Cluster 7.0+ Magnitude Earthquakes Hit Vanuatu & Santa Cruz Islands

Fiji: tsunami could reach there in the next 20 mins,

USGS live to BBC said just now 01.06 gmt

We may have had 3 mag 7 to 7.6 within the last hour, we are reviewing the information now probably though 3 events over mag 7

Elf

[edit on 7-10-2009 by MischeviousElf]

Originally posted by MischeviousElf
BBC News Live now to USGS

AUSTRALIA is in the warning by them!

BBC

To include 11 others.

You need to be in the UK to watch the BBC news on the page or go to cable.

Elf

Ive still got no warning!!!

I dont understand as my work (Australian Bureau of Meteorology) puts out the warnings. Last bulletin I got was a cancellation

I mean I don't know the normal activity for the region but this sounds absolutely crazy. New quakes being reported left and right.

I mean breaking news is exciting and everything but I feel bad for the all the people being affected by this.

I don't see how this could keep on going for much longer without something being seriously wrong with the region.

EDIT: Seems like RSOE EDIS is overloaded at the moment, Twitter is crawling too at least on my end.

[edit on 7-10-2009 by mkross1983]

Is there any live web video from any MSM outlets right now? Checked them all here in the US and nothing, are there any international news outlets covering this live we can watch via the web?

This is why I like this site. with so many people from around the world reporting the news as is happens, There is almost no better place to receive the most up to date info. yeah that thing about the prediction sure is interesting. wazup OZ,

I'm wondering if all this activity is overwhelming their servers/systems or the quake has affected a underwater fiber cable maybe???

Guys here's some live str4eaming webcams of the Fijian coast if anyones interested

www.fijiwebcam.com...

Cant see anything yet

reply to post by OzWeatherman


Australian warning centers are giving out different info than NOAA.

According to noaa australia is still under warning. But if you say it's cancelled and live there ....

NOAA

ISSUED AT 2336Z 07 OCT 2009

A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR

VANUATU / SOLOMON IS. / NAURU / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / TUVALU /
NEW CALEDONIA / FIJI / KIRIBATI / KOSRAE / WALLIS-FUTUNA /
HOWLAND-BAKER / MARSHALL IS. / TOKELAU / KERMADEC IS / POHNPEI /
NEW ZEALAND / SAMOA / AMERICAN SAMOA / TONGA / AUSTRALIA /
NIUE / COOK ISLANDS / CHUUK / INDONESIA


SEA LEVEL READINGS INDICATE A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. IT MAY HAVE
BEEN DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS NEAR THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER AND
COULD ALSO BE A THREAT TO MORE DISTANT COASTS. AUTHORITIES SHOULD
TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS POSSIBILITY. THIS
CENTER WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR SEA LEVEL DATA TO DETERMINE THE
EXTENT AND SEVERITY OF THE THREAT.

FOR ALL AREAS - WHEN NO MAJOR WAVES ARE OBSERVED FOR TWO HOURS
AFTER THE ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL OR DAMAGING WAVES HAVE NOT
OCCURRED FOR AT LEAST TWO HOURS THEN LOCAL AUTHORITIES CAN ASSUME
THE THREAT IS PASSED.

Originally posted by Lil Drummerboy
This is why I like this site. with so many people from around the world reporting the news as is happens, There is almost no better place to receive the most up to date info. yeah that thing about the prediction sure is interesting. wazup OZ,

Yes, Much better than MSM! I always read the news here first!

BoM senior forecaster Geoff Doueal said the tsunami wasn't expected to make it past the Great Barrier Reef.

"The reef pretty much kills this tsunami," he said.

"So there is no real direct threat to the mainland of Queensland."

www.news.com.au...

Originally posted by violet
Australian warning centers are giving out different info than NOAA.

According to noaa australia is still under warning. But if you say it's cancelled and live there ....

Well i get the warnings automatically, as soon as they are put out, so I would assume ours is correct...

I think we may get another one in about 5 minutes

reply to post by OzWeatherman


Kicking up a bit of surf there...

Originally posted by dallas18

BoM senior forecaster Geoff Doueal said the tsunami wasn't expected to make it past the Great Barrier Reef.

"The reef pretty much kills this tsunami," he said.

"So there is no real direct threat to the mainland of Queensland."

www.news.com.au...

That's a good natural defense there.

Should put some artificial ones all around the coastlines, lol, be a little expensive though.

Originally posted by OzWeatherman
Guys here's some live str4eaming webcams of the Fijian coast if anyones interested

www.fijiwebcam.com...

Cant see anything yet

Um, it looks like someone is moving the camera about or maybe it's automatic?

It just moved to look out to sea and I see waves breaking, I don't know if there's land out there or not....

Originally posted by asala
reply to post by OzWeatherman

 

Kicking up a bit of surf there...

Yeah dont know wether that the Tsunami or wether thats just water breaking on the reef just out there

twitter.com...

CARE Australia staff in Vanuatu report on twitter "can see big wave coming".

[edit on 7-10-2009 by john124]

Originally posted by OzWeatherman
Guys here's some live str4eaming webcams of the Fijian coast if anyones interested

www.fijiwebcam.com...

Cant see anything yet

THANK YOU! Appreciate the effort!

Australia staff in Vanuatu report on twitter "can see big wave coming".

New first twitter.com...

Originally posted by amongus
Is there any live web video from any MSM outlets right now? Checked them all here in the US and nothing, are there any international news outlets covering this live we can watch via the web?

If you are in the UK or go to a Proxy there (Britain) the following will work for BBC on Firefox:

BBC News 24

also I understand this might help ahem

So Someone Said the Other day

However I would not recommend it or say it was right to do so.

Elf

[edit on 7-10-2009 by MischeviousElf]