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Severe 8.2M quake strikes Chile, tsunami advisory cancelled for Hawaii

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TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 006
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 0443Z 02 APR 2014

THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC
OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS...EXCEPT ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...
WASHINGTON...OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.

... TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH CANCELLATION ...

THE TSUNAMI WARNING AND/OR WATCH ISSUED BY THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI
WARNING CENTER IS NOW CANCELLED FOR

CHILE / PERU / ECUADOR / COLOMBIA / PANAMA / COSTA RICA /
NICARAGUA / EL SALVADOR / GUATEMALA / MEXICO / HONDURAS /
ANTARCTICA / PITCAIRN / FRENCH POLYNESIA

THIS BULLETIN IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.  ONLY
NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE
DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND
ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME -  2347Z 01 APR 2014
COORDINATES -  19.8 SOUTH   70.8 WEST
DEPTH       -   10 KM
LOCATION    -  NEAR THE COAST OF NORTHERN CHILE
MAGNITUDE   -  8.2

MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY

GAUGE LOCATION        LAT   LON    TIME        AMPL         PER
-------------------  ----- ------  -----  ---------------  -----
JUAN FERNANDEZ       33.6S  78.8W  0215Z   0.16M /  0.5FT  36MIN
SAN FELIX CL         26.3S  80.1W  0137Z   0.68M /  2.2FT  06MIN
COQUIMBO CL          30.0S  71.3W  0138Z   0.15M /  0.5FT  34MIN
CALDERA CL           27.1S  70.8W  0102Z   0.11M /  0.4FT  30MIN
CHANARAL CL          26.4S  70.6W  0133Z   0.24M /  0.8FT  28MIN
CALLAO LA-PUNTA PE   12.1S  77.2W  0158Z   0.12M /  0.4FT  38MIN
ARICA CL             18.5S  70.3W  0116Z   1.83M /  6.0FT  18MIN
MATARANI PE          17.0S  72.1W  0127Z   0.58M /  1.9FT  08MIN
PAPOSO CL            25.0S  70.5W  0125Z   0.26M /  0.9FT  22MIN
PISAGUA CL           19.6S  70.2W  0055Z   2.01M /  6.6FT  12MIN
MEJILLONES CL        23.1S  70.5W  0103Z   0.86M /  2.8FT  34MIN
TOCOPILLA CL         22.1S  70.2W  0109Z   0.42M /  1.4FT  10MIN
DART 32402           26.7S  74.0W  0044Z   0.05M /  0.2FT  44MIN
ANTOFAGASTA CL       23.7S  70.4W  0034Z   0.25M /  0.8FT  18MIN
PATACHE CL           20.8S  70.2W  0015Z   1.51M /  5.0FT  10MIN
IQUIQUE CL           20.2S  70.1W  0005Z   2.11M /  6.9FT  12MIN

LAT  - LATITUDE (N-NORTH, S-SOUTH)
LON  - LONGITUDE (E-EAST, W-WEST)
TIME - TIME OF THE MEASUREMENT (Z IS UTC IS GREENWICH TIME)
AMPL - TSUNAMI AMPLITUDE MEASURED RELATIVE TO NORMAL SEA LEVEL.
       IT IS ...NOT... CREST-TO-TROUGH WAVE HEIGHT.
       VALUES ARE GIVEN IN BOTH METERS(M) AND FEET(FT).
PER  - PERIOD OF TIME IN MINUTES(MIN) FROM ONE WAVE TO THE NEXT.

NOTE - DART MEASUREMENTS ARE FROM THE DEEP OCEAN AND THEY
       ARE GENERALLY MUCH SMALLER THAN WOULD BE COASTAL
        MEASUREMENTS AT SIMILAR LOCATIONS.

EVALUATION

SEA LEVEL READINGS INDICATE A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. IT MAY HAVE
BEEN DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS NEAR THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. FOR
THOSE AREAS - WHEN NO MAJOR WAVES ARE OBSERVED FOR TWO HOURS
AFTER THE ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL OR DAMAGING WAVES HAVE NOT
OCCURRED FOR AT LEAST TWO HOURS THEN LOCAL AUTHORITIES CAN ASSUME
THE THREAT IS PASSED. DANGER TO BOATS AND COASTAL STRUCTURES CAN
CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS DUE TO RAPID CURRENTS. AS LOCAL
CONDITIONS CAN CAUSE A WIDE VARIATION IN TSUNAMI WAVE ACTION THE
ALL CLEAR DETERMINATION MUST BE MADE BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES.

NO TSUNAMI THREAT EXISTS FOR OTHER COASTAL AREAS ALTHOUGH SOME
MAY EXPERIENCE SMALL SEA LEVEL CHANGES. FOR ALL AREAS COVERED BY
THIS CENTER...THE TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH ARE CANCELLED.

THIS WILL BE THE FINAL BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

THE U.S. NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE PRODUCTS
FOR ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...WASHINGTON...OREGON...CALIFORNIA.

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3 Responses to “Severe 8.2M quake strikes Chile, tsunami advisory cancelled for Hawaii”

  1. Bob Sayetta says:

    Possible being west coast we might have felt a little rock and roll. No. Tsunami possable effects would be between the 12 and 15 hour range meaning between 6:00AM and 8:00 AM Wednesday Morning based on the map. Will need to keep up with it overnight to see if this possability increases or decreases and see if there is a height indicated this evening.

  2. Fran Speake says:

    Praying for my friends in Hilo.

  3. DR. EDWARD SIEGEL says:

    “THE USGS DOES NOT MAKE ANY
    EARTHQUAKE EARLY-WARNINGS MUCHLESS PREDICTIONS W H A T S O E V E R”???

    THE USGS C A N N O T MAKE SUCH PREDICTIONS!!!

    HOW ABOUT EARLY-WARNINGS???

    THE USGS A L S O DOES NOT MAKE SUCH EARLY-WARNINGS!!!

    WHY???

    THE USGS A L S O C A N N O T MAKE
    SUCH EARLY-WARNINGS!!!

    THE USGS CAN AT BEST ONLY ANNOUNCE THAT AN EARTHQUAKE H A S
    (P A S T – TENSE!!!) WHICH UNFORTUNATELY EVERY BUG AND
    EARTHWORM AND TREE AND SURVIVOR/PERSON AND EVEN DEAD PERSONS

    A L R E A D Y KNOW!!!

    USGS??? UNITED STATES OF APPREHENSIVITY/FEARFULNESS/TERROR GEOLOGICAL
    SURVIVORS( [MARCIA] McNUTTS ALL!!!) WITH NO PREDICTIONS NOR EVEN EARLY WARNUNGS
    OF IMMINENT EARTHQUAKES!!!

    THE SALIENT EARTHQUAKES(L.A., CA.)/LANDSLIDES (OSO, WA.)./MUDSLIDES (OSO,
    WA.) QUESTION (“OMNES GENERATIONES”(LATIN) AKA “L’DOR VA’DOR” (HEBREW) “IS, WAS
    AND EVER SHALL BE, WORLD WITHOUT END, AMEN”!!!:

    “WHERE OH WHERE IS/WAS THE USGS B E F O R E THE EARTHQUAKE(L.A.,
    CA.)/(MUDSLIDE(OSO, WA,), WHERE OH WHERE CAN/WAS IT BE???”

    SEISMOLOGY D I D N O T BECAUSE IT C A N N O T “PREDICT”

    THIS, NOR ANY OTHER EARTHQUAKE(EQ) BECAUSE IT, OVER-ENCUMBERED WITH
    “SPECIFICITY-OF-‘COMPLEXITY’ ” (SoC)-TACTICS, IT CAN AT BEST ONLY
    APPLY LOCALLY IF AT ALL!!!

    DESPITE SHOW-BIZ P.R. MEDIA-HYPE SPIN-DOCTORING ENTERTAINING (“FULL OF
    ‘FURY’; SIGNIFYING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!”) AKA B.S.(!!!)

    (“GAMES PEOPLE PLAY WITH THEMSELVES AND FOIST ON OTHERS!!!; THOSE WHO CAN, DO;
    THOSE WHO CANNOT, MODEL!!!”)

    “WHERE OH WHERE IS THE USGS B E F O
    R E THE EARTHQUAKE(L.A., CA.)/(MUDSLIDE(OSO, WA,), OH WHERE OH
    WHERE CAN IT BE???”

    SEISMOLOGY D I D N O T
    BECAUSE IT C A N N O T “PREDICT”
    THIS, NOR ANY OTHER EARTHQUAKE(EQ) BECAUSE IT, OVER-ENCUMBERED WITH
    “SPECIFICITY-OF-‘COMPLEXITY’ ” (SoC)-TACTICS, IT CAN AT BEST ONLY
    APPLY LOCALLY IF AT ALL!!! DESPITE: KELIS-BORAK(RIP!!!; UCLA)) AND THOMAS
    JORDAN’S (MIT/USC) AND LEON KNOPOFF’S (UCLA)AND RUNDLE WITH DONALD TURCOTTE(CORNELL/UC-DAVIS)
    SHOW-BIZ P.R. MEDIA-HYPE SPIN-DOCTORING ENTERTAINING(“FULL OF ‘FURY’;
    SIGNIFYING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!”) B.S.(!!!) [GOOGLE “EDWARD SIEGEL
    NPR TURCOTTE”] CLAIMS TO THE CONTRARY, WITH ACQUIESICING (!!!) ONLY ROMAN
    GABRIELOV(PURDUE) AND EMIL OKAL(NORTHWESTERN) AND VLADIMIR KASSABOKOV AND HIROO
    KANAMORI (CALTECH; KYOTO-PRIZE-WINNER) AND STEVEN DAY(SDSU) AND MARY LOU WITH
    MARK ZOBACK(STANFORD) AND BAXTER ARMSTRONG(IBM) ONCE WITH CLEMENT TATRO(RIP!!!;
    MSU/LLNL) HAS/HAD ANY IDEA OF G E N E R I C
    THINKING!!! THE USGS, (MARCIA!!!) McNUTTS ALL, SIMPLY HAS NOT ANY CLUE
    IN ANY WAY WHATSOEVER!!!

    AS A, IF NOT
    T H E ONLY, F A T H E R[1968{WITH JULIAN FREDERICK(UNIVERSITY
    OF MICHIGAN[UM]) WITH CHARLES VEST: UM; MIT PRESIDENT-EMERITUS!!!; NATIONAL
    ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING-CHAIRMAN-EMERITUS!!!}; 1971[{& CLEMENT TATRO(RIP!!!;
    MSU/LLNL), T H E T R U E F A T H E R OF ACOUSTIC-EMISSION!!!(AFTER
    KAISER!!!)}; PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI = FIRST ACOUSTIC-EMISSION MEASUREMENT OF
    CREEP-PLASTICITY/PLASTIC-FLOW=2-PAPERS!!!; [ EXAMPLE: GOOGLE: SIEGEL AND
    GREGSON JR., MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 1971”]; 1974[SCRIPTA
    METALLURGICA]; 1975; 1976[3RD WORLD CONFERENCE ON ACOUSTIC-EMISSION, TOKYO];
    1977[ACTA METALLURGICA]; 1980[ARISTOTLE BIRTHDAY SYMPOSIUM ON PHYSICS AND
    MECHANICS, THESSOLONIKI]; 1992[MATERIALS RESEARCH SOCIETY FALL MEETING,
    BOSTON]];…] OF (SO M I S – CALLED) “BAK”/”BNL”/”DOE” S T O L E N (MUCH OVER-HYPED) ‘SANDPILE-AVALANCHES’
    (“GAMES PEOPLE PLAY WITH THEMSELVES AND FOIST ON OTHERS!!!; THOSE WHO CAN, DO;
    THOSE WHO CANNOT, MODEL!!!”) “SELF-ORGANIZED-CRITICALITY” (SOC), MERELY “A TAD
    LATE” RE-DISCOVERY OF ISAAC NEWTON’S THIRD-LAW OF MOTION F = ma BUT IN THE
    (r.t) INVERSE/DUAL/TRANSFORM-SPACE (k[=1/r],w[=1/t]) [GOOGLE: “EDWARD SIEGEL
    ACOUSTIC-EMISSION”; “EDWARD SIEGEL PLASTIC-FLOW”; “EDWARD SIEGEL PLASTICITY”;
    “EDWARD SIEGEL JAMMING”; “EDWARD SIEGEL FRACTURE”; “EDWARD SIEGEL NOISE”;
    “EDWARD SIEGEL 1-OVER-f NOISE”; “EDWARD SIEGEL POWER-SPECTRUM”; “EDWARD SIEGEL
    POWER-SPECTRA”; “EDWARD SIEGEL SELF-ORGANIZED-CRITICALITY”; “EDWARD SIEGEL
    SOC”; …]

    WHILE IN SEATTLE(2010-2013) I REPEATEDLY WARNED STATE OF
    WASHINGTON OFFICIALS (WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY!!!;
    GOVERNOR’S-OFFICE!!! ENUMEATED, DENUMERATED, NAMED IN DETAIL BELOW!!!) TO
    IGNORE THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON AKA wIsh-ing-a-ton IT COULD/WOULD BE
    HONEST!!!, “WOULD-BE “SCIENCES” BUT SADLY ALAS MERE S E A N C E S(!!!)”(UW.EDU)
    / NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF.GOV) SEISMOLOGY SHEER-NONSENSE(!!!) AS
    MEDIA-HYPE P.R. SPIN-DOCTORED “SHOW-BIZ” “BUSH-WAAAH-…-AAH” B.S. MARKETED/ PROMULGATED/TRUMPETED
    BY MOST ESPECIALLY EVER-DYSFUNCTIONAL EARTH-SCIENCES DEPARTMENT
    EVER-DYSFUNCTIONAL SEISMOLOGY-LABORATORY (AKA LaVatory!!!)’s JOHN VIDALE AND
    HEIDI HOUSTON’S AND ALLISON DUVALL’S HOCUS-POCUS(!!!) “SLOW-QUAKES”(=(MERELY)=
    F = ma ! ! !) AND “GEO-MORPHOLOGY” SHEER-NONSENSE(!!!), AND/WITH
    EVER-DYSFUNCTIONAL UNIVERSITY OF
    WASHINGTON(AKA wIshing(IT WERE HONEST!!!)ton) APPLIED-PHYSICS LABORATORY(AKA
    LaVatory!!!)’s EVER-DYSFUNCTIONAL SEISMOLOGY-LABORATORY(AKA LaVatory!!!)’s
    ROBERT ODOM (AKA ODOR!!!) HOCUS-POCUS SHEER-NON SENSE(!!!).(FREQUENCY UNITS IN
    HERTZ, V E R S U S N O T ANYMORE
    CYCLES-PER-SECOND, AND N E V E R A G A I
    N IN PERIOD[UNLESS IT IS MOTHER-EARTH’S FEMALE
    “TIME-OF-THE-MONTH/DECADE/CENTURY/MILLENIUM!!!???)

    USGS??? SAME OLD SAME
    OLD SAME OLD!! THEY’RE ALL (MARCIA) McNUTTS!!! THEY CAN ONLY ANNOUNCE THAT AN
    EARTHQUAKE H A S JUST OCCURRED WHEN THE BEST TRANSDUCERS, ANIMALS’ BARE
    TOOTSIES, AND EVERY BUG AND EARTHWORM KNOWS THAT(AND EVEN SOME RARELY-SOBER
    FOLKS TOO!!!). HOW ABOUT, INSTEAD OF USUAL P O S T(!!!)-DICTION, SOME P R E (!
    ! !)-D I C T I O N ALREADY USGS??? WE DON’T WANT TO CRY OVER SPILLED MILK BUT
    TO PREVENT OUR MILK FROM SPILLING!!! LEARN THAT NEWTON’S THIRD-LAW OF MOTION F
    = m a HAS A UNIVERSAL INVERSSE/DUAL-TRANSFORM FROM BY-ROTE USGS/AGU-LAND’S
    POSITION(r) AND TIME(t) TO ITS INVERSE/DUAL-SPACE (k=1/r; w = 1/t) CALLED A
    POWER-SPECTRUM (EITHER (PEJORATIVE) “NOISE” ~ GENERALIZED-SUSCEPTIBILITY
    [= 1/m = a/F = EFFECT/CAUSE = OUTPUT/INPUT = X(w) WITH AN
    INTER-INVERSE-VARIABLES-RELATING DISPERSION-RELATION w(k)!!! THIS IS
    SOLID-STATE/CONDENSED-MATTER PHYSICS – LAND, AND CIRCA ~1922 LEON
    BRILLOUIN(RIP!!!) [“WAVE-PROPAGATION IN PERIODIC-STRUCTURES”, DOVER] IT BECAME
    GOSPEL TO ANYONE AND EVERYONE EXCEPT: BIOLOGISTS, SOME CHEMISTS, AND
    LAST-BUT-NOT LEAST SEISMOLOGISTS!!!

    CALIFORNIA THANKS GOD FOR FAR-SIGHTED PRESCIENT POLITICIANS
    LIKE: GOVERNOR JERRY BROWN, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM, SENATORS DIANNE
    FEINSTEIN AND BARBARA BOXER(RE. THE OSO M UDSLIDE!!!: VERSUS THAT SAD
    WASHINGTON LOT: GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE(AKA “IS-A-LIE”), ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    BOB FERGUSON(AKA BUB FUGYOURSON”) SENATORS PATTYCAKE MURRY AND MARIA
    CAN’TDOWELL!!!)

    “EMET!!” = T R U T H ABOUT WASHINGTON-LANDSLIDE!!!
    (VIA-A-VIS POLITICIANS!!! & UW.EDU B.S.!!!):

    MUCH NEWS RE. WASHINGTON LANDSLIDE REPORTAGE IS DEAD –
    WRONG!!! IN THAT IT OMITS POLITICAL ASPECT: GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE,
    ATTORNEY-GENERAL BOB FERGUSON AND STATE ECOLOGY DEPARTMENT FMR. DIRECTOR TED
    STURDIVANT & HIS SUCCESSOR AND/VIA UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON(INSLEE
    EX-OFFICIO BOARDMEMBER/CHAIR): BOARD OF REGENTS/DIRECTORS( ANY!!!/ALL!!!);
    PRESIDENT MICHAEL YOUNG, PROVOST MARY ANN CUCCE; POLICE-CHIEF JOHN VINSON;
    ANY/ALL DEANS; ANY/ALL DEPARTMENTS CHAIRS;DIRECTOR & “INVESTIGATORS”,
    WASHINGTON STATE HUMAN-RIGHTS COMMISSION!!! P U R P O S E L Y C H I C A N E R Y
    VIS-À-VIS BOTH LANDSLIDE-DANGERS ALONG THESE COAL-TRAIN-ROUTES!!! AND THE
    ONGOING/NEVERENDING HORRORS OF HANFORD!!! TRY TO CONTACT DR. JANIS WIGNALL
    [CELL-#: (206) 683-7131; WIGNALLJ@EARTHLINK.NET] WHO LIVES IN NORTH-BEACH
    NEIGHBORHOOD OF WEST-BALLARD IN NORTHWEST-SEATTLE ANDMIGHT BOTH GIVE YOU
    HER/THEIR OPINIONS AND CONTACTS TO ANTI-COAL-TRAIN ENVIRONMENTALISTS NOW
    BECOMING ANTI-INSLEE (AKA “IS-A-LIE”!!!) WHO LIES THROUGH HIS TEETH ABOUT THE
    LANDSLIDE, THE COAL-TRAINS, HANFORD, AND JUST ABOUT IT SEEMS
    ANYTHING/EVERYTHING ELSE!!!

    “EMET!!” = T R U T H ABOUT WASHINGTON-LANDSLIDE!!!
    (VIA-A-VIS POLITICIANS!!! & UW.EDU B.S.!!!):

    INSLEE’S (AKA “IS-A-LIE”’S) CHRIS CHRISTY-LIKE GAMES PEOPLE
    PLAY WITH THEMSELVES, OTHERS AND THEIR CONSTITUENTS!!!

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