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dipsydoodle

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7. Tsunami hits Hawaii after Canada earthquake

Reply to eShirl (Original post)

Sun Oct 28, 2012, 06:23 AM

Oct 2012

(Reuters) - Hawaii was hit by a tsunami on Saturday night prompting the authorities to order at least 100,000 people on the island state to move to higher ground.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the first tsunami wave was three feet high and less forceful than expected. Some forecasts had predicted a wave of up to six feet high.

"The tsunami arrived about when we expected it should," Senior Geophysicist Gerard Fryer told reporters at a news conference, saying: "I was expecting it to be a little bigger."

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/10/28/uk-hawaii-tsunami-idUKBRE89R03720121028

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TSUNAMI WARNING for HAWAII !?!! 6 foot ... CNN [View all] eShirl Oct 2012 OP

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I certainly hope so eShirl Oct 2012 #4

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that's good to hear eShirl Oct 2012 #6

Tsunami hits Hawaii after Canada earthquake dipsydoodle Oct 2012 #7