Chile earthquake aftermath: Local tsunami advisory, BUT …

… don’t panic. Even a ripple can be a “tsunami” if it’s considered to have been generated by an event, such as Chile’s 8.8 magnitude earthquake. If any such ripple does show up on our shores, it’s predicted around 4:41 pm this afternoon, according to the latest table from NOAA. It’s moving north and so far no major trouble’s been reported in its path further south. Nonetheless, wariness by the water is probably not a bad thing.

newnative February 27, 2010 (6:31 pm)

I guess no news is good news. Any updates?

WSB February 27, 2010 (7:06 pm)

Long story short, nothing happened.

I. Ponder February 27, 2010 (8:54 pm)

This is a good wake-up call to do a seismic retrofit on your house. It’s a terrific insurance policy. If you’re reasonably handy you can take a class at the Phinney Well Home Program and do it yourself. I took the class and did the work myself. Of course I still have one wall to finish 5 years later.

One of the photos I saw from the Chile quake was of a building that toppled off its foundation. Seismic retrofitting bolts your house to the foundation and braces the walls.

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