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MoonRiver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-26-10 10:23 AM
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Just heard: 7.5 earthquake with tsunami warning issued in South Pacific.
Does anybody know where the earthquake happened and what direction the tsunami might be heading?
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Hawkeye-X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-26-10 10:25 AM
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1. Near Vanatau
and the tsunami is 6 inches high. That's it.

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NHDemProg Donating Member (73 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-26-10 10:26 AM
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2. Link
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20101226p2g00m0dm012000c.html
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-26-10 10:29 AM
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3. BBC link
which covers both the Vanuatu quake and more aftershocks in New Zealand (from their September quake)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12080121
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MoonRiver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-26-10 10:33 AM
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4. After shocks seem to be a real problem there.
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rasputin1952 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-26-10 10:41 AM
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5. USGS and NOAA have rescinded the warning...
Fortunately, no lives lost to that earthquake /tsunami....:)
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MoonRiver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-26-10 10:58 AM
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8. Good news!
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5X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-26-10 10:42 AM
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6. The major quake was yesterday
link to the area on usgs:

<http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/region/Australia.php>
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MoonRiver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-26-10 10:57 AM
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7. Thanks!
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