A 7.1 Earthquake in VANUATU just happend.

Hi there everyone, this is my first post here on ats and i just wanted to make it brief and report that there was a 7.1 earthquake in VANUATU on Friday, March 09, 2012 at 07:09:54 UTC. There was recently a thread HERE predicting that there would be an earthquake within 40 hours due to the solar storm we just had. lol im not linking it in any way but.. "just saying" here is the link to the USGS website 7.1 USGS Link

Thank you all,

DecendedStar

I just saw that on the Live Earthquakes map and remembered the thread about an earthquake prediction within forty hours.
Any tsunami warning associated with the quake?

reply to post by grumpydaysleeper


Pacific Tsunami Warning Center - National Weather Service
ptwc.weather.gov...

000
WEHW42 PHEB 090717
TIBHWX
HIZ001>003-005>009-012>014-016>021-023>026-090917-

TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
917 PM HST THU MAR 08 2012

TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT - TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT

THIS STATEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. NO ACTION REQUIRED.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 0910 PM HST 08 MAR 2012
COORDINATES - 19.2 SOUTH 169.7 EAST
LOCATION - VANUATU ISLANDS
MAGNITUDE - 7.1 MOMENT

EVALUATION

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.

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL DATA ARE RECEIVED.

$$
ptwc.weather.gov...

reply to post by grumpydaysleeper


I know im pretty neutral on the whole debate on whether solar storms inflict earthquake here on earth but after this event ..im somewhat being pushed into believing it. Granted it is 2:44am right now and im half asleep so i still need more time to mull over the data. As of right now there are no tsunami warnings.. here is the link to keep an eye on tsunami risk link

Originally posted by this_is_who_we_are

Thank you for your quick tsunami warning reply you just beat me to it ..

UPDATE from what i consider a reliable source Reuters

So far Reuters is stating everyone is safe with no damage being reported as of yet. God bless them

reply to post by descendedstar


Just doin' my job.

Yea u beat me to it as well, and since that other dude predicted this I think we can somewhat attribute earth quakes to solar storms at least a little now

I think there will be a stronger one. We will see...

I got the alarm on my phone , It's 37km deep so it's benign.

reply to post by LordDrakula


It's very possible that a larger earthquake can happen its anyones guess.. well... maybe everyone except that guy who predicted this earthquake.

UPDATE: Rather small 4.8 earthquake hit Vanuatu just now. Things are a ringing down in the Pacific as we speak. earthquake.usgs.gov...

I wish them all the best over there.

As for the prediction???

Welllll, I suppose it could be true, but Vanuatu had a 7.1 EQ not long ago, (Feb 2nd this year) so I'm leaning to co-incidence.

Magnitude 7.1 Date-Time Thursday, February 02, 2012 at 13:34:40 UTC Friday, February 03, 2012 at 12:34:40 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 17.766°S, 167.134°E Depth 23.1 km (14.4 miles) Region VANUATU Distances 124 km (77 miles) W of PORT-VILA, Efate, Vanuatu 251 km (155 miles) S of Luganville, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu 294 km (182 miles) NW of Isangel, Tanna, Vanuatu 1803 km (1120 miles) ENE of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 13.8 km (8.6 miles); depth +/- 2.7 km (1.7 miles) Parameters NST=551, Nph=561, Dmin=482 km, Rmss=1.23 sec, Gp= 14°, M-type="moment" magnitude from initial P wave (tsuboi method) (Mi/Mwp), Version=C Source Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) Event ID usb0007uiv

Source

Nice, was looking at iris about two hrs ago and there was nothing significant. What I find weird is, I started feeling a migraine coming on maybe an hour or so ago. Right about the same time this thread popped up. I wouldn't be astonished if solar flares and/or cmes can have an effect on the planets functionality. I don't think these flares are the cause of the earthquakes but I could see them being a trigger if geologic stresses are high in an area.

reply to post by Qumulys


Actually on January 26 there was another pretty large flare. I'll search for a link to source.

Eta: my bad, it was the 27, here you go.

www.space.com...

wasnt there a prediction about a big earthquake that was supposed to happen recently?

reply to post by seenavv


Someone made an earthquake prediction about two days ago, suggesting there is a link between solar storms and earthquakes. Cant find it in search? Looks like he/she was right!


Bingo!

Next big earthquake in less than 40 hours!

Wow! I was keeping my eyes on the threads after that EQ prediction the other day here - I was so in hopes the author of the prediction would be wrong (for peoples sake) but I'm very happy for his/her sake they were right!

WOW - great job.

Prayers for those who're effected by this quake!

peace

Interesting as this side of the planet was also sun-facing when the flare was said to strike.

solar flair and a full moon and roughly apogee for this year

Perigee Apogee
--------------------------------- ---------------------------------
Apr 7 17:00 358313 km F+ 21h Apr 22 13:50 406420 km - N+1d 6h
May 6 3:34 356953 km ++ F- 0h May 19 16:14 406450 km -- N-1d 7h

www.fourmilab.ch...

reply to post by descendedstar

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.
Magnitude
6.7
Date-Time
Friday, March 09, 2012 at 07:09:53 UTC
Friday, March 09, 2012 at 06:09:53 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
19.115°S, 169.643°E
Depth
31.7 km (19.7 miles)
Region
VANUATU
Distances
61 km (37 miles) NE of Isangel, Tanna, Vanuatu
206 km (128 miles) SE of PORT-VILA, Efate, Vanuatu
325 km (201 miles) NE of Tadine, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia
1934 km (1201 miles) ENE of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 13.8 km (8.6 miles); depth +/- 4.7 km (2.9 miles)
Parameters
NST=474, Nph=481, Dmin=467.5 km, Rmss=0.76 sec, Gp= 18°,
M-type="moment" magnitude from initial P wave (tsuboi method) (Mi/Mwp), Version=B
Source
Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID
usb0008e4z

USGS

That's. .4 magnitude decrease over initial magnitude estimate.

The shake map shows "moderate" to "strong" shaking which translates to "very light" to "light" potential damage.

reply to post by jadedANDcynical

That's. .4 magnitude decrease over initial magnitude estimate.

Good thing that this is not a statistical measurement...otherwise we could cut that 7.1 in half!

Still...a 6.7 is a pretty good shaker!