CNN meteorologist Chad Myers explains Chile's earthquake

I got the first news of the earthquake in Chile from my Twitter stream this morning, and I've been following the coverage from multiple sources around the world.

Chad Myers explains the science of the 8.8 maginitude quake that struck off the coast of Chile at 3AM this morning. The news is still arriving of the damages and response, and people all over the Pacific are preparing for the tsunamis that will arrive: Hawaii, but also every Pacific coast to some degree or another.

While the force was many hundreds of times greater than that of Haiti's earthquake, the epicenter of quake happened off the coast of a relatively unpopulated area, and many buildings are build to earthquake code--so while there will be deaths, injuries and loss of home and property, I'm hoping that we don't see the kind of devastation that we saw with the 7.0 quake that directly struck Port-au-Prince. Concepción is the hardest hit city. The largest earthquake in recorded history also happened in Chile, a 9.5 quake in 1960.

We can watch the evacuation proceedings as they happen in Hawaii via streaming TV.

You can watch more videos from CNN here. It's my fervent hope that there will have been enough time to get everyone safe in time. The surge moves at the speed of a jet--500mph--so they know when it will arrive, and how bad it will be.