Marshall Eubanks wrote:
The Tsunami is big enough to be dangerous but seems not to be too major : It depends on where you are located, not just how distant you are from Chili but also the angle. They are forecasting a cone-shaped zone of effect heading directly towards Hawaii. See:
http://nctr.pmel.noaa.gov/chile20100227/ http://nctr.pmel.noaa.gov/chile20100227/Chile2010.mov http://nctr.pmel.noaa.gov/chile20100227/T1960_1-annotated.png CNN reported a few minutes ago that the tsunami hit New Zealand about 1 hour ago. Hawaii is ~3 hours more distant (as the wave travels) from the location of the earthquake in Chili than New Zealand, so the expectation is that the wave will hit Hawaii a little later than first forecast. ObNANOG: Does anyone know if transoceanic cable landing facilities are sited and built to resist damage a tsunami of a particular height/strength? (Thinking back to the video of the tsunami in the Indian Ocean on December 26, 2004.) jc