Tsunami predicted for Japan

According to BBC Twitter, big quake of Japan, Tsunami expected.

Laffin Assasin wrote:According to BBC Twitter, big quake of Japan, Tsunami expected.

Sheeeeeiiite!

Oh dear. At least they have some warning.....I hope it is a false alarm.

Live link to Hawaii (waiting for tsunami)

http://www.livestream.com/honolululive1

'fraid it's not a false alarm.... it's the aftermath of the earthquake in Chile.

They've just reported a drop in water level in Honolulu

ETA - should be high tide there now

Live Fox News feeds of tsunami. 3 feeds

http://interactive.foxnews.com/livestream/live.html?chanId=1

I am watching it on livestream now, all the boats are coming in, there's dozens of them! It must be really scary for the people there.

Schnuffel wrote:Live Fox News feeds of tsunami. 3 feeds

http://interactive.foxnews.com/livestream/live.html?chanId=1

Thanks Schnuffell - Diamond Head is the extinct volcano on Oahu, so right on the Pacific Rim

Tsunami kills 5 in Robinson Crusoe islands

Posted 35 minutes ago

The tsunami unleashed by a massive 8.8 magnitude quake off Chile has killed five people and left 11 others missing on the remote Robinson Crusoe islands.

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet sent two aid ships, two helicopters and a plane to the small archipelago of some 600 inhabitants more than 700 kilometres offshore in the Pacific Ocean.

The casualties were confirmed by Ivan de la Masa, the governor of Valparaiso, the nearest city on the Chilean mainland.

A huge wave measuring 2.34 metres crashed onto the Chilean coastal town of Talcahuano just after the quake struck.

The quake has left at least 214 people dead, though officials warned the toll could rise.

A team of French marine archaeologists working in the archipelago on the wreck of a Spanish galleon could not immediately be reached despite several attempts to contact them.

Their leader Arnaud Cazenave de la Roche spoke by telephone to AFP earlier this week.

The Robinson Crusoe islands get their name from the hero of Daniel Defoe's novel, whose adventures were based on those of Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish sailor marooned there in real life by his captain in 1704.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/28/2832244.htm?section=justin

Quake-triggered tsunami rushes ashore in Hawaii

HONOLULU, Hawaii — A tsunami triggered by the Chilean earthquake sent a surge of water ashore in Hawaii, California and islands in the South Pacific on Saturday as the waves continued onto Alaska and parts of Asia.

There were no immediate reports of widespread damage, injuries or deaths in the U.S. or in the Pacific islands, but a tsunami that swamped a village on an island off Chile killed at least five people and left 11 missing.

In Hawaii, water began pulling away from shore off Hilo Bay on the Big Island just before noon, exposing reefs and sending dark streaks of muddy, sandy water offshore. Waves later washed over Coconut Island, a small park off Hilo's coast.

The tsunami was causing a series of surges that were about 20 minutes apart, and the waves arrived later and smaller than originally predicted. The highest wave at Hilo measured 5.5 feet (1.7 meters) high, while Maui saw some as high as 2 meters (6.5 feet).

Scientists cautioned the waves would continue into the afternoon.

http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/quake-triggered-tsunami-rushes-333818.html

Somebody just tweeted that the tsunami warning for Hawaii has been cancelled. Good news if it is true!

The Famous Grouse wrote:Somebody just tweeted that the tsunami warning for Hawaii has been cancelled. Good news if it is true!

What about the aftershocks TFG? I wonder if a strong aftershock could possibly trigger another tsunami.

Oh, it's just been cancelled for Fiji not Hawaii.

The Famous Grouse wrote:Oh, it's just been cancelled for Fiji not Hawaii.

Fox have now closed the live feeds on Hawaii so it must cancelled. Well at least Hawaii can breath a sigh of relief. Phew!!

Just in case you missed it:-

Hawaii Tsunami VIDEO: Watch 2010 Hawaii Tsunami Hit Honolulu, Oahu LIVE (VIDEOS)

Hawaii tsunami Web cams and live video streams are capturing the events as they unfold, providing compelling video footage of the event.

The following live video streams show activity in Hawaii as it happens. Tsunami waves have hit Hawaii and some continue to impact its islands.

We've also compiled some of the best Hawaii tsunami videos from YouTube below.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/27/hawaii-tsunami-videos-wat_n_479542.html