Major earthquake off Pacific NW coast

[Carey]

Hilo has an initial wave of 0.7ft per the 11:04 report:

NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
1102 PM HST SAT OCT 27 2012

TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WARNING SUPPLEMENT

A TSUNAMI WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 0504 PM HST 27 OCT 2012
COORDINATES - 52.8 NORTH 131.8 WEST
LOCATION - QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS REGION
MAGNITUDE - 7.7 MOMENT

MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY

GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER
------------------- ----- ------ ----- --------------- -----
WAIANAE HI 21.4N 158.2W 0855Z 0.16M / 0.6FT 06MIN
HALEIWA HI 21.6N 158.1W 0844Z 0.43M / 1.4FT 10MIN
HANALEI HI 22.2N 159.5W 0843Z 0.17M / 0.6FT 22MIN
MAKAPU`U HI 21.3N 157.7W 0849Z 0.41M / 1.3FT 08MIN
HILO HAWAII 19.7N 155.1W 0834Z 0.21M / 0.7FT 44MIN