7.6 Earthquake in the South Pacific

For Australia, it would have been a good Exercise. There has been a good deal of work on an early warning system after the Big Tsunami, so this would have been a workout for the Emergency Services.

There will be plenty of phonecalls, emails and teleconferences flying about the various bureaucracies today discussing what worked and what didn't.

BTW, BOM is the Bureau of Meteorology.... rain forecasts. I would expect Geosciences Australia... the geologists... will be far more central to the whole thing.

(Not meaning to ignore the troubles of the poor Solomon Islanders.)

hope all goes well and no one is seriously hurt but ive read on one news report that three are already dead

Originally posted by infinite


I have bad news. The Tsunami has just hit towns and villages in Solomon Island. Hawaii has been put on alert and Western Australia is on alert too.

This is breaking by the second...

news.sky.com
(visit the link for the full news article)

Im in WA and the eastern states news (all we get in the morning news is the east news) has said naught.. typical...


O_o


edit - lol as I reply, blammo, we get the news...

nothing major for us tho, just the quake news..

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It does not look good CNN international was just saying that over 60 building collapsed on one island alone. I don't know if that was because of the quake itself or because of a wave. But I did hear them say there was without a doubt a tsunami a few meters high. A meter is 3 feet right or is that a yard. A meter is 3 feet a yard is 5 feet. I don't remember exactly. Damn my ignorance to the metric system.

A meter is 39.27 inches, just over a yard, which is 36 inches.

I got this via an email from USGS Earthquake Center:

== PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT ==

***This event has been revised.


Region: SOLOMON ISLANDS
Geographic coordinates: 8.453S, 156.956E
Magnitude: 8.0 Mw
Depth: 10 km
Universal Time (UTC): 1 Apr 2007 20:39:56
Time near the Epicenter: 2 Apr 2007 07:39:56
Local time in your area: 1 Apr 2007 20:39:56

Location with respect to nearby cities:
41 km (25 miles) SSE (163 degrees) of Gizo, Solomon Islands
202 km (125 miles) S (170 degrees) of Chirovanga, Solomon Islands
233 km (145 miles) W (259 degrees) of Dadali, Solomon Islands
348 km (216 miles) WNW (289 degrees) of HONIARA, Solomon Islands
1077 km (670 miles) E (85 degrees) of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea


ADDITIONAL EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
________________________________
event ID : US 2007aqbk

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist at NEIC
For subsequent updates, maps, and technical information, see:
earthquake.usgs.gov...
or
earthquake.usgs.gov...

National Earthquake Information Center
U.S. Geological Survey

LATEST INFO

Tsunami was 10ft high,


8 Dead including 6 children,



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I haven't read this whole thread so this may have been posted.

An interesting coincidence???

Tsunami to hit the East Coast of America on April 1st

(WebWire) 3/6/2007 6:47:58 AM

Over the last few months, there has been growing evidence for a tsunami hitting the Eastern Coastal regions of the Americas on April 1st, 2007. Although the evidence comes in the form of parables, the reasons for the event are straightforward. In summary, over the last 2000 years, people have chosen to follow Paul or other ideologies over that of Jesus. His main message, “Love your neighbour as yourself” has been drowned out and the results are poverty, oppression and war. These are fuelled by ideologies such as consumerism and capitalism, which are particularly prevalent in the West.

more... www.webwire.com...

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LATEST


Several villiges have been wiped out,

I will try and get links to my updates as they come on the net


Link

All the houses near the sea were flattened," she told The Associated Press by telephone. "The downtown area is a very big mess from the tsunami and the earthquake," she added. "A lot of houses have collapsed. The whole town is still shaking" from aftershocks.

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the news I read said the wave was 10 feet. Not the 30 foot killer of Christmas 2005 but not insignificent either.

Pleanty of after shocks aswell,

5.5 SOLOMON ISLANDS
5.1 SOLOMON ISLANDS
5.0 SOLOMON ISLANDS
5.1 SOLOMON ISLANDS
5.3 SOLOMON ISLANDS
5.9 SOLOMON ISLANDS

EMSC Quake watch



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On the radio, here in Sydney, it has been on the news.

There was a warning issued to stay away from the beaches for the day as the ocean will be choppy due to the tsanami up North and could pose a threat.
Other than that, they have mainly been reporting what has already been mentioned here.

Sorry to hear about the deaths in the Solomons.

What are the updates now, whar happened!!???

Originally posted by ghoulardi
I haven't read this whole thread so this may have been posted.

An interesting coincidence???

Tsunami to hit the East Coast of America on April 1st

(WebWire) 3/6/2007 6:47:58 AM

Over the last few months, there has been growing evidence for a tsunami hitting the Eastern Coastal regions of the Americas on April 1st, 2007. Although the evidence comes in the form of parables, the reasons for the event are straightforward. In summary, over the last 2000 years, people have chosen to follow Paul or other ideologies over that of Jesus. His main message, “Love your neighbour as yourself” has been drowned out and the results are poverty, oppression and war. These are fuelled by ideologies such as consumerism and capitalism, which are particularly prevalent in the West.

more... www.webwire.com...

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Very interesting. [email protected] is the contact info. I don't know how this was predicted or if it was triggered in some way...

Originally posted by Triad979
What are the updates now, whar happened!!???

Here's something that's not so much an update for today but what we may be
seeing in the future in that area.

Another Earthquake Likely

Another earthquake 'likely' in Solomons

news.com.au

All the major news outlets are reporting up to 13 dead

Damage reports

Some reports of the problems they now face,

reports that around 2,000 people, or 10 per cent of the population, in the provincial capital of Gizo Town, are now homeless, while around 500 houses may have been damaged or destroyed. Initial reports from other islands suggest similar or worse levels of damage.

Sad news is that they may not have the proper figures on missing yet,

Roads are inaccessible and there has been heavy damage to infrastructure, including phones and electricity," he adds. "Many people will be sleeping outdoors tonight and are not expected to return to their homes until Tuesday… that makes it hard to get accurate figures on the number of people who may be missing."

Food is also running short in some areas, So i cant imagine if another quake hits in the coming weeks,

Gizo's airfield is still functioning, but debris needed to be cleared from the runway before it was fully operational. An aerial assessment was carried out by government officials, as well as a Red Cross expert, late on Monday to examine the damage.

At least the Airport seems undamaged,
Link,


Sadly it seems like the death toll may rise over the coming days,
Some are reporting that 15 dead now, But there's no confirmation of that yet,

Death toll 'likely to rise'

"Reports have come in that more than 15 people died, just around Gizo, but with the other islands I cannot tell you," premier Alex Lokopio told Radio New Zealand.

The central government reported 12 deaths and the police at least four, but Sogavare warned the death toll would likely rise once rescue teams reached the area.

"Most of the islands are low-lying, and the extent of the damage is yet to be known," the prime minister said, adding that a team from his office, the Red Cross and the police were headed to the area.

"It's a very trying time for us."

Link,



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State of emergency declared,

Aid is also delayed,

www.alertnet.org...

The shallow quake hit Gizo island, northwest of the Solomons capital Honiara, hardest. It damaged shops, schools and a hospital on the low-lying waterfront, while the following tsunami wave sucked dozens of houses into the sea.

Emergency aid is finally trickling through to thousands of people stranded by the devastating tsunami which struck the western Solomon Islands.

At least 22 people died in Monday's disaster but the toll is set to rise, as many others are still missing.

news.bbc.co.uk...



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