[meteorite-list] Tsunami alert

[drtanuki]

The U.S. Embassy in Tokyo is transmitting the following information through the Embassy's warden system as a public service to all U.S. citizens in Japan.  Please disseminate this message to U.S. citizens in your organizations or to other Americans you know.

On Saturday, February 27, 2010, an earthquake measuring 8.8 struck the central coast of Chile early on Saturday morning, according to the U.S. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii.  The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii issued a tsunami warning for the Pacific Region. The warning covered South America, Antarctica, the Pacific Ocean islands including Hawaii, New Zealand, Japan, and Russia.

According to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center website A WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT and the tsunami will reach Japan as follows:
 
JAPAN
- KUSHIRO    0435Z 28 FEB  (13:35 local time)
- KATSUURA   0453Z 28 FEB  (13:35 local time)
- HACHINOHE  0509Z 28 FEB  (14:09 local time)
- SHIMIZU    0557Z 28 FEB  (14:57 local time)
- OKINAWA    0610Z 28 FEB  (15:10 local time)

Up-to-date information is available at http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/
 
    OR  http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/?region=1

Dirk Ross...Tokyo
 



--- On Sun, 2/28/10, Matthew Martin <mmartin at meteoritetreasures.com> wrote:

> From: Matthew Martin <mmartin at meteoritetreasures.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Tsunami alert
> To: "tracy latimer" <daistiho at hotmail.com>
> Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Sunday, February 28, 2010, 3:00 AM
> Things are getting pretty busy here
> on Oahu.  Lines at gas stations are horribly
> long.  Boats are evacuating harbors...The City &
> County has evacuation busses going around the island…the
> Fire Department is doing evacuation rounds…almost
> everything is closed...and there's still crazy people out
> surfing!  And no, I'm not talking about Gary.  ;)
> 
> The Earth shook a lot yesterday...  8.8 in Chile last
> night, a 7.0 near Okinawa yesterday (no tsunami generated),
> and a 2.5 near the southeast coast of the Big Island
> yesterday.  The Okinawa earthquake is the largest
> they've had in over 100 years.
> 
> To my fellow list members in the islands, take care and
> stay safe.
> 
> Aloha,
> 
> Matthew Martin
> Kaneohe, Hawaii
> 
> 
> 
> On Feb 27, 2010, at 6:33 AM, tracy latimer wrote:
> 
> > 
> > The sirens just went off; Hawaii is expecting a
> tsunami by 11:00 a.m. locally.  We have about 5 hours
> to evacuate if needed.  I'm bugging out after we pack
> and will be offline for a while.  The big problem
> locally is if the power plant gets inundated, as it is in
> the flood plain/ central valley of Maui.
> > 
> > Offline for now,
> > Tracy Latimer
> >    
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