Anybody have any information on this?
The Pacific Tsunami waring center says:
Looks like you had a 7.7 and a 5.8. Both pretty solid quakes.
According to the US Geological Survey, no tsunami is expected.
The Alaska Tsunami Warning Center website seems to be overloaded with hits and I couldn’t access it.
http://earthquake-report.com/2012/10/27/major-earthquakes-list-october-28-2012/
A tsunami Warning is now in effect which includes the coastal areas of British Columbia and Alaska from the north tip of Vancouver Island, British Columbia to Cape Decision, Alaska (85 miles SE of Sitka). - Event details: Preliminary magnitude 7.1 (Mwp) earthquake / Lat: 52.863, Lon: -131.942 at 2012-10-28T03:04:11Z Tsunami warnings mean that a tsunami with significant widespread inundation is expected, or occurring. Warnings indicate that widespread dangerous coastal flooding accompanied by powerful currents is possible and may continue for several hours after the initial wave arrival.
Langara Island, British Columbia
9:16 PM GMT-07 (29 minutes from now)
Sitka, Alaska
8:42 PM GMT-08 (55 minutes from now)
Elfin Cove, Alaska
8:53 PM GMT-08 (1 hour, 6 minutes from now)
Tofino, British Columbia
10:09 PM GMT-07 (1 hour, 22 minutes from now)
Craig, Alaska
9:10 PM GMT-08 (1 hour, 23 minutes from now)
Neah Bay, Washington
10:18 PM GMT-07 (1 hour, 31 minutes from now)
Charleston, Oregon
10:36 PM GMT-07 (1 hour, 49 minutes from now)
Seaside, Oregon
10:36 PM GMT-07 (1 hour, 49 minutes from now)
Westport, Washington
10:36 PM GMT-07 (1 hour, 49 minutes from now)
Yakutat, Alaska
9:40 PM GMT-08 (1 hour, 53 minutes from now)
Crescent City, California
10:53 PM GMT-07 (2 hours, 6 minutes from now)
Seward, Alaska
10:16 PM GMT-08 (2 hours, 29 minutes from now)
Kodiak, Alaska
10:23 PM GMT-08 (2 hours, 36 minutes from now)
Valdez, Alaska
10:31 PM GMT-08 (2 hours, 44 minutes from now)
Cordova, Alaska
10:40 PM GMT-08 (2 hours, 53 minutes from now)
Sand Point, Alaska
11:00 PM GMT-08 (3 hours, 13 minutes from now)
Fort Point, New Hampshire
12:02 AM GMT-07 (3 hours, 15 minutes from now)
Dutch Harbor, Alaska
11:21 PM GMT-08 (3 hours, 34 minutes from now)
Santa Barbara, California
12:22 AM GMT-07 (3 hours, 35 minutes from now)
Homer, Alaska
11:27 PM GMT-08 (3 hours, 40 minutes from now)
San Pedro, California
12:39 AM GMT-07 (3 hours, 52 minutes from now)
Cold Bay, Alaska
11:43 PM GMT-08 (3 hours, 56 minutes from now)
Adak, Alaska
11:45 PM GMT-08 (3 hours, 58 minutes from now)
La Jolla, California
12:51 AM GMT-07 (4 hours, 4 minutes from now)
Shemya, Alaska
12:29 AM GMT-08 (4 hours, 42 minutes from now)
St. Paul, Alaska
12:42 AM GMT-08 (4 hours, 55 minutes from now)
Is that what was going on? I wondered.
I see Muffin has found a site cite saying a warning *has *been issued. :eek:
I think this was my problem, thanks everyone. I’m thinking of driving down to the beach, but I don’t think I’ll be able to notice anything. Low tide was at 6:00.
From NOAA West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/
Warning
Event Details
Location: 25 miles S of Sandspit, British Columbia
Magnitude: 7.7, Depth: 11.81 (Mi.)
Lat: 52.9 ° N Lon: 131.9 ° W
Origin Time: October-27-12 11:04:10 PM
Warning
Event Details
Location: 25 miles S of Sandspit, British Columbia
Magnitude: 7.7, Depth: 11.81 (Mi.)
Lat: 52.9 ° N Lon: 131.9 ° W
Origin Time: October-27-12 11:04:10 PM
Warning -> Inundating waves possible -> Full evacuation suggested
Do not drive down to the beach!
The information from both centers is also posted at tsunami.gov.
Thank you for your concern,
We had a 17ft tidal change today. Even a 5ft wave would still be 11ft below the height of the water at noon. I’m not too worried about being swept out to sea.
Anyone feel it? I didn’t notice anything here in Vancouver but over at USGS it looks like other people felt it as far south as Washington.
How does New Hampshire get a Tsunami warning?
I was kinda wondering about the NH one myself, lol.
It may come to nothing, but the warnings are required anyway. I rode out about 20 hours worth of being on tsunami standby when I was working on a crab processor in Alaska. Basically the entire fleet, every boat out there for the season, finds an island to hide behind and keeps all engines running and all hands ready for emergency just in case. Nothing happened, but it was interesting waiting around.
There is no Fort Point on New Hampshire’s tiny bit of coastline, but there is a Fort Point NHS (national historic site) just under the golden gate bridge. I have also never heard of a Charleston Oregon or any name that resembles that.
There is a Fort Point Landmark (Lighthouse?) in New Castle NH, which is right on the mouth of the Piscataqua River
I can confirm the existence of Charleston, Oregon. I’ve been there many times (grew up on the Oregon coast).