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Title: 7.7 quake off Canada's Inside Passage, tsunami warning in Hawaii
Post by: RocketMan on October 28, 2012, 04:14:02 AM

A 7.7 richter scale quake just off Canada's Inside Passage.  Numerous aftershocks.  A tsunami warning has been issued for much of Hawaii.  The wave is expected to hit about 15 minutes from now.  No real idea of how large it will be.
USGS quake page (http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/)

Streaming video from KHON TV2 (http://www.khon2.com/content/mediacenter/livestream.aspx)

It's starting to look like the tsunami has dissipated most of its energy crossing the Pacific.  Only a few inches of receding water, then not much surge.  I think they dodged a bullet.

Title: Re: 7.7 quake off Canada's Inside Passage, tsunami warning in Hawaii
Post by: Ben on October 28, 2012, 10:24:43 AM

I'm on the email list for work that gets the automated warnings from our tsunami buoy array. I got the first one around 2030 last night but decided not to post anything because it was only gonna hit Canada, so, meh.  =D

Title: Re: 7.7 quake off Canada's Inside Passage, tsunami warning in Hawaii
Post by: MillCreek on October 28, 2012, 10:45:17 AM

Quote from: Ben on October 28, 2012, 10:24:43 AM

I'm on the email list for work that gets the automated warnings from our tsunami buoy array. I got the first one around 2030 last night but decided not to post anything because it was only gonna hit Canada, so, meh.  =D

Don't you mean Canada, so, eh?

Title: Re: 7.7 quake off Canada's Inside Passage, tsunami warning in Hawaii
Post by: Ben on October 28, 2012, 10:48:41 AM

Quote from: MillCreek on October 28, 2012, 10:45:17 AM

Don't you mean Canada, so, eh?

 :lol: :lol:

Title: Re: 7.7 quake off Canada's Inside Passage, tsunami warning in Hawaii
Post by: Ben on October 28, 2012, 03:39:41 PM

Man, this quake musta really shook things up. I've gotten three alerts in the last three hours, all in the 5.5 - 6.5 magnitude range in the same general location. Mother Earth has rumbly belly today.

Title: Re: 7.7 quake off Canada's Inside Passage, tsunami warning in Hawaii
Post by: Jamisjockey on October 28, 2012, 04:40:17 PM

Quote from: Ben on October 28, 2012, 03:39:41 PM

Man, this quake musta really shook things up. I've gotten three alerts in the last three hours, all in the 5.5 - 6.5 magnitude range in the same general location. Mother Earth has rumbly belly today.

Gas.

Title: Re: 7.7 quake off Canada's Inside Passage, tsunami warning in Hawaii
Post by: kgbsquirrel on October 28, 2012, 07:34:03 PM

Quote from: Jamisjockey on October 28, 2012, 04:40:17 PM

Gas.

Someone tell Exxon?