Chile Quake – Info While Waiting For Tsunami To Hit Hawaii
Over the last few weeks earth has been showing signs that there is crustal shifting – 10 km deep quakes have been occurring globally. These quakes were accompanied by the recent deadly quake in Haiti and have been occurring with frequency since….although not always at notable magnitudes.
Last night Chile was hit by an 8.8 magnitude quake that is sending a wall of water toward Hawaii. It is expected to hit the Hawaii coast in a few hours – around 11:00. They have updated that time recently -the water is moving faster than they had first realized.
On the 26th a 7.0 magnitude quake hit just off of Japan at 22km depth – sparking tsunami watches.
As of the magnitude 8.8 quake that hit Chile last night at a depth of 35km, there have been six magnitude 6 quakes at 35km depth – on 6.9 quake which is very nearly the size that just toppled Haiti.
For perspective on the wall of water headed for Hawaii – it is about three times the size of the 2004 Tsunami in Indonesia.
There have also been 28 after shock quakes of 5.0 – 5.9 magnitude at depths of 35km in the region of Chili since that time.
We will update you on this event with more information about quakes and current geological states of the earth today.
If you are living in a coastal area, you might just want travel in shore a ways today even if you are not in Hawaii.
Tags: Chile Earthquake, Earth Watch, Earthquake watch, Earthquakes, Geology, Natural Disasters, Tsunami Warning
where did you get the 3x indonesia stat? indonesia tsunami was 24m high. Hawaii’s is expected to be 3m. stop using scare tactics.
USGS stat – the rise isn’t always an indication of exactly what the wave levels will be when it hits the shore – it depends on tides, etc, too. The shock waves are radiating to all the pacific coasts and have been measured between an inch or so and 2.24 meters. The 2.24 meters is the one headed for Hawaii – I couldn’t tell you what that means in the size of the actual waves that will hit. I’m sure there are scientists who can – but the fact that evacs are going on isn’t a good thing as an indicator of what’s going to actually hit. The water speed is much faster than they originally thought. A tsunami can’t always be seen even by planes flying over out in the sea as they are sometimes hundreds of feet long and often only a few feet high. As they approach shore the water slows and the waves get higher. It is close enough now to the predicted time to hit that the waves are probably increasing height right now.