Tongan quake triggers Ore. tsunami advisories

[AliceInWonderland]

Tongan quake triggers Ore. tsunami advisories: An 8.1 earthquake near the South Pacific nation of Tonga has triggered tsunami advisories in several areas, including the Ore. and Wash. state coastlines, according to USGS. More to come...

[Sojiita]

Subject - Tsunami Advisory - Initial
Bulletin Number 1
Issued 05/03/2006 At 1543 Utc

...this Tsunami Advisory Bulletin Is For Alaska - British
Columbia - Washington - Oregon And California Only...

no - Repeat No - Watch Or Warning Is In Effect For The States
And Provinces Listed Above.

Evaluation
Based On The Location - Magnitude And Historical Records
The Earthquake Was Not Sufficient To Generate A Tsunami Damaging
To California - Oregon - Washington - British Columbia Or Alaska.
Some Of These Areas May Experience Small Sea Level Changes.
In Coastal Areas Of Intense Shaking Locally Generated Tsunamis
Can Be Triggered By Underwater Landslides.

Earthquake Data
Preliminary Magnitude - 8.1
Location - 19.9s 174.3w
- Tonga Islands
Time - 0727 Adt 05/03/2006
0827 Pdt 05/03/2006
1527 Utc 05/03/2006

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center At Ewa Beach Hawaii Has
Issued A Tsunami Warning For Areas Of The Pacific Outside Of
California/ Oregon/ Washington/ British Columbia And Alaska.

Tsunami Advisories Are Issued To Regions Not Presently In A
Tsunami Warning Or Watch When A Tsunami Warning Has Been Issued
For Other Areas Of The Pacific. No Tsunami Warning Or Watch
Is In Effect For California - Oregon - Washington - British
Columbia And Alaska

**Looks like the West Coast has lucked out again fortunately!**

[AliceInWonderland]

8.1 is really really really bad; I hope nothing comes of it I'm so glad my folks don't live near the coast in Oregon..

[Sojiita]

I hope all the local populace and tourists in those Pacific Islands got to high ground.

[SammysMom]

I heard that most of the energy will go towards South America.
Well have cancelled the warnings for Fiji and New Zealand and the advisory for Hawaii.

[AliceInWonderland]

Tsunami warnings cancelled
Tsunami warnings were issued for Fiji and New Zealand after a massive earthquake measuring about 7.8 in magnitude shook the southern Pacific Ocean, but the warnings later were cancelled without any reports of tsunamis. The quake's epicenter was about 95 miles off the coast of Tonga, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.