Tsunami warning

An earthquake has occurred of magnitude (Preliminary)8.0 

near the coast of northern Chile 

A Tsunami warning has been issued encompassing a large area. 

This according to NOAA: The Tsunami warning includes; 

CHILE / PERU / ECUADOR

While a Tsunami watch is in effect for:

COLOMBIA / PANAMA / COSTA RICA

This is the latest:
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

 ORIGIN TIME -  2347Z 01 APR 2014
 COORDINATES -  19.8 SOUTH   70.8 WEST
 DEPTH       -   10 KM
 LOCATION    -  NEAR THE COAST OF NORTHERN CHILE
 MAGNITUDE   -  8.0 

Authorities are not sure if indeed a Tsunami has been generated 

and the advisories are precautionary only.

The following is a great time frame as to when if any, Tsunami 

would impact the areas.

ESTIMATED INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE ARRIVAL TIMES AT FORECAST POINTS
WITHIN THE WARNING AND WATCH AREAS ARE GIVEN BELOW. ACTUAL
ARRIVAL TIMES MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE
LARGEST. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE TIME BETWEEN
SUCCESSIVE WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.

 LOCATION         FORECAST POINT     COORDINATES     ARRIVAL TIME
 --------------------------------    ------------    ------------
 CHILE            IQUIQUE            20.2S 289.9E    0002Z 02 APR
                  ARICA              18.5S 289.7E    0011Z 02 APR
                  ANTOFAGASTA        23.3S 289.6E    0017Z 02 APR
                  CALDERA            27.1S 289.2E    0046Z 02 APR
                  COQUIMBO           29.9S 288.6E    0111Z 02 APR
                  VALPARAISO         33.0S 288.4E    0135Z 02 APR
                  TALCAHUANO         36.7S 286.9E    0219Z 02 APR
                  CORRAL             39.8S 286.5E    0251Z 02 APR
                  GOLFO_DE_PENAS     47.1S 285.1E    0403Z 02 APR
                  EASTER_ISLAND      27.1S 250.6E    0532Z 02 APR
                  PUERTO_MONTT       41.5S 287.0E    0546Z 02 APR
 PERU             MOLLENDO           17.1S 288.0E    0021Z 02 APR
                  SAN_JUAN           15.3S 284.8E    0039Z 02 APR
                  LA_PUNTA           12.1S 282.8E    0131Z 02 APR
                  TALARA              4.6S 278.5E    0218Z 02 APR
                  CHIMBOTE            9.0S 281.2E    0225Z 02 APR
                  PIMENTAL            6.9S 280.0E    0250Z 02 APR
 ECUADOR          LA_LIBERTAD         2.2S 278.8E    0239Z 02 APR
                  ESMERELDAS          1.2N 280.2E    0327Z 02 APR
                  BALTRA_ISLAND       0.5S 269.7E    0429Z 02 APR
 COLOMBIA         TUMACO              1.8N 281.1E    0346Z 02 APR
                  BAHIA_SOLANO        6.3N 282.6E    0417Z 02 APR
                  BUENAVENTURA        3.8N 282.8E    0433Z 02 APR
 PANAMA           PUERTO_PINA         7.4N 282.0E    0427Z 02 APR
                  PUNTA_MALA          7.5N 280.0E    0429Z 02 APR
                  PUNTA_BURICA        8.0N 277.1E    0441Z 02 APR
 COSTA RICA       CABO_MATAPALO       8.4N 276.7E    0441Z 02 APR
                  PUERTO_QUEPOS       9.4N 275.8E    0514Z 02 APR
                  CABO_SAN_ELENA     10.9N 274.0E    0531Z 02 APR 

Hawaii has also been added to the list under a Tsunami advisory.