7.6 earthquake hits South Pacific

[Viva_La_Revolution]

Source: Seattle Times/ AP

The Associated Press

NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga —

A strong earthquake has struck far off the South Pacific island nation of Tonga. There are no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

The U.S. Geological Survey reports the magnitude-7.6 quake struck Friday at 1:57 p.m. (1757 GMT) about 541 miles (870 kilometers) south of Nuku'Alofa on Tonga. The quake struck at a depth of 24 miles (39 kilometers).

Read more: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2016570367_apasearthquakepacific.html

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USGS Earthquake Details http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usb0006b6p.php?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude 7.6
Date-Time

Friday, October 21, 2011 at 17:57:17 UTC
Saturday, October 22, 2011 at 05:57:17 AM at epicenter

Location 28.941°S, 176.046°W
Depth 39.8 km (24.7 miles)
Region KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION
Distances

180 km (112 miles) E (79°) from Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands
870 km (541 miles) S (185°) from NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga
2978 km (1851 miles) WSW (240°) from PAPEETE, Tahiti, French Polynesia

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 15.7 km (9.8 miles); depth +/- 10.8 km (6.7 miles)


http://earthquake-report.com/ will have a live update page soon
M 7.5 7.3 7.6 2011/10/21 17:57 Depth 39.8 km KERMADEC ISLANDS
October 22, 2011 at 05:57:17 AM at epicenter
Far away from the populated world – We will evaluate the tsunami risk as fast as possible
GDACS has NO tsunami risk in place at the moment
NO tsunami advisory or warning from NOAA Pacific Tsunami Warning Center
NOAA Pacific Ocean message :
NO DESTRUCTIVE WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI THREAT EXISTS BASED ON HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DATA.
NOAA Hawaii message :
BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII. REPEAT. A DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII.
UPDATE : the agencies are constantly recalculating the earthquake data
870 km (541 miles) S (185°) from NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Now that is nothing to sneeze at

[aquart]

2. No tsunami.

Whew.

[AsahinaKimi]

6. I second that Whew !

The last thing we need on the west coast is a good sized Tsunami heading this way.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

3. tsunami potential threat advisory is in effect for New Zealand

NZStuff Stuff.co.nz News
by BreakingNews
Breaking: A tsunami potential threat advisory is in effect for New Zealand. More details soon
from the twitter

[Viva_La_Revolution]

4. PTWC Evaluation sea level reading indicate a tsunami was generated

Metaemergencia Escenarios Críticos
PTWC EVALUATION SEA LEVEL READING INDICATE A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. IT MAY HAVE BEEN DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS NEAR THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER
8 minutes ago

[spin]

5. K&R (n/t)

[DesertFlower]

7. a 3.9 hit san francisco yesterday.

http://www.mydesert.com/article/20111020/NEWS0805/111020011/3-9-quake-hits-San-Francisco-Bay-Area-hours-after-ShakeOut-drill?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Frontpage|s

[defendandprotect]

8. Glacier melting is bringing more earthquakes and more severe earthquakes ....

Remember the nuclear reactors at Fukushima were built to only withstand a 7.1 earthquake!!

And that on earthquake prone Japan!!!

[sarcasmo]

9. Good thing Tsunami warnings are the norm now.