Cluster 7.0+ Magnitude Earthquakes Hit Vanuatu & Santa Cruz Islands

A cluster of strong 7.0+ earthquakes now numbering 4 have hit Vanuatu and the Santa Cruz Islands. Very unusual to have so many strong aftershocks imo.

7.8 Earthquake Vanuatu

Edit to reflect the revisions posted by the USGS.

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Magnitude 7.8
Date-Time

* Wednesday, October 07, 2009 at 22:03:15 UTC
* Thursday, October 08, 2009 at 09:03:15 AM at epicenter

Location 13.052°S, 166.187°E
Depth 35 km (21.7 miles) set by location program
Region VANUATU

From USGS.

MAN we have been having ALOT OF SUPER STRONG Quakes as of late havent we.??

I have not read anything on Tsunami warning yet...

Man that Whole Plate region seems like it wants to bust apart!

[edit on 7-10-2009 by titorite]

Any tsunami warnings for the area?
The last big quakes cause much damage mainly because of them.

reply to post by Shirakawa
Yeah warning issued...following on the Quake Watch 2009 thread...

Quake Watch 2009
www.abovetopsecret.com...

[edit on 10/7/2009 by Hx3_1963]

Originally posted by titorite

Magnitude 7.8
Date-Time

* Wednesday, October 07, 2009 at 22:03:15 UTC
* Thursday, October 08, 2009 at 09:03:15 AM at epicenter

Location 13.052°S, 166.187°E
Depth 35 km (21.7 miles) set by location program
Region VANUATU

From USGS.

MAN we have been having ALOT OF SUPER STRONG Quakes as of late havent we.??

I have not read anything on Tsunami warning yet...

Man that Whole Plate region seems like it wants to bust apart!

[edit on 7-10-2009 by titorite]

I saw it hit on EQuake. I hope the families around there are ok.

reply to post by skepticantiseptic


Yeah crazy! There was a 6.7 off the Philippines too a few hours ago! Seriously, I hope this is just the entire region letting off some pressure bit by bit, not a signal of a Big One to come!

No reports of damage or Tsunamis (Reuters), fingers crossed.

reply to post by kiwifoot


HAARP must be working overtime these days.

Sorry, I can't get this external tag to display proper

A TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH ARE IN EFFECT

pacific tsunami warning center



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Oh man, those of you who have a maker, say a prayer for those in the area!

Im hearing there may have been 2 quakes! One may have just struck I will get info as soon as i can!



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Oh no.. now there is a another one in Vanuatu.. a 7.3

In coming!!!

Latest Earthquakes in the World - Past 7 days
earthquake.usgs.gov...

MAP 7.3 2009/10/07 22:18:43 -13.684 164.709 35.0 VANUATU REGION
MAP 3.0 2009/10/07 22:11:05 60.057 -140.619 0.1 SOUTHERN YUKON TERRITORY, CANADA

Live Internet Seismic Server
aslwww.cr.usgs.gov...

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MAJOR AFTERSHOCK, 7.3-MAGNITUDE, STRIKES THE SOUTH PACIFIC.


Oh this is terrible! My thoughts and prayers are with all those in the areas affected,,

Dang what is up. The survivors must be really scared. This is really unusual to have several of that mag so close together.

Makes me wonder if the first really was an 8.1.

Originally posted by asala
Im hearing there may have been 2 quakes! One may have just struck I will get info as soon as i can!



[edit on 7-10-2009 by asala]

There have been three, a 5.9-7.8 in the general area, in the last area. A 5.9, 6.7, and 7.8.

Geez not good,

[exNew Zealand Ministry of Civil Defence was issuing a tsunami advisory for people not to be on beaches or boats near the coast.]

BBC are reporting that it is being monitored and still in effect.

A tsunami warning has been issued for Papua New Guinea and island nations in the south-west Pacific after an 8.1-magnitude earthquake off Vanuatu.

The epicentre was 373 km (232 miles) north of Santo, Vanuatu's largest island, at a depth of 33km (20.5 miles), the US Geological Survey said.

There have so far been no immediate reports of injuries of damage.

More than 170 people died last week when a tsunami triggered by an quake hit Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga.

Earlier on Wednesday, a 6.7-magnitude quake struck off the Philippines, but no tsunami warning was issued.

BBC

If anyone uses twitter etc get the word out to the people close by, or who have any relatives or freinds nearby.

Prayers for no such repition of last weeks terrible events.

Elf

If you anybody wants to monitor this on GEE, the closest working station is IU.TARA.
BHZ channel preferred.

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Actually II.MSVF might be a better choice.

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AU.RABL too. The three stations I suggested have all about the same distance from the EQ epicenters.

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BreakingNews
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TSUNAMI WATCH NUMBER 1 FOR AUSTRALIA

Issued by the Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre (JATWC) at 9:44 AM EDT on

Thursday 08 October 2009

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POTENTIAL TSUNAMI THREAT TO QUEENSLAND


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SUMMARY:

An undersea earthquake has occurred near VANUATU ISLANDS.


At this stage no tsunami waves have been observed that may threaten Australia.

If a tsunami has been generated, it may start affecting the following States

and Territories after these local times:


Willis Is after 10:45 am (EDT) Thursday

Grteat Barrier Reef offshore islands and reefs between Bowen and St Lawrence

after 10:45 am (EDT) Thursday.


Listen for further updates. The next advice will be issued by 11:14 AM EDT on

Thursday 08 October 2009


For further details visit the Bureau web site www.bom.gov.au.

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DETAILS:

An undersea earthquake of magnitude 7.9 has occurred at 9:03 AM EDT on Thursday

08 October 2009 near VANUATU ISLANDS (latitude 13.030S longitude 166.320E ).


The Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre is closely monitoring the situation

and will advise immediately if there is cause for concern.


Maps showing the affected areas are on the Bureau web site

www.bom.gov.au/tsunami. For a repeat of this warning call 1300 TSUNAMI (1300

878 6264).

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EDT = Eastern Daylight Time

EST = Eastern Standard Time = EDT - 1 hour

CST = Central Standard Time = EDT - 1.5 hours

CDT = Central Daylight Time = EDT - 30 minutes

WST = Western Standard Time = EDT - 3 hours

australian warning center


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