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Ewa Beach Hawaii : Ewa Beach, Hawaii – The tsunami caused by the earthquake that hit Chile, raced across the Pacific Ocean on Saturday, threatening Hawaii and the west coast of the United States, as well as hundreds of islands from the bottom to the top of the planet.

The sirens went off in Hawaii to alert people to the waves and imminent, with the authorities and asked the people who live near the water to evacuate. On many islands in the South Pacific hit by a tsunami last fall, police evacuated tens of thousands of people from the coast.

The first wave in Hawaii is expected to arrive shortly after 11 o’clock on Saturday (4 pm EST; 2100 GMT) and measure approximately 8 feet (2.5 meters) in Hilo. Most of the countries bordering the Pacific Ocean, but no evacuation order, but advised people in low-lying areas to be on the lookout.

Unlike other tsunami in recent years, said emergency officials along the Pacific Ocean to prepare for hours and might have to evacuate the population.

“We’ve got a lot of things going for us,” said Charles McCreery, director of the Tsunami Warning Center in the Pacific, issued warnings to almost every country around the Pacific rim and to most of the island in the Pacific. “We have a reasonable time limit.

“We must be able to alert everyone in harm’s way out of the evacuation areas,” he said.

In Hawaii, and boat people near the coast being evacuated. Hilo International Airport, located along the coast, was closed. In Honolulu, and people lined up in front of stores for the storage of water, canned food and batteries. 15 cars lined up long at several gas stations.

“This is serious, dangerous events,” said John Cummings, a spokesman for the Honolulu Department of Emergency Management.

In Tonga, where nine people were killed on Sep 29 tsunami, police and defense forces started evacuating people from low-lying areas as they warned coastal residents that the tsunami three feet (one meter) high and can be washed ashore within three hours.

“I can hear the ringing of church bells to alert people,” the National Disaster Office deputy director Mali’u Takai said. “We will transfer up to 50,000 people in the ministries of interior and away from the coast.”

Waves of 6 feet (1.8 meters) above normal hit near Concepcion, Chile, shortly after the earthquake.

On the island of Robinson Crusoe, a huge wave of tsunami covered half of the village of San Juan Batista and three people missing, said Ivan de la Maza, and an inspector from the mainland port of Chile, Valparaiso.

Crashed helicopter and a naval frigate was on its way to the island to help in the search, he said.

A tsunami warning – the highest alert level – was also in effect on Guam, American Samoa, Samoa, and dozens of other Pacific islands. Advisory – the lowest level – has been expanded to include Oregon, Washington state, and parts of Alaska and coastal British Columbia.

British Columbia is hosting the Winter Olympic Games, but provincial officials said that the places are not under threat.

The White House is closely monitoring the earthquake in Chile, which raised the possibility of a tsunami hitting Hawaii. Press secretary to President Robert Gibbs said that the United States stands ready to assist the people of Chile “in this hour of need.”

American Samoa Lt. Gov. Aitofele Sonia activate the emergency services, and called on residents of coastal villages to move to higher ground. Police in Samoa Nations ultimatum to start the evacuation port. Tsunami is expected to reach the islands on Saturday morning.

In French Polynesia, and the tsunami of up to 6 feet (2 meters) high swept the beach, but could not be immediately reported the damage.

At the same time, disaster management officials said in Fiji said they had warned against expecting waves of up to 7.5 feet (2.3 meters) to reach the northern and eastern islands of the archipelago of Tonga Islands nearby.

And low-grade tsunami advisory was in effect for the coast of California and the coastal area of Kodiak in Alaska to Attu islands. Tsunami Center officials said they did not expect the advisory will be upgraded to a warning.

The waves were likely to hit Asia and Australia and New Zealand beaches within 24 hours of the earthquake on Saturday. A tsunami can travel at speeds up to 600 miles per hour, said Jennifer Rhoades, Administrator of the tsunami in the National Weather Service in Washington, DC.
Sirens in Hawaii will also be sounded again for three hours before the estimated date of arrival.

McCreery said he did not know how big the waves will be, but is expected to be larger to hit Hawaii since 1964.

“If you are in an evacuation zone, police or civil defense volunteers will be instructed to evacuate you, or help out on radio and television,” said Shelley Ichishita spokeswoman for the state in civil defense.

If it is to evacuate coastal areas, would be visitors in Waikiki can be transferred to the upper floors in hotels, rather than moved out of the tourist area, which can cause suffocation.

Some countries in the Pacific in the area of warning have been significantly affected by the tsunami last year.

Sept. 29, a tsunami caused by an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.3 killed 34 people in American Samoa, 183 in Samoa, and nine in Tonga. Scientists later said that a wave of 46 feet (14 meters).

South America the past have had fatal effects of earthquakes across the Pacific Ocean.

A tsunami after an earthquake with a magnitude 9.5 earthquake that struck Chile in 1960, and recorded the biggest earthquake killed about 140 people in Japan in 61 and 32 in Hawaii and the Philippines.

That the tsunami was about 3.3 to 13 feet (one to four meters) in height, and said the Japanese Meteorological Agency.

Japanese Broadcasting Corporation NHK quoted experts as saying that the tsunami is likely to be tens of centimeters (inches) high and up in Japan about 22 hours.

The tsunami of 28 centimeters (11 inches) that was recorded after the magnitude 8.4 earthquake near Chile in 2001.

Meteorological Agency said they were still investigating the possibility of a tsunami in Japan and did not issue any official warning, coastal areas.

Australia, at the same time and placed on the tsunami.

Australian Joint Warning Center issued a tsunami warning for Saturday night for “possible threat” to the tsunami of New South Wales, Queensland, and Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island.

Any possible wave will not hit Australia until Sunday morning local time, he said.

New Zealand officials have warned that the “non-destructive” tsunami of less than three feet could hit the east coast of the entire country, two main islands and land on the Chatham Islands, about 300 miles east of New Zealand.

Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology issued a low-level warning, saying people should wait for further notice of a tsunami potential. Did not recommend an evacuation.

Earthquakes Fumihiko Imamura, Tohoku University in Japan, NHK said that residents living near the shores of the Pacific should not underestimate the tsunami in power even though they may be generated from earthquakes on the other side of the ocean.

“There is a possibility that it may arrive in Japan without losing its strength,” he said.
Associated Press writers Mark Niesse in Honolulu, and Kristen Gelineau in Sydney, and Chris Havlík in Phoenix, and Ray Lilley in Auckland, New Zealand, Eric Talmadge] in Tokyo, Alan Clendenning in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Charmaine