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Peak to peak. >> im sorry, are those measurements taken on the shoreline or offshore because that would mean different things. >> yeah, no, theyre taking the water level gauges in the harbors and along the shore. >> so 16-foot wave right along the shoreline, pretty close, obviously, to the epicenter given its already struck. does that give you some peace of mind if you think about what this is going to do to places further north and west? >> no. well, the north and west, we dont know yet. but we...

Population of course with us in waikiki. that will be of primary concern as well. families here in hawaii try to practice disaster preparedness as much as possible. we live in a hurricane area, a constant watch for tsunamis as well. >> what are authorities telling tourists right now or is that up to the individual hotel or resort they may be residing in? >> sure. the siren would have been heard all the way through waikiki loud and clear, and thats ordering folks to go ahead and get those tvs on ...

Basically. >> so a wave in the ocean open. give me an idea of what your buoy -- >> buoys are seeing on the order in a 4-kilometer depth ocean as the whole water column moving something like 20 or 30 centimeters, translates to meters. >> so minuscule wave heights -- >> in the open ocean. >> in the open ocean grows by what time? by how many times? is it exponential? >> itll vary with the coast it hits and the symmetry, the angle of the ocean bottom. >> okay. >> but as a rule, youre talking on orde...

This is just kind of a reference. of course, speed. this is one hour, two hours, three, four, five, six, seven. literally all of the way to get over to honolulu could be a 12-hour time period as the wave rolls. and this is when the water goes out, somewhere, no matter where you are, i dont care where you are on here, if the water begins to go out and you can see land that youve never seen before, you can now see the crust of out the crustaceans out there and you can see the barrier islands that ...

Because it starts hitting the bottom as it gets more shallow, the friction takes hold and starts slowing down. and then what happens, that water starts to build up, pile up and pile up. that little 10 or 20 centimeter wave then becomes a 2 or 3 or 4 meter wave if the physics is certainly astounding and frightening at the same time. well try to walk you through this throughout the day. >> in the meantime, were joined by rafael romo. hes got information about the earthquake that hit chile early th...

Chile, but it is the effect of the earthquake that may be felt in parts, in fact, very far away. so expect to see the latest pictures. and, folks, we are going on the fly here, so as we get information, and as we get pictures, expect cnn to be the first to show them to you because we have a bureau there in santiago. we also have affiliations with many of the network that is are covering this story right now. >> this is coming out of santiago as well as concepcion, 70 miles from the epicenter of ...

The if you look at it from the side, heres the ocean. all of a sudden the ocean plate going down below the andes. the andes are here, and the earthquake was very close to shore. only three miles from shore, so if there was an earthquake and a tsunami very close to shore, it would have have been instantaneous. you would have felt the shock, felt the wave and you would be able to see the wave coming in. if it was going this way, which we do believe it was, that would be the three, six, nine, twelv...

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Right now. >> now, the people of hawaii are used to these tsunami warnings, they know what to do, dont they? >> yeah, hawaii is very well prepared for this, and hawaii on average gets tsunamis about everyone seven years in the geologic record and being in the middle of the bulls eye so to speak, hawaii is no stranger to tsunami. >> brian: as i was explained to, if you were in the boat in the middle of the pacific ocean and the tsunami goes past you, you might not notice, its when youre closer to...

6700 miles between the epicenter and hawaii. the guest you had on was describing this well and another important piece, if you see one of the tsunami waves come on shore and think, well, the wave is done i can get back in or go and explore and see what happens. you cant do that. it can be anywhere from five minutes up to about an hour before you can see another wave come in and this can go on for hours and hours. so, the threat remains for quite a long time after that. the way the tsunamis form ...