QUAKE ALERT 7.5 VANUATU

[itsrobert]

BREAKING

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc0005h9f.php

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=-18.2595,168.0688(M7.5+-+Vanuatu+-+2011+August+20+16:55:02+UTC)&hl=en&t=h&z=6&vpsrc=0&iwloc=A

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Isn't that one of the islands that's "sinking" due to rising sea levels?

:(

[villager]

2. now the question is: tsunami alert?

best wishes to all in the "rumble zone!" (says this native Californian!)

[lonestarnot]

3. Tsunami?

[itsrobert]

6. Tsunami Evaluation

EVALUATION

NO DESTRUCTIVE WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI THREAT EXISTS BASED ON
HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DATA.

HOWEVER - EARTHQUAKES OF THIS SIZE SOMETIMES GENERATE LOCAL
TSUNAMIS THAT CAN BE DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS LOCATED WITHIN
A HUNDRED KILOMETERS OF THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. AUTHORITIES
IN THE REGION OF THE EPICENTER SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS
POSSIBILITY AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

http://ptwc.weather.gov/ptwc/text.php?id=pacific.2011.08.20.170452

[cbayer]

8. Thank goodness. That last tsunami was much more than we anticipated out here.

[MineralMan]

4. No tsunami alert

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TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
705 AM HST SAT AUG 20 2011

TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT - TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT

THIS STATEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. NO ACTION REQUIRED.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 0655 AM HST 20 AUG 2011
COORDINATES - 18.4 SOUTH 168.0 EAST
LOCATION - VANUATU ISLANDS
MAGNITUDE - 7.5 MOMENT

EVALUATION

BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS
NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII. REPEAT. A
DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO
TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII.

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL DATA ARE RECEIVED.

$$

[appleannie1]

5. Thankfully no tsunami warning needed issued.

[alfredo]

7. That was quite a shake. Hope everyone came through alright.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

9. 7.0 aftershock now..

7.0 2011/08/20 18:19:25 -18.287 168.132 28.5 VANUATU
5.2 2011/08/20 18:02:01 -18.608 167.910 35.3 VANUATU
5.1 2011/08/20 17:44:27 -18.770 167.924 9.5 VANUATU
5.9 2011/08/20 17:13:07 -18.287 168.062 37.3 VANUATU
5.6 2011/08/20 17:11:36 -18.289 167.755 40.9 VANUATU
7.1 2011/08/20 16:55:03 -18.260 168.069 40.6 VANUATU

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_big.php