Tsunami watch for state of Hawaii

[Nikki Stone1]

Earthquake in Pacific Ocean. 7.9.

American Samoa and New Zealand coast under tsunami warning.

[Bluzmann57]

1. Oh no!

Please be safe Hawaiians. We need you as a part of our great nation.

[krispos42]

2. 7.9? Jeez, that's big.

:scared:

[Nikki Stone1]

3. Location is right off American Samoa

US West Coast is prolly ok.

[Nikki Stone1]

27. At one point, they thought it was over 8, but they've backed off from that

There's also been a 5.6 aftershock.

[intheflow]

76. USGS has confirmed it as an 8.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Maps/10/190_-15_eqs.php

[Nikki Stone1]

84. OK. Thanks. It seems like they keep adjusting this as they get a better handle on it.

That is THE BIG ONE is LA speak. We fear an 8.

[Nikki Stone1]

4. More info

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090929/wl_nm/us_quake_americansamoa_4


7.9 magnitude quake strikes off American Samoa

Play VideoEarthquakes Video:Where the buffalo roam AP
12 mins ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck off American Samoa on Tuesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The epicenter of the quake was located 120 miles southwest of the remote Pacific island. It struck at a depth of 20.5 miles.
An earthquake of this magnitude is capable of causing a tsunami, although there were no immediate reports of this occurring.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20090929/tts-uk-quake-warning-ca02f96.html

Tsunami warning issued for New Zealand, other islands
13 mins ago

A tsunami warning was issued on Tuesday for New Zealand, American Samoa and other small Pacific islands, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre, a branch of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.


http://www.abc-7.com/Global/story.asp?S=11224794

Earthquake prompts tsunami warnings

MIAMI: A 7.9 magnitude earthquake near the Samoa Islands region has led to a tsunami watch and warning for islands in the Pacific Ocean.

Hawaii is under a Tsunami Watch and American Samoa is under a tsunami warning.

A Tsunami warning is in effect for

American Samoa, Samoa, Niue, Wallis-Futuna, Tokelau, Cook Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Kiribati, Kermadec Is, Fiji, Howland-Baker, Jarvis Is., New Zealand, Fr. Polynesia, Palmyra Is.

A tsunami watch is in effect for

Vanuatu, Nauru, Marshall Is., Solomon Is., Johnston Is., New Caledonia, Kosrae, Papua New Guinea, Hawaii, Pohnpei, Wake Is., Pitcairn, Midway Is.

The National Weather Service says it is not known a tsunami was generated, but an earthquake of this size has the potential to create a destructive tsunami.

The watches and warnings remain in effect until further notice.

[krispos42]

5. Here's a map

And the text of the warning.

BULLETIN
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 1
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
805 AM HST TUE SEP 29 2009

TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WATCH

A TSUNAMI WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII EFFECTIVE AT
0805 AM HST.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 0748 AM HST 29 SEP 2009
COORDINATES - 15.3 SOUTH 171.0 WEST
LOCATION - SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
MAGNITUDE - 7.9 MOMENT

EVALUATION

BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A TSUNAMI MAY HAVE BEEN GENERATED BY
THIS EARTHQUAKE THAT COULD BE DESTRUCTIVE ON COASTAL AREAS EVEN
FAR FROM THE EPICENTER. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY TO DETERMINE
IF THERE IS A TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII.

IF TSUNAMI WAVES IMPACT HAWAII THE ESTIMATED EARLIEST ARRIVAL OF
THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS

0111 PM HST TUE 29 SEP 2009

MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

[scheming daemons]

6. All part of Obama's plan to destroy his long-form birth certificate

....

I guarantee that some nutjobs are thinking that....

[Nikki Stone1]

16. OMG

But I'll bet you are right.

[SpiralHawk]

83. Nah, that long-form is in a vault in Kenya

So Hawaii sinking will have no impact (on Republicon Homelander fantasies).

[DinahMoeHum]

7. The 1st bulletin from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. . .

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/messages/hawaii/2009/hawaii.2009.09.29.180549.txt

BULLETIN
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 1
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
805 AM HST TUE SEP 29 2009

TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WATCH

A TSUNAMI WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII EFFECTIVE AT
0805 AM HST.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 0748 AM HST 29 SEP 2009
COORDINATES - 15.3 SOUTH 171.0 WEST
LOCATION - SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
MAGNITUDE - 7.9 MOMENT

EVALUATION

BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A TSUNAMI MAY HAVE BEEN GENERATED BY
THIS EARTHQUAKE THAT COULD BE DESTRUCTIVE ON COASTAL AREAS EVEN
FAR FROM THE EPICENTER. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY TO DETERMINE
IF THERE IS A TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII.

IF TSUNAMI WAVES IMPACT HAWAII THE ESTIMATED EARLIEST ARRIVAL OF
THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS

0111 PM HST TUE 29 SEP 2009

MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

-----------------------

I believe HST (Hawaiian Standard Time) is 5 hours behind EST (Eastern Standard Time)
Thus, 0748 HST = 1248 (12:48 PM) EST

First tsunami wave in Hawaii, if it happens, would occur around 1:11 PM HST = 6:11 PM EST

For further updates, go to http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/
It may take a little while to reach it; I suspect the traffic there is really heavy right about now.

(edited for correction of time zones - HST is 5 hours behind EST. Thanks, "liberaltrucker")

[liberaltrucker]

9. Minor correction

HST is 5 hours behind EDT.

[DinahMoeHum]

10. thanks

edited

[supernova]

8. Also Fiji and Tonga

A tsunami warning has been issued for the Samoa islands, New Zealand, Tonga, Fiji and other Pacific islands, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8281616.stm

:scared:

Where do you go on an island?!?!?

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. To the highest point

[supernova]

12. Obviously, but

a lot of islands are pretty darn flat.

[nadinbrzezinski]

18. They all have a higher point that should keep you safe

the problem is that most people are attracted by the receding waters and go to get the fish that are left behind.

PSA... if you are at the beach, and you see waters receding... get the hell away and towards high land, the highest the better, and we just had an aftershock.

[Nikki Stone1]

24. How fast do the waters recede?

Thanks.

[nadinbrzezinski]

25. Depends on the geography, but it can take up to four days

think Katrina and tidal surge.

[Nikki Stone1]

32. Thanks

:)

[Xithras]

36. Not all.

Some of the inhabited atolls have maximum elevations below 10 feet above the high tide mark. If the tide is up when the tsunami hits, a 10 foot swell could wipe them clean. There are 4500 people on Funafuti in Tuvalu, ver close to this area, as an example. The highest point on Funafuti is only 15 feet above sea level. When you count in the "piling" effect that tsunamis can create, a 10 foot tsunami could wash over the entire island. And Funafuti is the HIGHEST island in the Tuvalu chain, with over 6000 people spread across the rest of the chain.

[Nikki Stone1]

37. This does not sound good at all

:( Those poor people.

[Xithras]

49. Keep in mind that tsunamis can be hit and miss.

It's essentially an energy wave propagating through water, and can they can be redirected by the topography of the ocean floor, islands can create "shadows" that protect other islands from destruction, etc. The orientation of the original displacement that caused the tsunami can also greatly impact the type and scale of the destruction. There have been tsunamis that have devastated some islands, while sparing others much closer to their epicenter, simply because they were located in a slightly different direction.

There are supercomputers that can calculate what the tsunami forces are expected to be on each island and I'm sure they're churning away right now to work the damage patterns out.

[Nikki Stone1]

52. Well it just hit American Samoa over an hour ago

You've got a lot of fishing people that live along the coast. They can die in an instant.

[Hekate]

34. Depends if they are volcanic, continental, or atoll islands. Hawaii is a volcanic chain with high...

... mountains and a very tsunami-educated population. When I lived there the warning system (aside from radios) was air-raid sirens you could not miss unless you were literally deaf, and in that case you certainly could observe your neighbors heading for the hills.

The coral atolls, however, are pretty flat.

Hekate

[lunatica]

14. If you have a boat go out to sea

The tsunami will just roll under you and most boats don't feel a thing

[nadinbrzezinski]

17. Pretty far to sea, correct

but you go to the highest point if you don't

[supernova]

13. Is this the sensor system they were to place

after the Java/Sumatra earthquake tsunami in 2005?

[Hekate]

38. This is the existing sensor system for the Pacific Ocean. I moved to Hawaii in 1957 ...

... and we certainly had tsunami alerts then. Japan, the US, and the US territories were all well-rigged-up for being able to detect earthquakes and any tsunamis that might be generated from them. It was deeply shocking to me to learn that other countries were not.

Hekate

[supernova]

41. Thanks Hekate

I remember they were talking about a Pacific Rim-wide sensor system after that awful tsunami, but I guess they didn't get around to it.

[nadinbrzezinski]

43. They were starting to work on it

but there is that thing called Red Tape.

[Nikki Stone1]

15. 10 foot TSUNAMI just hit American Samoa

More to come....

[nadinbrzezinski]

19. Not good, that means we will have the wave hit

other places. WE have a live one.

[Nikki Stone1]

21. Yes we do. There was also a 5.6 aftershock not long ago

Scary shit.

[nadinbrzezinski]

31. Just a live lesson in Geology

but I think we have more evidence that the theory that the melting of the ice was going to cause more quakes and more severe quakes.

[Nikki Stone1]

35. Do you have a link to that?

Thanks.

[nadinbrzezinski]

40. Here you go

http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE58F62I20090916?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews

[Nikki Stone1]

44. Thanks, I'll read it.

BTW, do you notice that this thread was unrec'd by someone? Crazy!

[nadinbrzezinski]

45. We all got fans

and the unrec is now a lesson of unintended consequences

[Nikki Stone1]

47. No kidding.

So it's like high school all over again, eh? :)

[nadinbrzezinski]

48. With the same cliques and at the risk of annoying management

even the same bullies and stalkers.

[Nikki Stone1]

50. Where do these people come from?

Are they paid agents provocateurs?

[nadinbrzezinski]

63. No, not agent provocateours

they get their jollies from this... they have from the time they were young. Bullies are bullies are bullies

Oh an we just had another aftershock, 5.8

[intheflow]

73. Hard to believe anyone would unrec this.

It's not at all political. More likely someone hit unrec by mistake, as I have done since the buttons are so close together. At least, that's what I hope!

[Parker CA]

20. Where's this info being posted?? I'd love to follow it on a link, thanks! nt.

[Nikki Stone1]

22. See post #4 for details and links

I am listening on KNX radio in LA. I imagine that a Hawaii station streaming online would have more news.

[Nikki Stone1]

23. Try Radio New Zealand International (link below)

http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=49397

[Parker CA]

28. Thanks, Nikki! ;)

[uppityperson]

51. saying 20-40 ft, article...

http://www.radioworld.com/article/87906
An undersea earthquake about 125 miles from Samoa has caused a tsunami that washed over nearby American Samoa. The Pago Harbor area was hard hit, according to a report posted by Kirk Harnack to his Facebook page. The earthquake hit Sept. 29th at 6:48 a.m. local time (1:48 p.m. EDT) and the wave reached Pago Pago around 8:13 a.m. local time (3:13 p.m. EDT).

Harnack, director of international business development for Telos Systems, is vice president of enginnering for South Seas Broadcasting, which owns KKHJ-FM and WVUV-FM in Pago Pago, American Samoa. According to a report posted by Harnack from Joey Cummings, manager of the stations, the Pago Harbor area was hit with a wave 20 feet to 40 feet in height. AC power is out to the stations and is believed to be out at the transmitter site.

“All cars in our building's parking lot are washed out to the harbor. KKHJ-FM and WVUV-FM - our offices, too - are on the 2nd floor of the Pago Plaza building. They're OK. But the ground-mounted generator (landlord provided) is non-operable now,” Cummings wrote.

“Reports of cars, ‘aiga busses’ (private busses) and school busses being washed out to the harbor or to sea. Surely dozens missing and presumed drowned. Dozens if not hundreds of businesses surround Pago Harbor — many of them are now gone,” Cummings continued.

[liberaltrucker]

26. On MSNBC now

nt

[CatWoman]

29. anyone heard from OPIHIMOIMOI???????

;(

[supernova]

30. Oh lord, I hope he and his are ok

[Hekate]

42. Mahina, Opi, and you other aikanes -- check in please!

Wishing you well.

Hekate

[KamaAina]

80. Opihi does live right by the sea, but it's on the opposite side of the island

mahina, I believe, lives mauka (inland). As for me, of course, I neatly sidestepped the whole thing by relocating to tsunami-free San Jose.

In any case the watch for Hawai'i has been canceled.

[Hekate]

82. So glad to hear all of that. Mahalo! nt

[Nikki Stone1]

33. OFficial word that California will NOT be affected by tsunami

KNX radio 12:30 news

[Nikki Stone1]

39. Someone unrec's this too. I sense a Freeper....

LOL!!

[Mrs. Overall]

61. Pardon my language, but those fucking freepers are joking about the tsunami

in freeperville. What total assholes. I hate them, I really do.

[Nikki Stone1]

65. They're JOKING about it?

They can't possibly be Christian like they claim.

[Mrs. Overall]

69. Yeah--

jokes about Hawaii deserving it because they are harboring the secret about Obama's birth certificate, jokes about wanting it to go further west so San Francisco can be destroyed, jokes about FEMA not being ready under Obama's admin., lots of pics of Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello (beach party).

The lack of maturity and the lack of compassion among republicans always amazes me.

[BattyDem]

46. Oh damn ... stay safe everyone!

:grouphug:

[uppityperson]

53. Damage in Samoa after tsunami (article, damn)

http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/damage-in-samoa-after-tsunami-3040121
A powerful 8.3 magnitude earthquake in the Pacific off American Samoa has generated a tsunami in Samoa.

Tony Manson, a TVNZ worker in Samoa, was on the beach when he felt the earthquake. He saw waves breaking before the reef and the sea receding so ran for the hills.

Manson says it took only 30 seconds to get from beach chalets to hills before it completely devastated villages and locals are missing their family members. He says a large fale was completely wiped out and it was a big construction made of concrete

Tvnz.co.nz spoke to local resident Ampe Roma who was in his office in Apia, Samoa when he felt the strong quake. Roma says the quake lasted over five minutes then Apia was evacuated by police and people sent to higher ground inland.

A tsunami watch is in effect for New Zealand, Hawaii, Papua New Guinea and other small Pacific islands. The epicentre of the quake was located 190 km southwest of American Samoa. It struck at a depth of 33 km. An earthquake of this magnitude is capable of causing a tsunami.

[Politics_Guy25]

54. BBC World News not paying this attention

Strange. They were on top of the 2004 tsunami and 2005 scare.

[Nikki Stone1]

55. That's bizarre. American Samoa was just hit.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090929/ap_on_re_au_an/as_pacific_earthquake

Tsunami hits American Samoa

PAGO PAGO, American Samoa – A powerful 8.3-magnitude earthquake struck in the South Pacific between Samoa and American Samoa around dawn Tuesday, sending terrified residents fleeing for higher ground as a tsunami swept ashore, flattening at least one village. There were no immediate reports of fatalities.
The temblor hit at 6:48 a.m. Tuesday (1748 GMT) midway between the two island groups. In Apia, families reported shaking that lasted for up to three minutes. The U.S. Geological Service said the quake struck 20 miles (35 kilometers) below the ocean floor, 120 miles (190 kilometers) from American Samoa and 125 miles (200 kilometers) from Samoa.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a general alert for the South Pacific region, from American Samoa to New Zealand. It said there were indications a tsunami wave could be "destructive" along some coastlines.
New Zealander Graeme Ansell said the beach village of Sau Sau Beach Fale was leveled.
"It was very quick. The whole village has been wiped out," Ansell told National Radio from a hill near Samoa's capital, Apia. "There's not a building standing. We've all clambered up hills, and one of our party has a broken leg. There will be people in a great lot of need 'round here."

[Nikki Stone1]

56. First reports from American Samoa:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090929/ap_on_re_au_an/as_pacific_earthquake

Tsunami hits American Samoa

By FILI SAGAPOLUTELE, For The Associated Press
12 mins ago

PAGO PAGO, American Samoa – A powerful 8.3-magnitude earthquake struck in the South Pacific between Samoa and American Samoa around dawn Tuesday, sending terrified residents fleeing for higher ground as a tsunami swept ashore, flattening at least one village. There were no immediate reports of fatalities.

The temblor hit at 6:48 a.m. Tuesday (1748 GMT) midway between the two island groups. In Apia, families reported shaking that lasted for up to three minutes. The U.S. Geological Service said the quake struck 20 miles (35 kilometers) below the ocean floor, 120 miles (190 kilometers) from American Samoa and 125 miles (200 kilometers) from Samoa.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a general alert for the South Pacific region, from American Samoa to New Zealand. It said there were indications a tsunami wave could be "destructive" along some coastlines.

New Zealander Graeme Ansell said the beach village of Sau Sau Beach Fale was leveled.

"It was very quick. The whole village has been wiped out," Ansell told National Radio from a hill near Samoa's capital, Apia. "There's not a building standing. We've all clambered up hills, and one of our party has a broken leg. There will be people in a great lot of need 'round here."
A tsunami swept into Pago Pago, capital of American Samoa, shortly after the earthquake, sending sea water surging inland about 100 yards (meters) before receding, leaving some cars stuck in mud.

The staff of the port ran to higher ground, and police soon came by, telling residents to get inland.
In Fagatogo, water reached the waterfront town's meeting field and covered portions of the main highway, which also was plagued by rock slides.
In Samoa, the powerful quake jolted people awake.

"It was pretty strong; it was long and lasted at least two minutes," one resident told local radio.
"It's the strongest I have felt, and we ran outside. You could see all the trees and houses were shaking," he said.
Sulili Dusi told New Zealand's National Radio that "everything dropped on the floor and we thought the house was going to go down as well. Thank God, it didn't." Along with neighbors, they fled to high ground.

She said the tsunami hit the south side of the island, and some "cars have been taken." She did not elaborate, but added "we just thank God no life has been taken yet."

Another resident, Dean Phillips, said the southern coast of Upolu island had been struck by the tsunami.
"The police are sending everybody up to high ground," he said.

Local media said they had reports of some landslides in the Solosolo region of the main Samoan island of Upolu and damage to plantations in the countryside outside Apia.

There were no immediate reports of injury or serious damage from local emergency services, but people reported cracks in some homes and items tossed from shelves.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Honolulu issued a tsunami warning for numerous islands in the Pacific, including the Samoas, the Cook Islands, Tonga, Fiji, New Zealand, French Polynesia and Palmyra Island.

The center posted a tsunami watch for Hawaii, Vanuatu, the Marshall Islands, Solomon Island, Johnston Island, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Wake Island, Midway Island and Pitcairn.

In New Zealand, a tsunami alert was issued by national Civil Defense, and the nation's national emergency center was activated.

Text

[Avalux]

57. 23 foot tsunami hits American Somoa; fatalities reported.

http://twitter.com/BreakingNEWs

Posted here as reported by CNN.

[Nikki Stone1]

59. Great. Thanks.

:hi:

[Avalux]

67. You're welcome and keep checking the link.

They are updating regularly. :hi:

[Nikki Stone1]

71. I appreciate it, and I am sure many other people reading this will too.

Thank you again.

[suffragette]

58. Apparently it struck during rush hour

http://www.samoalivenews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2582&Itemid=59
Samoa was rattled out of sleep at around 7.00am this morning from a major quake that shook for several minutes, leading to a tsunami warning now in force.
There has been no official word out yet of the magnitude of the earthquake, but it was strong enough to push products off supermarket shelves around Apia.
Several people have been calling up the radio stations to report high sea swells hitting the costal (sic) areas of Fagaloa and Siumu on the eastern side of Upolu island and along to the south.
School has been called off for the day with tsunami warnings calling for people to head to higher grounds.
The warning comes at peak hour of the morning with children going to schools and the working community making their way to workplaces. Long streams of cars are jamming the roads and it maybe a while for traffic officers to untangle the road jams.
Several late tremors continue to be felt following the main earthquake



I imagine families are trying to locate each other now.
I hope most are ok.

[Nikki Stone1]

60. That's a rotten time to hit.

:(

[suffragette]

62. Agreed. Families separated and many on the road

Add the tsunami in and the need to be on the move because of that.
Best hopes for all there.

[Nikki Stone1]

64. Saying some prayers right now.

I can't imagine looking for your kids in all this.

[suffragette]

66. Joining you in that

:grouphug:

[Nikki Stone1]

68. Thanks.

:cry:

[Hekate]

70. Some updates at Honolulu Star-Bulletin--link

http://www.starbulletin.com/

[suffragette]

72. Am I reading this correctly?

Another aftershock?


MAP 5.8 2009/09/29 18:21:42 -16.197 -173.069 10.0 TONGA
MAP 5.6 2009/09/29 18:08:22 -15.467 -172.092 10.0 SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
MAP 8.0 2009/09/29 17:48:11 -15.558 -172.073 18.0 SAMOA ISLANDS REGION

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Maps/10/190_-15_eqs.php

[intheflow]

75. And another in the Tonga, per your link:

MAP 5.0 2009/09/29 18:29:26 -15.948 -173.231 10.0 TONGA

[Avalux]

74. Tsunami watch has been cancelled for Hawaii (good news!)

While Hawaii appears to have been spared, my heart goes out to the people of American Samoa and others who are affected by the quake/tsunami.

http://news.bnonews.com/upti

[merh]

77. But this is not good for American Samoa

A spokeswoman for the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center told BNO News that a 13.1 foot (4 meter) tsunami had hit the harbor of Pago Pago on American Samoa, but said she had no information about possible casualties. The first floor of at least one government building in Pago Pago was inundated with water, she added. The Reuters news agency said an unknown number of people had been killed on the island, and New Zealand media reported that at least one entire village was "flattened" by the tsunami.

"Based on all available data a tsunami may have been generated by this earthquake that could be destructive on coastal areas even far from the epicenter," a bulletin from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center read. A tsunami watch was earlier in effect for Hawaii, but was later downgraded to an advisory.

A witness told Radio New Zealand that villages on the south-east coast of Samoa's Upolu had been flattened by the earthquake and that police were moving people to higher ground. It also said that a 10 foot (3 meter) tsunami struck its coast, a spokeswoman for the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center was not immediately able to confirm that.

Shaking near the epicenter reportedly lasted up to three minutes.

A number of aftershocks also hit the area after the initial earthquake. "We are seeing a lot of activity in the area," a spokesman for the United States Geological Survey said, who also warned that more stronger aftershocks should be expected. So far, three moderate earthquakes have been recorded with preliminary magnitudes of 5.6, 5.6 and 5.8.

http://news.bnonews.com/upti

[merh]

78. Weather Channel is reporting it now

And said Hawaii is still on alert

[Avalux]

79. Really? I hope they're just delayed in reporting. Thank you. n/t

[merh]

81. They said that people are advised to stay out of the water

and to be on watch.

They said it is so early and remote where it did strike that the reports are just now trickling in.

Pacific tsunami kills people in Western Samoa: police
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsMaps/idUSTRE58S5VE20090929

[Nikki Stone1]

85. I'll bet the surf is hellish right now.

Probably a lot of danger even without the thread of a tsunami.

[merh]

87. ABC just said that the US west coast is on tsunami watch too.

From mexico to oregon

[Nikki Stone1]

88. Holy shit. They told us we were out of the woods.

Let me check....

[merh]

89. Please do check

The weather channel had said it could be a window from 5 to 12 hours to watch.

[nadinbrzezinski]

86. Warning cancelled

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/messages/pacific/2009/pacific.2009.09.29.213453.txt

[suffragette]

90. New Zealand Herald has a page it's updating, including first hand

reports:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10600414

edit: forgot to add herald in subject line