Powerful 7.7 earthquake hits north of New Zealand, triggers tsunami watch

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Powerful 7.7 earthquake hits north of New Zealand, triggers tsunami watch

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[2naSalit]

1. Just saw that as an aftershock was recorded.

[AllaN01Bear]

2. details of quakes below

1: mainshock: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000dg77/executive


2: 5.6 aftershock details :https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?currentFeatureId=us6000dg8c&extent=-43.96119,-216.38672&extent=20.96144,-124.98047

3: tsunami information . https://www.tsunami.gov/

i realized that i had missspelt tsunami.

shake , rattle and roll.

[csziggy]

3. There has been a whole series of earthquakes, most over 5.0!

5.2
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2021-02-10 09:37:22 (UTC-05:00)
10.0 km

5.0
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2021-02-10 09:30:24 (UTC-05:00)
10.0 km

5.6
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2021-02-10 09:18:20 (UTC-05:00)
10.0 km

7.7
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2021-02-10 08:20:00 (UTC-05:00)
10.0 km

6.1
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2021-02-10 08:02:00 (UTC-05:00)
10.0 km

5.7
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2021-02-10 07:32:11 (UTC-05:00)
10.0 km

6.0
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2021-02-10 07:24:21 (UTC-05:00)
10.0 km

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?extent=-26.8967,161.76292&extent=-15.5533,182.04368&listOnlyShown=true

[AllaN01Bear]

4. pre shocks ? too early in the morning to spell.

thanks for your information.

[csziggy]

5. I don't know about pre-shocks, but that area has been very active today

If you scroll out, there has also been a series between 5.1 and 6.2 just over 200 km SSW of Bengkulu, Indonesia, as if that fault is taking turns with the one the earthquakes I listed above are on.

[csziggy]

6. Wow! Tons more earthquakes since I posted earlier!

5.3
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2021-02-10 18:32:47 (UTC-05:00)
10.0 km

5.2
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2021-02-10 18:26:27 (UTC-05:00)
10.0 km

5.4
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2021-02-10 17:54:18 (UTC-05:00)
10.0 km

5.1
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2021-02-10 17:38:02 (UTC-05:00)
10.0 km

5.2
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2021-02-10 17:03:44 (UTC-05:00)
10.0 km

5.3
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2021-02-10 16:57:12 (UTC-05:00)
10.0 km

5.3
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2021-02-10 16:50:00 (UTC-05:00)
10.0 km

5.6
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2021-02-10 16:40:35 (UTC-05:00)
10.0 km

6.4
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2021-02-10 16:23:59 (UTC-05:00)
10.0 km

5.2
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2021-02-10 16:17:51 (UTC-05:00)
10.0 km

5.3
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2021-02-10 15:45:14 (UTC-05:00)
10.0 km

5.1
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2021-02-10 15:41:39 (UTC-05:00)
10.0 km

4.9
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2021-02-10 15:10:35 (UTC-05:00)
10.0 km

5.3
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2021-02-10 14:56:15 (UTC-05:00)
10.0 km

5.1
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2021-02-10 14:13:58 (UTC-05:00)
10.0 km

5.1
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2021-02-10 14:00:14 (UTC-05:00)
10.0 km

6.1
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2021-02-10 13:36:41 (UTC-05:00)
10.0 km

5.6
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2021-02-10 12:25:50 (UTC-05:00)
10.0 km

5.2
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2021-02-10 12:24:35 (UTC-05:00)
10.0 km

5.0
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2021-02-10 12:00:50 (UTC-05:00)
10.0 km

5.2
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2021-02-10 11:53:54 (UTC-05:00)
10.0 km

4.9
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2021-02-10 11:52:21 (UTC-05:00)
10.0 km

5.1
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2021-02-10 11:47:08 (UTC-05:00)
10.0 km

6.1
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2021-02-10 11:35:23 (UTC-05:00)
10.0 km

4.9
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2021-02-10 11:19:36 (UTC-05:00)
10.0 km

4.9
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2021-02-10 10:44:30 (UTC-05:00)
10.0 km

5.1
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2021-02-10 09:59:37 (UTC-05:00)
10.0 km

5.1
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2021-02-10 09:49:57 (UTC-05:00)
10.0 km

5.2
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2021-02-10 09:37:22 (UTC-05:00)
10.0 km

5.0
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2021-02-10 09:30:24 (UTC-05:00)
10.0 km

5.6
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2021-02-10 09:18:20 (UTC-05:00)
10.0 km

5.2
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2021-02-10 08:57:18 (UTC-05:00)
10.0 km

7.7
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2021-02-10 08:19:55 (UTC-05:00)
10.0 km

6.1
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2021-02-10 08:02:00 (UTC-05:00)
10.0 km

5.7
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2021-02-10 07:32:11 (UTC-05:00)
10.0 km

6.0
southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2021-02-10 07:24:21 (UTC-05:00)
10.0 km

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?extent=-24.50714,169.14551&extent=-21.70337,174.2157&listOnlyShown=true