Tsunami advisory for Hawaii, California after Chile quake
September 17, 2015 11:37
Hawaii and part of California's coast are under tsunami advisories after an 8.3-magnitude earthquake off the coast of north Chile.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center had originally issued a watch for Hawaii, saying a tsunami may have been generated by yesterday's earthquake.
They later downgraded the alert to an advisory, saying that current data indicated there would be no major tsunami in the state, but that sea-level changes and dangerous currents could pose a threat to those in or near the water.
The center estimated that the effects from the tsunami would arrive in Hawaii about 3 am (6 am PDT) today. A similar advisory was issued for southern and central California.
That advisory affects about 300 miles of coastline stretching from the southern end of Orange County to most of San Luis Obispo County on the central coast.
The possible changes associated with the advisory are expected to hit first in the south at about 4:45 am PDT today and move north in the minutes that follow.
A watch means that a tsunami is possible, but it doesn't mean it will happen, said Chevy Chevalier, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Honolulu.
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