I just checked our local weather and instead found a tsunami advisory for California, Oregon, Washington, B.C. and Alaska.
Apparently there was a severe earthquake off of the Solomon Islands (near Australia) -- magnitude between 7.6 and 8.4. The details are very sketchy right now.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center just changed their advisory from "Regional" to "Expanding Regional". Seems as though it is all still unfolding. The Center's website needs a serious upgrade, as they do not post actual warning messages anywhere on the site - just a map of the earthquake location.
I have not been able to find much news out there yet...please post if you have more information.
Anyway, it seems as though the main concern is the area immediately surronding the quake, and possibly Hawaii. Note that there does not appear to be any risk for the U.S. West Coast at this time. (message below is an advisory only)
UPDATE: Tsunami Center has just issued an advisory for Hawaii; could be upgraded to Watch or Warning.
UPDATED advisory for Hawaii:
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 002
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER
1135 AM HST 01 APR 2007
TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII
SUBJECT - TSUNAMI ADVISORY
A TSUNAMI ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII EFFECTIVE
AT 1135 AM HST.
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS
ORIGIN TIME - 1040 AM HST 01 APR 2007
COORDINATES - 8.6 SOUTH 157.2 EAST
LOCATION - SOLOMON ISLANDS
MAGNITUDE - 8.1 MOMENT
MAGNITUDE - 7.6 RICHTER
EVALUATION
THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER HAS ISSUED AN EXPANDING
REGIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH FOR PARTS OF THE PACIFIC
LOCATED CLOSER TO THE EARTHQUAKE. AN EVALUATION OF THE PACIFIC
WIDE TSUNAMI THREAT IS UNDERWAY AND THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT
HAWAII COULD BE ELEVATED TO A WATCH OR WARNING STATUS.
IF TSUNAMI WAVES IMPACT HAWAII THEIR ESTIMATED EARLIEST ARRIVAL
TIME IS
0635 PM HST 01 APR 2007
MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.
Here is the (Older) bulletin from the Weather Channel:
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 2 NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK 236 PM PDT SUN APR 1 2007
...THIS TSUNAMI ADVISORY IS FOR ALASKA/ BRITISH COLUMBIA/ WASHINGTON/ OREGON AND CALIFORNIA ONLY...
NO - REPEAT NO - WATCH OR WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE STATES AND PROVINCES LISTED ABOVE.
EVALUATION BASED ON THE LOCATION - MAGNITUDE AND HISTORIC TSUNAMI RECORDS THE EARTHQUAKE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO GENERATE A TSUNAMI DAMAGING TO CALIFORNIA/ OREGON/ WASHINGTON/ BRITISH COLUMBIA OR ALASKA. SOME OF THESE AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE NON-DAMAGING SEA LEVEL CHANGES.
PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS MAGNITUDE - 8.1 TIME - 1240 AKDT APR 01 2007 1340 PDT APR 01 2007 2040 UTC APR 01 2007 LOCATION - 8.6 SOUTH 157.2 EAST - SOLOMON ISLANDS DEPTH - 17 MILES/28 KM
THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER IN EWA BEACH HAWAII HAS ISSUED A TSUNAMI WARNING FOR AREAS OF THE PACIFIC OUTSIDE OF CALIFORNIA/ OREGON/ WASHINGTON/ BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA.
TSUNAMI ADVISORIES ARE ISSUED TO REGIONS NOT PRESENTLY IN A TSUNAMI WARNING OR WATCH WHEN A TSUNAMI WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR OTHER AREAS OF THE PACIFIC. NO TSUNAMI WARNING OR WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CALIFORNIA/ OREGON/ WASHINGTON/ BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA.
MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY TO KEEP YOU INFORMED OF THE PROGRESS OF THIS EVENT UNTIL THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER ISSUES A CANCELLATION OR FINAL MESSAGE. REFER TO THE INTERNET SITE WCATWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.