Chile Earthquake/Hawaii Tsunami

Have you been following the news of the earthquake that happened in Chile this morning? The earthquake was a magnitude of 8.8 (Haiti was a 7.0). According to ABC News, the Chile quake was 64 times more powerful than the one that hit Haiti one month ago. Click here to read more about the Chile earthquake.

To follow up this event, tsunami warnings have been posted for Hawaii, and it appears as though a tsunami (tidal wave) is definitely going to hit Hawaii within the next hour or so. I find it amazing that an event in South America could effect Hawaii. That's over 6,000 miles away! (See map below.) Even more amazing is that they are able to track and predict that a tsunami is about to hit Hawaii. They have even predicted the earliest possible minute that the tsunami could hit, which is 4:05 pm ET.

Continue to follow the events in Chile and Hawaii as they occur.