7.7 Quake off West Canada Coast. Tsunami warning issued.

Iancar29

Sorry on phone so can only do a copy and paste job ATM..

From Sky News

A 7.7 magnitude earthquake has struck off the west coast of Canada, prompting a tsunami warning to be issued for Hawaii.

The quake happened at just after 8pm local time about 96 miles (155km) south of Masset in the Haida Gwaii region, formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands.

A tsunami warning has now been issued for Hawaii - waves are expected to hit there in just under two hours.

Tremors were felt across a wide area in British Columbia, both on its Pacific islands and on the mainland.

Residents in parts of British Columbia were evacuated but the province seemed to escape the biggest quake in Canada since 1949 largely unscathed.

mojesius

According to CNN, it's due to hit in the next 10-15 minutes.

Goat the dote

Waiting still

cherryghost

Warning now lowered to advisory.

Goat the dote

So far seems to just be a bit of extra water

up for anything

The scientist on the ground in Hawaii who was speaking on CNN just now said that traditionally the first wave isn't the highest there so they are still waiting to see what the second and third and maybe fourth one are like.

It could take an hour. I wonder if the scientists are hedging their bets in view of what happened to the Italian scientists who 'failed to predict' the earthquake. I'd imagine everyone from now on will err hugely on the side of caution.

up for anything

Found his name. He sounded quite disappointed.

[Update 4:50 a.m.] Gerard Fryer, senior geophysicist at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center to reporters:
– "The tsunami is arriving right now. I can't say how big it is because it's coming in as we speak."
– "Typically the first wave is not the largest. Having inconvenienced everybody by making them evacuate in the middle of the night, I was hoping it would be bigger. The following waves I am sure will be bigger."

http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/category/198303/livestream

BrianG23

Isn't 7.7 is a bit small anyway? I bet it'll just be minor amounts of water the entire time

Elmer Blooker

up for anything wrote: »

Found his name. He sounded quite disappointed.



http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/category/198303/livestream

"I was hoping it would be bigger"
How big? Would something as big as the Asia tsunami of Dec 26 2004 and the estimated 300,000 dead be big enough for him? What an a*****e !

up for anything

Elmer Blooker wrote: »

"I was hoping it would be bigger"
How big? Would something as big as the Asia tsunami of Dec 26 2004 and the estimated 300,000 dead be big enough for him? What an a*****e !

I think he probably meant in terms of justifying the warning and the evacuation that goes with it rather than in excitement value.

As it is, people have been heading back to the danger areas in spite of the all clear not being given. I suppose the more times they give these warnings and 'nothing' happens the less attention people will pay to warnings the next time and someday a big, big tragedy will ensue from relaxed attitudes to the warnings.

cyclops999

6.3 Mwp - QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS REGION



Preliminary Earthquake Report



Magnitude

6.3 Mwp



Date-Time

28 Oct 2012 18:54:21 UTC
28 Oct 2012 11:54:21 near epicenter
28 Oct 2012 18:54:21 standard time in your timezone



Location

52.633N 132.701W



Depth

8 km



Distances

245 km (152 miles) SW (222 degrees) of Prince Rupert, BC, Canada
286 km (178 miles) S (178 degrees) of Hydaburg, AK
287 km (178 miles) SSW (195 degrees) of Metlakatla, AK
766 km (476 miles) WNW (303 degrees) of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada



Location Uncertainty

Horizontal: 18.4 km; Vertical 6.5 km



Parameters

Nph = 281; Dmin = 317.3 km; Rmss = 1.32 seconds; Gp = 84°
M-type = Mwp; Version = 8



Event ID

us b000dg06

cyclops999

6.1 Mwb - COQUIMBO, CHILE



Preliminary Earthquake Report



Magnitude

6.1 Mwb



Date-Time

14 Nov 2012 19:02:05 UTC
14 Nov 2012 16:02:05 near epicenter
14 Nov 2012 19:02:05 standard time in your timezone



Location

29.157S 71.272W



Depth

61 km



Distances

88 km (55 miles) N (3 degrees) of Coquimbo, Chile
221 km (137 miles) SSW (203 degrees) of Copiapo, Chile
375 km (233 miles) NW (314 degrees) of San Juan, Argentina
486 km (302 miles) N (353 degrees) of SANTIAGO, Chile



Location Uncertainty

Horizontal: 14.8 km; Vertical 7.8 km



Parameters

Nph = 572; Dmin = 58.2 km; Rmss = 0.82 seconds; Gp = 30°
M-type = Mwb; Version = 7

geetar

BrianG23 wrote: »

Isn't 7.7 is a bit small anyway? I bet it'll just be minor amounts of water the entire time

:eek: no its actually enormous