By Gia Vang

FLORENCE, Ore. -- Despite a tsunami advisory Saturday for the Oregon Coast, folks flocked to the beaches Sunday to get a glimpse at the water levels.

You could hardly tell there was an advisory with the dozens of people and their kites, dogs and music.

Beach goers fed their curiosity, saying they weren't concerned.

Eugene resident Laurie Hodson said, "They said it was a slight chance, so it is what it is, I'm not too worried about it."

"If I had been on an island 600 miles due west of Chile, then I would have been concerned," Florence resident Ed Witten said.

The distant 8.8 quake in Chile also spawned a major tsunami and prompted an advisory for the Oregon coast.

The U.S. Coast Guard Sergeant James Laird said they monitored the situation, but said water levels ended up fluctuating very little.  And Laird said any differences in waves would have been indistinguishable.

"We were monitoring it all through out the afternoon and we didn't notice any differences, in the projected tides that we had scheduled for the day," Laird said.

But although many of these beach goers had fun basking on the beach, they know it's a very different scene in Chile.

Hodson said, "I'm just grateful not to have to experience something like that."

Experts said people should know the differences between distant and local tsunamis. Chile's tsunami was a distant one for Oregon, but they said it should teach us how to prepare when one happens here. Experts said that can come in the form of knowing your evacuation routes and communicating with your family members.