NOAA (The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) has released an animated video showing the tsunami originating off the coast of Japan, and then spreading across the Pacific. Dramatic, to say the least.

NOAA Animation of Tsunami Propagation from Earthquake in Japan


Last year, NOAA also produced an animation that visualized the tremors from the big Chilean quake

This animated footage gives you a more global view of the Chilean earthquake in action. Seen from this vantage point, there’s a certain beauty to Mother Nature in action. Waves rippling across the Pacific, as if a stone were thrown into a calm pond. But, obviously, for those experiencing the earthquake on the ground, it’s a very different and tragic story.

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Chile evacuated hundreds of thousands from areas vulnerable to coastal flooding, and refused to let residents go home even when the tsunami clearly lost steam. With last year's 524 quake- and tsunami-related deaths weighing heavily on everyone's minds, govement insisted on "prudence."

You are right , we had Tsunami alert along all the coast from this long Country , 34 hrs of it

After they changed it into alarm

We were expecting the first wave in our Eastern Island away from the Continent , but thanks God nothing happend


Further North there were houses detroyed, but the worst was in our 8 th Region , were a Town of name Dichato , that was again hit by 5 to 6 meter height waves They lost again everything , bear in mind that the big one was just more than a year ago on Feb 27th


What a pity , is very sad indeed , where this humble people were finishing with their new houses , now all lost ...
This started at 3 am Local , no casualties

A video from last year in same place

Indeed. Japan suffered from over 200 earthquakes of 5.0 or worse between the 11th and 12th March, 29 of which were over 6.0. Fortunately the warning of another tsunami today was a false alert, and the number of quakes has dropped in the last couple of days.

WCG stats for Japan show a clear decrease. It can give an idea of the affected population.

Some impressive images here

Just received this incredibly frightening video.
The tsunami in Japan from ground level.
Watch in full screen...here