7.1 Earthquake in Chile

[SBH]

Chile just had a 7.1 earthquake, but they say there's no danger of a tsunami in Hawaii.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9dh7ZE4TgQ&feature=player_embedded

http://www.kitv.com/r/26345479/detail.html

http://www.weather.gov/ptwc/


TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
1030 AM HST SUN JAN 02 2011

TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT - TSUNAMI INFORMATION

THIS STATEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. NO ACTION REQUIRED.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 1020 AM HST 02 JAN 2011
COORDINATES - 38.3 SOUTH 73.6 WEST
LOCATION - NEAR COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE
MAGNITUDE - 7.2 MOMENT

EVALUATION

BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS
NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII. REPEAT. A
DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO
TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII.

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL DATA ARE RECEIVED.
...SP...

[PaulW]

Thanks SBH.

[missydog1]

Figures, the one that generated a wave was an 8.8 I think, which was almost 100 times stronger.

They revised the scale in recent years, so that as far as I can tell, what is now a 7 would have been more like a 6 before. A 7.1 ain't what it used to be. Now an 8 is the bad boy, and a 9 is the planet-shaker.