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by **sdsichero** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 3:52 pm

7.9 near American Samoa...

Trying to get to earthquake.gov but it must be getting hammered.

No tsunami expected for the West Coast USA. Not sure about here in Hawaii yet. Heard a tsunami did hit American Samoa going inland maybe 300 yds...

EDIT: Whoops tsunami.gov says it was an 8.3

by **sdsichero** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 4:01 pm

earthquake.gov is back up and says it is an 8...
http://www.earthquake.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2009mdbi.php

MSNBC says the tsunami went about 100 yards in American Samoa...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33075304

We are under a tsunami watch, if it hits us, it'll be around 1pm HST...

by **sdsichero** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 4:05 pm

Blog about it from Reuters...
http://reuters.scribblelive.com/Event/Pacific_Tsunami

by **Strict31** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 4:06 pm

by **sdsichero** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 4:09 pm

New Zealand is expect a 1m high tsunami @ 9:44 am their time.
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/tsunami-warning-issued-new-zealand-3040019

1m is not so high but it can do damage if forceful enough.

by **achilles** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 4:11 pm

I'm seeing warnings for Hawaii, and an 8.3 magnitude.

by **misac** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 4:12 pm

sdsichero wrote:New Zealand is expect a 1m high tsunami @ 9:44 am their time.
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/tsunami-warning-issued-new-zealand-3040019

1m is not so high but it can do damage if forceful enough.

Not living near water that seems high to me.

by **sdsichero** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 4:14 pm

misac wrote::shock:

Not living near water that seems high to me.

Surfers would scoff at 1m waves, but tsunami waves are of a different league.

by **sdsichero** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 4:40 pm

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN2916050620090929

The waves at Pago Pago were 5.1 feet above normal sea level, according to the Pacific Western Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii.

Holly Bundock, spokeswoman for the National Park Service's Pacific West Region in Oakland California, said "I would say we're alarmed," adding the service had heard from Mike Reynolds, superintendent of the National Park of American Samoa.

Reynolds told a Yellowstone dispatch operator that four tsunami waves, each 15 to 20 feet high, reaching half-mile to mile (1.6 miles) inland on island of Tutuila, where Pago Pago is.

"The National Park of American Samoa visitor center and its offices appear to be destroyed completely," Bundock said.

Reynolds reported deaths but had no confirmation of numbers, she said. "He's completely cut off from the rest of the island," Bundock said.

by **sdsichero** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 5:14 pm

http://www.kitv.com/news/21150223/detail.html

Local news reporting that the tsunami watch is lifted for Hawaii. Doesn't say that on the official gov page yet, but that page has been sufferring all morning.

by **sdsichero** » Wed Sep 30, 2009 1:07 pm

And now Indonesia (Sumatra) is back in the picture with a 7.6 quake today. Sheesh.

http://www.earthquake.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2009mebz.php

by **GOSD** » Wed Sep 30, 2009 1:08 pm

Glug, glug?

by **sdsichero** » Wed Sep 30, 2009 1:12 pm

GOSD wrote:Glug, glug?

No word of tsunami for Indonesia that I have heard but the quake itself leveled buildings and the death count is at 75 at least.

Samoa & American Samoa did get hit by the tsunami and there were some reports of some pretty grisly scenes. 100+ death toll there.