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Tsunami Warning for Northern California

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Re: Tsunami Warning for Northern California

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Post by duxup »

adastra22 wrote: post #12

This webcam should let us know in a few minutes if this is real: https://www.pacificblue.biz/noyo-harbor-webcam/ Edit: arrival time has come and gone. No indication of movement in water level.

Looks nice, I want to go have lunch there (without the Tsunami).

Re: Tsunami Warning for Northern California

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Post by mkolodny »

Polizeiposaune wrote: post #20

Appears to be due to this M7.0 earthquake off the coast of California near Eureka, CA: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000nw7b... (early estimates of magnitude tend to vary; looks like magnitude estimates are currently ranging from 6.0 to 7.3)

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS ---------------------------------

* The following parameters are based on a rapid preliminary assessment of the earthquake and changes may occur.

* Magnitude 7.3 * Origin Time 0944 AKST Dec 05 2024 1044 PST Dec 05 2024 1844 UTC Dec 05 2024 * Coordinates 40.3 North 124.7 West * Depth 8 miles * Location 45 miles SW of Eureka, California 215 miles NW of San Francisco, California

Re: Tsunami Warning for Northern California

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Post by DonnyV »

deskr wrote: post #9
mdhb wrote: post #6

Estimated tsunami start times for selected sites are; Fort Bragg California 1110 AM.PST. December 5. Crescent City California 1120 AM.PST. December 5. Port Orford Oregon 1120 AM.PST. December 5. Brookings Oregon 1125 AM.PST. December 5. Charleston Oregon 1140 AM.PST. December 5. San Francisco California 1210 PM.PST. December 5.

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Re: Tsunami Warning for Northern California

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Post by adastra22 »

duxup wrote: post #22
adastra22 wrote: post #12

This webcam should let us know in a few minutes if this is real: https://www.pacificblue.biz/noyo-harbor-webcam/ Edit: arrival time has come and gone. No indication of movement in water level.

Looks nice, I want to go have lunch there (without the Tsunami).

For sure!

Re: Tsunami Warning for Northern California

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Post by Vikerchu »

deskr wrote: post #9
mdhb wrote: post #6

Estimated tsunami start times for selected sites are; Fort Bragg California 1110 AM.PST. December 5. Crescent City California 1120 AM.PST. December 5. Port Orford Oregon 1120 AM.PST. December 5. Brookings Oregon 1125 AM.PST. December 5. Charleston Oregon 1140 AM.PST. December 5. San Francisco California 1210 PM.PST. December 5.

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Re: Tsunami Warning for Northern California

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Post by spondylosaurus »

adastra22 wrote: post #14
duxup wrote: post #8

How do Tsunami Warnings work? For a Midwesterner a Tornado Warning requires someone to see it, or be be detected by radar. It's usually a good indicator that it is highly likely that the tornado exists and it is actively doing its thing somewhere. Warnings are pretty specific and almost always involve the thing happening. Tsunami though, would it have to exist as far as seeing it on the coast, or is this more of a "c…

It is all 100% automatic based on earthquake data.

We collect a boatload of earthquake data, too. Years ago I subscribed to USGS email alerts for my area as a fun novelty thing, but has to unsubscribe because there were too many of them! (This was in SoCal, so tons of tiny quakes all the time.)
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