The week that was, 2/21-27/2010
Click on the image to be taken to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Center for Tsunami Research to see how models calculate earthquake reverberations in the ocean. The models allow time for evacuation alerts. NBC reported that "tsunami waves began hitting the Hawaiian islands at "exactly the time scientists predicted."
The tsunami raced across the Pacific Ocean at the speed of a jetliner after the quake hit Chile hours earlier. — “Quake-triggered tsunami rushes ashore in Hawaii,” AP / Seattle Times, February 27, 2010*
… the sea level rose almost three feet at Hilo, surging and receding numerous times at intervals of about 20 minutes. — “Tsunami waves crossing the Hawaiian Islands,” NBC Hawaii News Now, February 27, 2010. Click here for time-lapse video.
… if one plate dives under the other, which is probably what occurred early Saturday off the coast of Chile, it …
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