Santa Monica Pier Buoy Data {NDBC}
The water level rose about 2.25 feet above normal at the Santa Monica Pier around 12:20pm PST. The green line represents the observed water level. The cause: a magnitude 8.8 earthquake off the coast of Chile 13 hours prior. Although parts of Hawaii were evacuated, no damage was reported in the state. The only (minor) damage thus far in the U.S. has been in the Ventura/Santa Barbara, California area. In that area, it was the 10th set of waves that were the largest. Interestingly, the surge in these parts of California was nearly as high as that in Hawaii. From the NWS:
LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL ------------------------ ----- ------ ------- ----------- SANTA MONICA CA 34.0N 118.5W 2024UTC 0.64M/2.1FT SANTA MONICA CA 34.0N 118.5W 2022UTC 0.71M/2.3FT SANTA BARBARA CA 34.4N 119.7W 2252UTC 0.72M/2.3FT
Tags: buoy water level, chile earthquake tsunami, los angeles tsunami, santa monica tsunami, tsunami
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