Potential tsunami impact following the 8.0 Chile earthquake [updated]

Image from The West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center

The Philippines is still at alert level 1 but in current radio interview (DZMM, 8am, 28 February 2010) with Dr. Reynaldo Solidum of PHILVOCS, parts of the Philippines Batanes (north), Aurora, Cagayan, Isabela (northeastern), Camarines Sur and Leyte (southeastern) are on level 2.

In Mindanao, coastal areas of Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur, Davao Oriental, and Davao del Sur are on alert level 1*. So is Palawan.

Hawaii has lowered its tsunami alert.

This is how nature is in our view. It's always a step ahead. There's so much more to learn.

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UPDATE 12:01pm

DONATE TO CHILE

Collated from Mashable and the Huffington Post:

• GOOGLE Crisis Response (using Google Checkout) / Also has PersonFinder
• The American Red Cross
• Save the Children
• Oxfam International
• Habitat for Humanity / Also text CHILE to 25383 to donate $10 (U.S.)

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*Source: MindaNews: Sunday, 28 February 2010 4 coastal areas in Mindanao covered by Tsunami Alert Level 1
A very good collection of tsunami links can be accessed from the USGS site.

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Chile 8.8magnitude sparks tsunami warnings across the oceans

I live in Philippines. I created the magenta box around my location after seeing how far Southeast Asia and Japan are from the 8.8 magnitude that struck Concepcion, Chile sometime around half past 3pm today, 27 FEbruary 2010. (The quake was registered by the USGS site as having come from

"OFFSHORE MAULE, CHILE Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 03:34:14 AM at epicenter" [REF: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/])

Concepcion, Chile is supposed to be the second largest city with a population of 200,000*. As of 10pm, 78 have been reported dead, and Santiago will be closed for the next 24 hours**.

Not more than 12 hours since the quake, tsunami warnings were sent to Alaska, then Peru and Ecuador; later, for Hawaii and the Pacific islands. A short moment ago, warnings were sent out also for Australia and by the PHILVOCS for the Philippines.

A strong quake it is, reportedly thousand times stronger than the recent 7.0 magnitude quake in Haiti on January 12, 2010, to have to issue tsunami warnings from the Americas all the way to Asia Pacific.

REFERENCES and sites that update:
NOAA Pacific Tsunami Warning Center
Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHILVOCS) Tsunami Alert
US Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program