​Tsunami warning issued following 8.3 earthquake near Solomon Islands

Tsunami warning has been issued after a strong 8.3 magnitude earthquake struck near the Solomon Islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has issued an expanding regional tsunami warning for the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Nauru, New Caledonia, Tuvalu and Kosrae.

A tsunami watch is in effect for Kiribati, Fiji, Marshall Islands, Wallis and Futuna, Howland and Baker, Pohnpei, Tokelau, Australia, Samoa, Indonesia, Kermadec Islands, New Zealand, American Samoa, Tonga, Chuuk, Niue, Cook Islands, Wake Island, Guam, Northern Marianas, Yap, Palau, Jarvis Island, Minamitorishima, Palmyra Island and Johnston Island.

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​Tsunami warning issued following 8.3 earthquake near Solomon Islands

Holy mackers! an 8.3 ? Not much to say at this moment, this might give a ring or two...

The oar fish predicted this!!!!

MessageforAll
Holy mackers! an 8.3 ? That's higher then the Japan quake!

Japan's was an 8.9, and this one is currently being classified as a 7.6, so might want to change the title to reflect that:

earthquake.usgs.gov...

reply to post by _BoneZ_


I removed it, thanks

Forgive my ignorance, but will this potential tsunami have any effect on the west coast?

Thisbseth
The oar fish predicted this!!!!

It's a bit of a coincidence isn't it

Suspicious0bservers is Live now.

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Were the Oarfish not sighted ion the Gulf Of Mexico though? Seems a bit far away, neat thought though.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake, initially estimated at a magnitude 8.3, occurred at a depth of about 10 kilometers (6 miles).

www.cnn.com...

I'm really borderline ignorant when it comes to earthquakes but is it just me or have many of the latest big earthquakes been as shallow as this one, in the same 6 miles ranges of depth?

live feed from
san cristabal

ecuadorbeaches.org...




the water level has not dropped at all,,




vs

So far so good… updates if need be.

Tsunami warning text

reply to post by Mamatus



Sea of Cortez/Gulf of California on the Pacific side of Mexico.

www.abovetopsecret.com...

What's crazy is that our own 'Puterman' came pretty close to hitting the nail on the head...again!

Never the less my 'guess' is Chile high 7, lo 8 in April and either preceded or followed quickly by low to mid 7 in Santa Cruz/Vanuatu
looking at around April 21 just because there is more often one around that date than not.

Quake Watch 2014

Where's muzzy...surely this should have got him up to check out the tsunami???

Rainbows
Jane

PS....Haha...he's just popped up on the EQ thread

possibly first wave front,, just in the distance,,ok never mind, cam is down,NO NOT BECAUSE of wave,,

probably internet bandwidth issue,,all 3 of us watching

oh well hope onlt temp.

damn u nsa.

OK...the bows have turned out to sea...tide turning me thinks......why am I watching equador cam?
Rainbows
Jane

PS.../my feed is working fine

reply to post by BobAthome


nope were back



everthing still ok.

Bob, I asked this in the EQ Watch thread, and will ask here in the event you don't check that one. San Cristobal appears to be in the Galapagos Islands, so why is this relevant to the Solomons? You're not disclosing this, either, which is quite misleading. Until I googled it, I assumed you found a cam for the Solomon Islands region. Explain?

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take close look at the name of the island ,,then the name of the live web cam,,,


really.

and three guess's as too what the little squares are.

reply to post by BobAthome


Flat wrong, it's not where you think it is, unless "Shipwreck Bay at Puerto Baquerizo" isn't actually in the Galapagos. Google that location, since it's mentioned on the webcam page as the location OF the cam, if you don't believe me.

And with all the googling I've done, there doesn't seem to be any live webcams from that island that I can find. Kirakira's only net access seems to be in their post office alone, they're not very tech-saturated out there yet.