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Pacific Tsunami warnings after 8.8 quake rocks Chile

27/02/10 - 18:36:21PM ~ By Admin ~

A colossal 8.8 magnitude earthquake rocked Chile on Saturday morning (3:34 a.m. 27 Feb) prompting tsunami warnings around the entire Pacific ocean. The epicenter was off the coast, about 200 miles southwest of the capital. Tsunamis around 2.5 metres were reported hitting the coastal town of Talcahuano, in central Chile.


Overall 122 people have been recorded dead with the Chilean death toll expected to rise.


Hawaii and many other Pacific nations have warned their people of tidal waves reaching up to 3 metres could hit. Some have already taken measures to evacuate coastal populations.


Tahiti is one of the first coastlines in the firing line of the potential tsunamis which is estemated to hit around 5:30 p.m. on Saturday (South African time). Meanwhile, the Quiksilver Pro, Gold Coast, in Australia, currently taking place, is around 17 hours within the Tsunami travel window.

Check out the full report at CNN:


 

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Hi Xtreme! a tsunami as small as even 3 feett high can bedeadly. This is because a Tsunami can be many many many kilometers long - from trough through peak to trough. Hence the term Tidal wave! It is like the tide suddenly surging the height of that wave inland with all that water behind it pushing it.
2010-03-01 19:40:47

xtremist:
i think i'm either reading this news report wrong, or the size given for these tsunami waves is incorrect, 2,5 metres to 3 metres is 7 to 8 foot according to my understanding, how can a wave of that size cause any alarm?
2010-03-01 11:14:54




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