Pacific Tsunami Warning Center Website is saturated:

[ddeclue]

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/

Can't get it to open. It stalls.

Hawaii is under a tsunami warning right now:



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[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Thanks for the update,

another aftershock, at 5.0

[merh]

2. 8.3 earthquake

and tsunami that hit American Samoa and wiped out towns

[Avalux]

3. All tsunami warnings and watches have been cancelled.

http://twitter.com/BreakingNEWs

The bad news, entire villages on American Somoa have been wiped out. :(

[kestrel91316]

6. I don't get my news from twitter. BNO?? Who is that??

I'll rely on the USGS.

[Avalux]

7. Breaking News Online.

They are now reporting a tsunami advisory has been issued for California and Oregon.

[Warpy]

8. Here's part of the scoop from Samoa

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-tsunami,0,127599.story

AGO PAGO, American Samoa - A tsunami caused by a powerful earthquake in the Pacific has killed at least 14 people and injured 50 in Samoa, officials said.

Dr Lemalu Fiu of the main hospital in the capital, Apia, said the number of casualties is expected to rise as the injured arrive from coastal areas.

[Ruby the Liberal]

4. There have been 8 5.0+ aftershocks since the big one

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_big.php

[liberalmuse]

5. Thanks!

My daughter just touched down in New Zealand an hour or so ago and they have warnings there as well.