7.2 quake in Vanuatu

CNN ^

[BlownChevelle]

7.2 quake in Vanuatu:http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/eqinthenews/2007/us2007fmba/

[BurbankKarl]

Are the internet addresses all safe?

[BlownChevelle]

Yes

[theDentist]

Are there survivors?

[2banana]

Where is Vanuatu? Wasn’t there a song about it?

[SevenofNine]

What hell where

[xcamel]

I think that was “Xanadu”

[michigander]

Didn’t feel a thing.

[BlownChevelle]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — A 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck in the South Pacific 30 miles (45 km) southeast of Santo, Vanuatu, the U.S. Geological Survey says.

The quake was at a depth of 107.3 miles (172.7 km), USGS said. The epicenter was also 1,240 miles (1,996 km) northeast of Brisbane, Australia.

“Based on all available data a destructive Pacific-wide tsunami not expected and there is no tsunami threat to Hawaii,” read an advisory from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.

The quake struck at 4:08 a.m. local time (1:08 p.m. EDT/17:08 GMT)

[Clam Digger]

I wonder if they ar filming another Survivor there yet.

[edcoil]

Coast off Australia (east coast)

[Abathar]

Never heard of it until they did a “Survivor” there, they had a couple of quakes during the show. Considering the Vanuatu islands are the ones who are suing the world because the oceans are rising and they average only 3’ above sea level even a small tsunami will be pretty bad there.

[Rb ver. 2.0]

More Northeast than East. East of Indonesia, a bit more than midway between Hawaii and Australia.

Still in the middle of nowhere.

[bravo whiskey]

for those of us playing War in the Pacific (WitP) wargame, your air bases are safe.

[llevrok]

“vanna one, Vanuatu, vanna three...” - Lawrence Welk.

[ChadGore]

ouch . .that’s a big shake

[Rb ver. 2.0]

I recant #13, you are correct. I was thinking of Tuvalu. Vanuatu is due east of Australia.

[Squidpup]

[mkjessup]

[groan] soooo bad.

[Michael A. Velli]

Vanauta, IL?