Ua hāpai ka Pacific Tsunami Warning Center i kahi kiaʻi kai eʻe no Hawaiʻi ma hope o kahi ōlaʻi ma lalo o ka moana ma kahi o 7.9 magnitude kokoke i nā mokupuni ʻo Samoa.
Ua hoʻohaʻahaʻa ke kikowaena i ka wati Hawaiʻi i kahi ʻōlelo aʻo ma 10:23 am, e like me ka luna hoʻokele waena ʻo Charles McCreery.
Noho nā mokupuni ma lalo o ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo kai eʻe a hiki i ka hola 7 pm, ʻo ia hoʻi, hiki mai ke ʻano o ke kai a i ʻole ke au. Wahi a ke kikowaena ʻōlelo aʻo, hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia ka ʻilikai o 3 a 4 mau wāwae ma waena o 1 pm a me 7 pm, wahi a McCreery.
Ua hoʻokumu ke ōlaʻi i ke kai eʻe i pae i uka o ʻAmelika Samoa.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Fili Sagapolutele, ka mea hana ma ka Samoa News, ua kahe ka wai i uka ma kahi o 100 iwilei ma Pago Pago ma mua o ka emi ʻana, waiho ʻia nā kaʻa i loko o ka lepo.
ʻAʻohe mea i hōʻike koke ʻia no nā ʻeha a i ʻole nā poino kino.
Ma Hawaii, koi ʻia nā kamaʻāina ʻaʻole e kelepona iā 911 no nā mea hou. Akā, pono lākou e nānā i ke kūlana ma ke kīwī, lekiō a i ʻole nā pūnaewele nūhou, wahi a John Cummings o ke Keʻena ʻOihana Hoʻokele o ke kūlanakauhale.
Ua hoʻolaha ʻia ka wati kai eʻe ma ka hola 8:05.
Aia ke olai he 110 mile ma ka hikina-hikina-akau o Hihifo, Tonga; 125 mile hema-hema komohana o Apia, Samoa; 435 mile ma ka akau-hikina akau o Nukualofa, Tonga; a he 1,670 mile ma ka akau-hikina akau o Aukilani, Aotearoa.
Ma ke kapikala ʻo Samoa o Apia, ua holo nā ʻohana i ko lākou mau home ma waena o ka haʻalulu nui a hiki i ʻekolu mau minuke, ua hōʻike ka Associated Press. Ua hōʻike ʻia e ka media kūloko ua holo nā kānaka i kahi kiʻekiʻe.
Ua ʻōlelo ke kikowaena ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo, hiki i nā ʻōlaʻi o kēia nui ke hoʻoikaika i ke kai eʻe e hiki ke hahau i nā kahakai kokoke i loko o nā minuke.
ʻO ka manawa mua loa i manaʻo ʻia e hōʻea mai i ke kai eʻe ma Hawaiʻi ʻo ia ka hola 1:11 pm, wahi a ke kikowaena hoʻolaha.
Aia ka ʻōlelo aʻo ʻana o ke kai eʻe no Samoa ʻAmelika, Samoa, Niue, Wallis-Futuna, Tokelau, Cook Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Kiribati, Kermadec Islands, Howland-Baker, Jarvis Island, New Zealand, French Polynesia a me Palmyra Atoll.
Aia ʻo Hawaiʻi ma lalo o kahi kiaʻi kai eʻe me Vanuatu, Nauru, Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands, Johnston Atoll, New Caledonia, Kosrae, Papua New Guinea, Pohnpeo, Wake Island, Pitcairn Island a me Midway.
Ke aʻo aku nei ʻo Hawaii County Civil Defense i nā kamaʻāina a pau e haʻalele i nā wahi kahakai ma muli o ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo Tsunami i mana no ko Hawaiʻi pae ʻāina. E pani ʻia nā kahakai a pau a hiki i ka lā ʻapōpō ma muli o ka piʻi ʻana a me nā au ʻē aʻe mai ke olai ma Samoa.
