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#1 jbutterfly

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Posted 28 February 2010 - 06:28 AM

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LATEST: A tsunami wave has not yet hit the Chatham Islands as expected, but other areas of New Zealand remain on alert.

Civil Defence had been waiting to hear whether the wave, created by an 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile, hit the Chatham Islands. It was expected at 7.05am but, by 7.10am, no wave was recorded. Civil Defence is continuing to monitor the situation and says any wave could still hit the islands late.

The quake hit 325 kilometers southwest of Santiago, at a depth of 35 kilometers at 3:34 am local time (6.34pm NZ Time), the US Geological Survey reported. A wave measuring 2.34 metres was recorded near Chile and Tsunami warnings were issued over a wide area.

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Posted 28 February 2010 - 06:34 AM

If there is one they are saying it will prob be less than 1 meter. Sumner Beach is being evacuated until at least 9am

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Posted 28 February 2010 - 06:44 AM

We have been up since 4.30am after an early alert. Made sure the bus was ready to go at a moments notice. All though it is only 1 metre it is the surge that does the damage. So far the Chatham Islands have recorded nothing and they were the first to expect it.
All beach camp grounds have been evacuated here and have been advised not to return for up to 12 hours as if there are any waves the first might not be the biggest.

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Posted 28 February 2010 - 07:00 AM

20 cm wave experenced by the Chathams:

7.51am: The Chatham Islands has just experienced a 20cm wave – the first affects in New Zealand of a tsunami generated by an earthquake in Chile.

A Civil Defence spokeswoman said GNS Science had picked up the first water movement of around 20cm but "that’s not likely to be the maximum," she said.

Waves generated by earthquakes would often come in succession, with the first not necessarily being the worst.

New Zealand authorities have been waiting on the wave's impact in the Chatham Islands in order tp gauge its potential impact on New Zealand and to base their preparation on accordingly

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/3384728/Ts...ive-Chile-quake.

I guess we are lucky it is that to start with seem as there were two quakes that could have affected us one after the other.

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Posted 28 February 2010 - 07:22 AM

just been watching this on sky news

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Posted 28 February 2010 - 08:36 AM

Almost certainly just another storm in a teacup, as usual ... here anyway.

For any wave to be of real danger here it would have to be MASSIVE at the starting point (think Sky Tower height). We're simply too far away from everywhere, so by the time any wave gets here it has almost disappeared completely - absorbed by the deep and mighty Pacific Ocean.

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Posted 28 February 2010 - 08:45 AM

Yeah nothing to worry about here also.

its the Chathams most at risk, the first wave was 30cm but they are growing...

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Posted 28 February 2010 - 08:48 AM

i heard the first wave was 20cm, the second was 50cm and then a half metre wave!

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Posted 28 February 2010 - 08:55 AM

I heard that on the news on Tv1 about 20 minutes or so ago.

Should be on again soon, its on every half an hour

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Posted 28 February 2010 - 08:57 AM

Oh we watching sky news, it's non stop there!

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Posted 28 February 2010 - 09:13 AM

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Posted 28 February 2010 - 09:22 AM

The waves are growing from 30 up to 1.5 meters so far on the Chathams and they are still expecting more. Personally i would rather have these warnings and be prepared than have no idea at all and have something happen.

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Posted 28 February 2010 - 09:31 AM

The Mother.

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Posted 28 February 2010 - 09:34 AM

jbf sky tv has made us poor!

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Posted 28 February 2010 - 09:45 AM

I just got a text from Civil Defence, this has been the first real one I have got, of all the other earthquakes and tsunami warnings this is the first one!!!

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Posted 28 February 2010 - 02:24 PM

The first one you recieved JB and late too :hope:

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Posted 28 February 2010 - 02:51 PM

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Personally i would rather have these warnings and be prepared than have no idea at all and have something happen.

True, but as usual the media "journalists" with little better to do over-hype things - was it really necessary to have half-hourly new reports which were no different to each other?? Let alone being idiot enough to send reporters to various places as little more than all the other sillly rubber-neckers that the police / civil defence people complain about.

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Posted 28 February 2010 - 04:40 PM

Well having spent 6 hours clearing beaches etc this morning, I'm not impressed with the publics attitude towards these warnings. Surely it is better to be proactive rather than reactive? Yes the media seem to get carried away with their 1/2 hourly reports with the same answer, but man if this had hit us with a greater intensity than we got, then all we would of heard about is how the emergency services and experts got it wrong!

Rant over, I'm just glad nothing became of the warnings and that everyone is safe and well in NZ.

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Posted 28 February 2010 - 04:49 PM

i agree with buzz bumble, I mean come on people, its nothing to really worry about a little wave and the media over do it. I live near the beach in Wellington and had a man knock on my door, I said so what. I don't see people running all over the place and people packing their stuff and driving off , also I didn't hear any sirens or anything, or police telling people to get out of there houses.

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Posted 28 February 2010 - 05:27 PM

we all got got cleared from the Hurunui Mouth Camp & men fishing. 6.30am
we all quickly packed & went uptop a hill for a few hours to watch. we heard on the radio Akaroa & Port Levy had 20-30ft sea recedes, saw never seen sea beds & bottom of the warf, so it did happen,
but with NZ being in low tide, it was safe for us all when it came back.
better safe than sorry!