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High, that is six feet high, this struck parts of french polynesia, but initially no damage has been reported. around the tonga cook islands theyre evacuating the coastal areas and again, were starting to hear some reports of that tsunami wave hitting the french polynesian islands with a wave up to about six feet high. people who have loved ones in chile will most likely turn to online alternatives to reach family and friends, i mean, during the haitian quake we got some of our best information ...

To 1.3 feet up to 7.7 feet. >> and i want to update our casualty numbers. we are now getting new information that indicates that the president has now confirmed that 47 people -- 47 people have lost their lives due to this earthquake. paul earl, again, joining me from the usgs, u.s. geological survey. we were talking about the tsunami warning, which had been issued. paul, if you can also explain to me, in light of the fact that i believe this -- this earthquake struck at 1:34 a.m. eastern time, ...

As much energy. >> brian: so, weve heard, heard actually a thousand, youre saying its 500 times. >> yes. >> brian: a mistake we want to correct then. and the wave that could be generated, this tsunami wave. what is your feeling about the information we have on that, is it accurate to the point were being told, that in some areas they had an eight foot wave not far from the epicenter. what are we likely to see as that wave goes across the pacific ocean to hawaii. >> its no joke and the people in ...

>> brian: thank you very much. more damage reports coming from chile and the quake is sending a potentially huge wave across the ocean that might reach hawaii at around 11:19 local. 4:19 eastern time and sea world puts on its first killer whale show since the death of a trainer. well tell you whats changed in a live report from orlando. the big story the earthquake, and we are all over it, youll get all the information, all the news you need to know right here on the fox news channel. stay with ...

>> this is a fox news alert. the death toll climbed to at least 122 in chile after a magnitude 8.8 quake shook the country this morning and sent a tsunami racing across the pacific association. here is what we know so far. one wave over seven feet high hit chile, a six foot wave hit some of the french polynesian islands. its expected the at 11:05 sirens will be blaring and hit the island of hi and we talked to folks there and theyre expecting a wave six, maybe seven feet high. its not they say c...

Intensive earthquakes in the days ahead. now, thats one side of the story. here is the other side of the story. when this earthquake went off, it sent a wave of energy across the pacific ocean, all across the pacific tsunami warnings are up. we have a great concern of course in this country about the island of hawaii. where were told now that 11:05 a.m. local time in hawaii, there you see it showing up on my screen, thats when they expect that this wave of energy will begin to hit the hawaiian i...

Its clear. aftershock, we treat like a regular quake and assess the damage of each one individually. >> again, for clarification, you said a tsunami was generated, there were readings a tsunami was generated following this earthquake? >> caller: by tsunami, i dont necessarily mean killer wave, we dont know that. there is a wave generated by that earthquake and were watching that one travel up the coast of south america right now. >> with regards to this particular wave you just mentioned, can yo...

And wont make much that difference. >> brian: do i understand correctly, if youre in a bay area you may see the wave higher than six feet. >> correct. many of the waves travel across the ocean a certain period, a difference between peak to peak and a certain period of vibration and something called resonance. if you excite something with a period close to the frequency it likes to vibrate at it magnifies, so these bays in the hawaiian islands like to slosh naturally at about the same period as t...

Sites and bring you what were finding. >> brian: laura, thank you very much. i want to show you a live picture now from hawaii of the tsunami warning center, a live picture of the richard hhagemeyer center, an imposing building right now because thats where theyre monitoring whats going on with this pulse of energy, this tsunami wave screaming across the pacific ocean at about 500 miles an hour. you wouldnt probably see it if it were there and gets closer to you. as it gets to a land mass, a gia...

For more information, please visit toyota.com. >> this is a fox news alert. the death toll climbed to 122 in chile after a magnitude 8.8 quake hit the country and sent a tsunami across the pacific ocean. here is what we know so farment one wave about seven feet high hit some of the islands near chile and waves headed toward hawaii expected to arrive at 4:05 eastern time. about 11:05 local time and they are blaring the sirens there to alert folks to move to higher ground. we have been told that p...