Tsunami Warning Center in Alaska : The quake had a magnitude 8.8 off the coast of Chile in early this morning, which is leading the warning of the tsunami across the Pacific Ocean, including along the coast of Oregon.
The West Coast and Alaska Warning Center said a tsunami Oregon coastal cities could see the waves about a foot or two high-arrival in the afternoon during low tide. Waves could affect the low-lying areas and some beaches.
High waves and strong currents that could hit the northern Oregon coast between 2:30 and 3 pm, about an hour or more after their arrival onthe coast of southern Oregon.
Advisory is not as severe as they were issued a tsunami warning and does not require the evacuation of some coastal cities and towns.
sirens in the early morning, forcing many people to stay in apartments and hotels on the beach to move to higher ground. So far, amounted to about 6 feet high waves had entered to Tahiti, but there were no reports of
Hawaii Tsunami warning damage in any of the Hawaiian Islands.
Warning extended along the road from the coast of Mexico overlooking the Pacific Ocean, to the coast of California, in Oregon, Washington and British Columbia, where the last days of the Winter Olympic Games were being held.
The quake occurred at 3:34 am Chilean, about 60 miles to the north-east of Concepcion, Chile. Within three hours, buoys recorded a tsunami, which stretches to the Pacific Ocean. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said it took about 34 minutes to wave to travel about 100 kilometers north-east of the epicenter.
Nearly 120 people were confirmed dead near the epicenter. There were about thirteen aftershocks, with a magnitude of 6.3 on the Richter scale and was felt in Argentina.
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