Updated: 7.9 Earthquake Tonga (Northeast of Australia)

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[silentknight]

8.0

[nmh]

"As my Dad who was a Lutheran minster always said, you can't worry about it, all the signs of the end of the Earth have been present throughout history. We are no unique."

Perhaps you and he should look more closely at the Bible. We ARE living in prophetic times. Back in 1948 when Israel became a country ... things picked up. Surely you know the significance of that.

[Types_with_Fist]

guess I could have sized it....

A Tad...:-)

[silentknight]

blah

There have ALWAYS been GREAT quakes. Has nothing to do with end times.

[dinoparty]

Sounds like you've watched a little too much Jack Van Impe!

It is not for us to know or guess about the end times. When they come, they come.

[MineralMan]

Well, I didn't get a chance to read your messages, since it was pulled by the moderators. Did you say something mean about non-Christians in it? Did you say they were going to Hell?

Whenever I see a pulled message, I know that the person who wrote it said something ugly. That's not nice, nmh!

[BladeLWS]

Wow, ya think?

[oldleft]

I was watching a program that concluded that the Apocalypse should have happened between 1901 and 1945 based on natural disasters and world events. It didn't, so I guess we can all sleep at night.

[LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget]

Order of magnitude plus smaller. A 9 is 10 times stronger than an 8, which is ten times weaker than a 7, etc.

[HEY4QDEMS]

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 002
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 1631Z 03 MAY 2006

THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE PACIFIC BASIN EXCEPT
ALASKA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - CALIFORNIA.

... A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT ...

A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR

TONGA / NIUE / AMERICAN SAMOA / SAMOA / WALLIS-FUTUNA / FIJI

FOR ALL OTHER PACIFIC AREAS, THIS MESSAGE IS AN ADVISORY ONLY.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 1527Z 03 MAY 2006
COORDINATES - 19.9 SOUTH 174.2 WEST
LOCATION - TONGA ISLANDS
MAGNITUDE - 7.8

EVALUATION

IT IS NOT KNOWN THAT A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. THIS WARNING IS
BASED ONLY ON THE EARTHQUAKE EVALUATION. AN EARTHQUAKE OF THIS
SIZE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE A DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI THAT CAN
STRIKE COASTLINES IN THE REGION NEAR THE EPICENTER WITHIN MINUTES
TO HOURS. AUTHORITIES IN THE REGION SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE
ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS POSSIBILITY. THIS CENTER WILL CONTINUE
TO MONITOR SEA LEVEL GAUGES NEAREST THE REGION AND REPORT IF ANY
TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY IS OBSERVED. THE WARNING WILL NOT EXPAND
TO OTHER AREAS OF THE PACIFIC UNLESS ADDITIONAL DATA ARE RECEIVED
TO WARRANT SUCH AN EXPANSION.

ESTIMATED INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE ARRIVAL TIMES. ACTUAL ARRIVAL TIMES
MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. THE TIME
BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE TSUNAMI WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.

LOCATION COORDINATES ARRIVAL TIME

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TONGA NUKUALOFA 21.0S 175.2W 1551Z 03 MAY
NIUE NIUE IS. 19.0S 170.0W 1557Z 03 MAY
AMERICAN SAMOA PAGO PAGO 14.3S 170.7W 1620Z 03 MAY
SAMOA APIA 13.8S 171.8W 1622Z 03 MAY
WALLIS-FUTUNA WALLIS IS. 13.2S 176.2W 1643Z 03 MAY
FIJI SUVA 18.5S 178.5E 1704Z 03 MAY

BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.
THE TSUNAMI WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE BULLETINS
FOR ALASKA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - CALIFORNIA.

[edpc]

Prayers for Antarctica

/s

[LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget]

http://www.ux1.eiu.edu/~cfjps/1300/magnitude.html

[pnz1]

I thought Fox just said a warning was issued for Hawaii?

[MineralMan]

"I was watching a program that concluded that the Apocalypse should have happened between 1901 and 1945 based on natural disasters and world events. It didn't, so I guess we can all sleep at night."

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People have been predicting the apocaolypse for over 2000 years now. So far, not sign of it. Yet, earthquakes happen every day. There's always a war somewhere.

It seems to me like some folks are hoping for the end times. That'll get rid of all the pesky people they don't like, doncha know.

[txhurl]

Is there any high ground in Samoa at all?

[CedarDave]

They have reduced the magnitude to 7.8. Originally posted as 8 - 8.1.

[Chena]

Yes, a tsunami warning has been issued for the state of Hawaii.

[gandalftb]

Correct that. Only a Tsunami Watch has been ordered by the Nat. Waether Service.

[Chena]

A 7.8 is still an extremely strong earthquake. Our area rode out a 7.9 a few years ago and a kazillion aftershocks (ok, maybe not a kazillion of them...but thousands. LOL)

[Chena]

Thank you, gandalftb.

[stlnative]

Advisory only for Hawaii and Alaska

They expect that a Tsunami should hit FUJI within 30 minutes from now. 90 minutes for New Zealand