Beach area is mostly military folks. I certainly hope this thing isn't going to be big.

Originally posted by ReVoLuTiOn76
Ladies and gentleman, I think this may be the beginning of the end of the world. There will be other major natural disasters within a couple of more weeks.As for Chile they have a huge mess on their hands.

calm down... and get a grip, do you smoke? light one up.

Its nothing more than Naturally occurring events, things used to be thousands of times worst the world didnt end it was begining, i will join you in panic when there is NO seismic activity,

reply to post by JakiusFogg

Besides LadySkadi's excellent post, which confirms that our concerns about the Juan de Fuca subduction zone are very real and justified, I'd like to suggest an excellent presentation about the 1700 Juan de Fuca Earthquake. It provides details of its effects on the local people (for whom it was calamitous), along with some good gif images, graphics, maps and photographs, and is very easy to read. (IE it's not a highly technical report.)

Well worth reading through and a good resource for any ATS members or visitors who don't know about this serious threat that lies off the shores of western USA and Canada -- especially Oregon, Washington, California and of course, Vancouver.

Best regards,

Mike

This link is working at this moment.....


www.livesurfcamhawaii.com...


Respects

So many pages of replies so quickly!

I don't know if this has already been mentioned or not, but I think it is important to note that the U.S. imports much of its fruits and vegetables, especially during the winter months of the northern hemisphere, from Chile.


Even if the earthqauke (or the possible, subsequent tsunami) does not directly damage Chile's farmlands, a event of this magnitude will most certainly impede or distrupt the production and export transportation of Chilean produce.



That could result in serious reprecussions to the U.S. economy; which is already in a fragile state.



"Yes, we have no bananas..."

Here are some live links:

www.ustream.tv...
www.ustream.tv...
www.ustream.tv...

Apparently the ETA of the tsunami is about 3 hours from now.

My thoughts and prayers go out to all those suffering from this quake. The after-shocks must really be terrifying at this point. "mother nature", and excuse me if I'm dating myself, has always been incredibly violent.

I feel privileged and also overwhelmed by our current technological ability to be so attuned to all things on this planet...I wonder about the capacity of my heart and why it is/I am being asked to engage so much and how to do this. All I can do at this point is send out love, maybe another small very small $ contribution and hope that my human heart is capacitated adequately for this global connectivity.

I live in Hawaii and thought I'd shed some light on what's going here. First they can predict the tsunami height by the DART buoys positioned around the Pacific rim. Google DART buoy and you'll find a map of their locations.

Secondly, people are flooding the markets (I already went) to stock up on food and water. The ETA of the first wave is 11:05 so to the person that made the comment about why we're flooding the markets there you go.

There's evacuation zones established so right now it's just a waiting game.

CNN Just reported in interview with NOAA rep.

PROJECTED waves for Hawaii estimate to be anything from 1f to 7.5 ft in a series of waves that could last for hours.

Originally posted by JakiusFogg
CNN Just reported in interview with NOAA rep.

PROJECTED waves for Hawaii estimate to be anything from 1f to 7.5 ft in a series of waves that could last for hours.

1ft to 7ft? That's a surfer's paradise, don't be surprised to see thousands of surfers flood the beaches then

reply to post by rufusdrak


Ahhh come on!!

you should know it's not just the hight of the waves, but the force of water behind them.

look at all the vidoes on you tube of the 2004. the water in the main in those comes in a knee tro waist height!

Originally posted by rufusdrak

Originally posted by JakiusFogg
CNN Just reported in interview with NOAA rep.

PROJECTED waves for Hawaii estimate to be anything from 1f to 7.5 ft in a series of waves that could last for hours.

1ft to 7ft? That's a surfer's paradise, don't be surprised to see thousands of surfers flood the beaches then

so why all the evacuation for then ..well I guess then it is people to be off the coast and beaches... then