Sept 29 Tusnami Warning

[C. Bryant]

Anyone know if C. D. sirens Sounded on the Islands?

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2 ... quake.html

click on the blue text no danger

[mhmcdonal]

-corrected-
No warning. Just the roar of the waves. Death toll approx. 169 now.
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/artic ... 01016/1352

[Daniel]

I think he was referring to the islands of American and Western Samoa. I have many friends on those islands and I'm concerned that I have not heard any news about them.

[Jpressman8]

There was a 5.1' tsunami generated from the quake yesterday and there was also another smaller one today following an aftershock. 113 dead 100 missing and 142 injured.
Map link)
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php
Event and status links)
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/woalert_read.php?cid=23345

[Hacksaw]

One woman in Samoa was quoted as saying there was no sirens, no bells, it just came too fast.

[bellyjae]

Its truly a sad situation. One of these days a quake is going to rock the US.


I also learned that here in the states east of the Rockies that we have events like these everyday, but most take place deep in the earth and are rarely felt.

Never knew that.

[Jpressman8]

Its truly a sad situation. One of these days a quake is going to rock the US.


I also learned that here in the states east of the Rockies that we have events like these everyday, but most take place deep in the earth and are rarely felt.

Never knew that.

One of the strongest earthquakes in American history was in the east on the New Madrid fault.(1811-1812) The quake was so powerful that it made the Mississippi,Ohio,Tennessee, and Kentucky rivers flow backwards for almost 4 hours. It was estimated that the quake was an 11.2,but thankfully the population was not as dense as it is today. It was felt as far as northern Maine and southern Florida.

[Hacksaw]

They now feel the biggest of the 3 quakes at New Madrid was a magnitude of "only" 8.5. But they adjusted the strength of the 1906 quake to 7.8. The Alaskan quake of 1964 was a 9.2.

[Daniel]

One woman in Samoa was quoted as saying there was no sirens, no bells, it just came too fast.

I read on a Samoan news site that no sirens or church bells were sounded in Pago Pago (capitol of American Samoa) but men up in the hills beat on gas cylinders in an attempt to warn people down at sea level.

[Jpressman8]

They now feel the biggest of the 3 quakes at New Madrid was a magnitude of "only" 8.5. But they adjusted the strength of the 1906 quake to 7.8. The Alaskan quake of 1964 was a 9.2.

Did you see the photos of the 64 Alaska quake? It drained the bay.
Unbelievable.