The first tsunami wave struck at Hilo approximately 14.8 hrs after it originated off the coast of South Central Chile. The highest wave at Hilo Bay was measured at ~10.7 m (35 ft). 61 lives were lost, allegedly due to people's failure to heed warning sirens. Almost 22 hours after the quake, the waves hit the Sanriku coast of Japan, reaching up to 3 m above high tide, and killing 142 people.
Proper Names. The words association, building, center, club, conference, department, division, hall, office, senate, street, etc. should be capitalized when used as part of an official title. On second reference, do not capitalize these words when used alone to refer to that specific group or place.
This Writer's Block page on capitalization sums up the rules in one page which is the most useful that I have found, basically these rules from the Chicago Manual of Style plus a number of minor rules which are worth reading: 1  Always capitalize the first and the last word. Capitalize all nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, and subordinate conjunctions (as, because, although). Lowercase all articles, coordinate conjunctions (and, or, nor), and prepositions regardless of length, when they are other than the first or last word.