[riverrunner]

A thousand plus miles is close?

[Godebert]

Time will tell if a tsunami was generated....

[Godebert]

Tsunamigenic? Is that a new word?

[Zathras]

102 miles deep
Too deep to generate a Tsunami

[Mount Athos]

I have read elsewhere that it takes a 7.5 magnitude quake to make a significant tsunami.
The major exception is when there is also a big landslide into the ocean, then a smaller one can do it

[outofsalt]

"Tasty waves, dude!"

[Bigg Red]

Prayers up for Australia.

[r_barton]

The undersea quake is now listed as a 5.9 on the USGS website.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/#%7B%22autoUpdate%22%3Anull%2C%22basemap%22%3A%22terrain%22%2C%22feed%22%3A%221day_all%22%2C%22listFormat%22%3A%22default%22%2C%22mapposition%22%3A%5B%5B-88.56627947154443%2C-249.609375%5D%2C%5B88.54857855448348%2C650.390625%5D%5D%2C%22overlays%22%3A%5B%22plates%22%5D%2C%22restrictListToMap%22%3Anull%2C%22search%22%3Anull%2C%22sort%22%3A%22newest%22%2C%22timezone%22%3A%22utc%22%2C%22viewModes%22%3A%5B%22map%22%2C%22settings%22%5D%2C%22timeZone%22%3A%22utc%22%2C%22event%22%3Anull%7D

[DocRock]

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