Tsunami Warning Issued After 7.9 Magnitude Quake Hits South Pacific

Tsunami Warning Issued After 7.9 Magnitude Quake Hits South Pacific

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Developing: A tsunami warning has been issued after a 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck in the South Pacific Thursday, 130 miles from Tonga and 300 miles from Fiji, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

"It is not known that a tsunami was generated," Reuters quotes the U.S National Weather Service's Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. "An earthquake of this size has the potential to generate a destructive tsunami."

The quake reportedly had a depth of of 6.2 miles.

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Is this related to all the small shocks being felt in Australia? I am curious to know if any pets were acting strange just before this happened. Thoughts and prayers to anyone affected by this.



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[edit on 19-3-2009 by network dude]

Hey, we posted it looked like at the same exact time, I have mine under "Fragile Earth", I am going to go ahead and leave it, because it also has a link to a LIVE Fiji Webcam, that seems to be scanning the horizon and shoreline (receding water watch) for a tsunami.

tonga?

I didn't really keep up to date on that underwater volcano eruption.
So excuse me if i make a stupid comment.

But if a volcano erupted underwater, might the water be very hot right now
won't that really really possibly worsen a tsunami since tsunamis grow stonger with warm water?

Here's the complete message that includes the statement "no destructive activity expected for Hawaii"

www.hawaiiss.com...

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I had to keep adding to mine to get it to go. I hope this is a non event. We could all use some good news instead of this crap.

Wrong thread, nvermind.

[edit on 20-3-2009 by RuneSpider]