Tsunami ambles ashore

A large earthquake off British Columbia sparks a statewide warning and evacuations

By Mary Vorsino

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Oct 28, 2012

~~<p>Small tsunami waves lapped at island shores Saturday after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake off British Columbia triggered a statewide tsunami warning and massive evacuations along vulnerable coastlines.</p>
<p>By 11:17 p.m., four waves had hit Hawaii, the largest at 5 feet from peak to trough at Kahului, Maui, said Gerard Fryer, a geophysicist at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Ewa Beach. That means it was 2 1/2 feet above the ambient sea level.</p>
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Small tsunami waves lapped at island shores Saturday after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake off British Columbia triggered a statewide tsunami warning and massive evacuations along vulnerable coastlines.

By 11:17 p.m., four waves had hit Hawaii, the largest at 5 feet from peak to trough at Kahului, Maui, said Gerard Fryer, a geophysicist at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Ewa Beach. That means it was 2 1/2 feet above the ambient sea level. Login for more...