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Magnitude 7.6 - SOLOMON ISLANDS
USGS Earthquake Hazards Program ^ | 01 Apr 07 | USGS

Posted on 04/01/2007 2:40:17 PM PDT by GATOR NAVY

Earthquake Details

Magnitude 7.6

Date-Time
  • Sunday, April 1, 2007 at 20:39:56 (UTC)
    = Coordinated Universal Time
  • Monday, April 2, 2007 at 7:39:56 AM
    = local time at epicenter

Location 8.474°S, 156.950°E

Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region

SOLOMON ISLANDS
Distances 45 km (25 miles) SSE of Gizo, New Georgia Islands, Solomon Isl.
205 km (125 miles) S of Chirovanga, Choiseul, Solomon Islands

345 km (215 miles) WNW of HONIARA, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
2145 km (1330 miles) NNE of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 9.1 km (5.7 miles); depth fixed by location program

Parameters Nst=148, Nph=148, Dmin=345.9 km, Rmss=1.2 sec, Gp= 32°,
M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6

Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID us2007aqbk



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To: GATOR NAVY

This took place near the famous WW2 "slot" used by the Japanese and American Navies to attack each other. Also near Pappy Boyington's Black Sheep Corsair squadron on Munda.

Lots of WW2 history in these islands.


41 posted on 04/01/2007 3:26:13 PM PDT by sasportas
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To: GATOR NAVY

Key for quakes is to either be really advanced such that you're building high-quality buildings specifically engineered to be quake-proof, or so backwards theres hardly anything to fall on you.

Worst is 2nd world/3rd world shoddy concrete lowrise construction, like Pakistan, Turkey, Armenia, etc.


42 posted on 04/01/2007 3:27:08 PM PDT by Strategerist
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To: GATOR NAVY

Tsunami alert for Queensland
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,21488361-952,00.html


43 posted on 04/01/2007 3:28:39 PM PDT by chickenNdumplings
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To: chickenNdumplings

Big earthquakes in the Solomons tend to come in pairs, hours or days apart, too.


44 posted on 04/01/2007 3:29:48 PM PDT by Strategerist
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To: GATOR NAVY

Tsunami Advisory Hawaii

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/messages/hawaii/2007/hawaii.2007.04.01.213506.txt


45 posted on 04/01/2007 3:33:01 PM PDT by bnelson44 (http://www.appealforcourage.org)
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To: GATOR NAVY

Is that where the swarm of earthquakes of the past week have been?


46 posted on 04/01/2007 3:33:24 PM PDT by RightWhale (3 May '07 3:14 PM)
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To: chickenNdumplings

Tsunami Warning for Solomon Is., Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Nauru, Chuuk, New Caledonia, Pohnpei, Kosrae, Australia, Indonesia, Tuvalu, Kiribati, Marshall Is.

Tsunami Watch for: Guam, Fiji, N. Marianas, Yap, Howland-baker, Wallis-futuna, Belau, Tokelau, Kermadec is, Samoa, New Zealand, Marcus Is., Wake Is., American Samoa, Tonga, Niue, Cook Islands, Philippines, Jarvis Is., Palmyra Is., Johnston Is., Japan

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/messages.php?id=pacific.2007.04.01.213221


47 posted on 04/01/2007 3:34:24 PM PDT by bnelson44 (http://www.appealforcourage.org)
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To: RightWhale

Not really any notable swarms last week and there were no quakes in the vicinity of this one of any note.


48 posted on 04/01/2007 3:34:58 PM PDT by Strategerist
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To: Strategerist

LOL !!


49 posted on 04/01/2007 3:37:40 PM PDT by Enterprise (I can't talk about liberals anymore because some of the words will get me sent to rehab.)
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To: GATOR NAVY

Global Warming! Bush's Fault! Quick, buy carbon credits!


50 posted on 04/01/2007 3:39:35 PM PDT by RacerX1128
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To: sasportas
Lots of WW2 history in these islands.

Yes, going to Guadalcanal was one of my favorite cruises for that reason. We came south from Okinawa, passed through the Bouganville Strait into New Georgia Sound (The Slot) past Savo Island into Ironbottom Sound and anchored off Point Cruz on Guadalcanal. There was still a lot of old, rusted equipment around in 1986. I don't know what's left now in that climate.

51 posted on 04/01/2007 3:45:21 PM PDT by GATOR NAVY (QMC(SW) Ret.)
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To: Strategerist

2239Z PTWC Update:

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 003
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 2239Z 01 APR 2007

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

NOTE: AREAS TO THE NORTH OF THE SOLOMON ISLANDS SHOULD NOT BE SIGNIFICANTLY
AFFECTED

... A TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT ...

A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR

SOLOMON IS. / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / VANUATU / NEW CALEDONIA / NORTHEASTERN
AUSTRALIA / TUVALU / KIRIBATI / FIJI /

A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR

KERMADEC IS / NEW ZEALAND /

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

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 2040Z 01 APR 2007
COORDINATES - 8.6 SOUTH 157.2 EAST
LOCATION - SOLOMON ISLANDS
MAGNITUDE - 8.1

MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY
HONIARA 15CM ZERO-TO-PEAK OBSERVED AT 21:37 GMT

EVALUATION

SEA LEVEL READINGS INDICATE A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. IT MAY HAVE
BEEN DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS NEAR THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER AND
COULD ALSO BE A THREAT TO MORE DISTANT COASTS. AUTHORITIES SHOULD
TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS POSSIBILITY. THIS
CENTER WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR SEA LEVEL DATA TO DETERMINE THE
EXTENT AND SEVERITY OF THE THREAT.

FOR ALL AREAS - WHEN NO MAJOR WAVES ARE OBSERVED FOR TWO HOURS
AFTER THE ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL OR DAMAGING WAVES HAVE NOT
OCCURRED FOR AT LEAST TWO HOURS THEN LOCAL AUTHORITIES CAN ASSUME
THE THREAT IS PASSED. DANGER TO BOATS AND COASTAL STRUCTURES CAN
CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS DUE TO RAPID CURRENTS. AS LOCAL
CONDITIONS CAN CAUSE A WIDE VARIATION IN TSUNAMI WAVE ACTION THE
ALL CLEAR DETERMINATION MUST BE MADE BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES.

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





SOLOMON IS. MUNDA 8.4S 157.2E 2039Z 01 APR
FALAMAE 7.4S 155.6E 2103Z 01 APR
PANGGOE 6.9S 157.2E 2120Z 01 APR
HONIARA 9.3S 160.0E 2121Z 01 APR
GHATERE 7.8S 159.2E 2122Z 01 APR
AUKI 8.8S 160.6E 2134Z 01 APR
KIRAKIRA 10.4S 161.9E 2140Z 01 APR
PAPUA NEW GUINE AMUN 6.0S 154.7E 2124Z 01 APR
KIETA 6.1S 155.6E 2133Z 01 APR
RABAUL 4.2S 152.3E 2145Z 01 APR
LAE 6.8S 147.0E 2218Z 01 APR
KAVIENG 2.5S 150.7E 2223Z 01 APR
MADANG 5.2S 146.0E 2241Z 01 APR
PORT MORESBY 9.5S 147.0E 2254Z 01 APR
MANUS IS. 2.0S 147.5E 2259Z 01 APR
WEWAK 3.5S 143.6E 2325Z 01 APR
VANIMO 2.6S 141.3E 2350Z 01 APR
VANUATU ESPERITU SANTO 15.1S 167.3E 2236Z 01 APR
ANATOM IS. 20.2S 169.9E 2322Z 01 APR
NAURU NAURU 0.5S 166.9E 2311Z 01 APR
CHUUK CHUUK IS. 7.4N 151.8E 2329Z 01 APR
NEW CALEDONIA NOUMEA 22.3S 166.5E 2338Z 01 APR
POHNPEI POHNPEI IS. 7.0N 158.2E 2345Z 01 APR
KOSRAE KOSRAE IS. 5.5N 163.0E 2345Z 01 APR
AUSTRALIA CAIRNS 16.7S 145.8E 2349Z 01 APR
BRISBANE 27.2S 153.3E 0033Z 02 APR
SYDNEY 33.9S 151.4E 0114Z 02 APR
GLADSTONE 23.8S 151.4E 0139Z 02 APR
MACKAY 21.1S 149.3E 0144Z 02 APR
HOBART 43.3S 147.6E 0245Z 02 APR
INDONESIA JAYAPURA 2.4S 140.8E 2354Z 01 APR
WARSA 0.6S 135.8E 0037Z 02 APR
MANOKWARI 0.8S 134.2E 0056Z 02 APR
SORONG 0.8S 131.1E 0125Z 02 APR
BEREBERE 2.5N 128.7E 0144Z 02 APR
PATANI 0.4N 128.8E 0158Z 02 APR
GEME 4.8N 126.8E 0202Z 02 APR
MANADO 1.5N 124.8E 0242Z 02 APR
TARAKAN 3.3N 117.6E 0400Z 02 APR
SINGKAWANG 1.0N 108.8E 1240Z 02 APR
PANGKALPINANG 2.0S 106.2E 1547Z 02 APR
TUVALU FUNAFUTI IS. 7.9S 178.5E 2359Z 01 APR
KIRIBATI TARAWA IS. 1.5N 173.0E 0007Z 02 APR
KANTON IS. 2.8S 171.7W 0121Z 02 APR
CHRISTMAS IS. 2.0N 157.5W 0325Z 02 APR
MALDEN IS. 3.9S 154.9W 0336Z 02 APR
FLINT IS. 11.4S 151.8W 0408Z 02 APR
MARSHALL IS. KWAJALEIN 8.7N 167.7E 0022Z 02 APR
MAJURO 7.1N 171.4E 0028Z 02 APR
ENIWETOK 11.4N 162.3E 0037Z 02 APR
GUAM GUAM 13.4N 144.7E 0035Z 02 APR
FIJI SUVA 18.1S 178.4E 0038Z 02 APR
N. MARIANAS SAIPAN 15.3N 145.8E 0041Z 02 APR
YAP YAP IS. 9.5N 138.1E 0048Z 02 APR
HOWLAND-BAKER HOWLAND IS. 0.6N 176.6W 0057Z 02 APR
WALLIS-FUTUNA WALLIS IS. 13.2S 176.2W 0100Z 02 APR
BELAU MALAKAL 7.3N 134.5E 0103Z 02 APR
TOKELAU NUKUNONU IS. 9.2S 171.8W 0119Z 02 APR
KERMADEC IS RAOUL IS. 29.2S 177.9W 0131Z 02 APR
SAMOA APIA 13.8S 171.8W 0135Z 02 APR
NEW ZEALAND NORTH CAPE 34.4S 173.3E 0138Z 02 APR
EAST CAPE 37.5S 178.5E 0214Z 02 APR
AUCKLAND(W) 37.1S 174.2E 0238Z 02 APR
GISBORNE 38.7S 178.0E 0247Z 02 APR
MILFORD SOUND 44.5S 167.8E 0249Z 02 APR
NEW PLYMOUTH 39.1S 174.1E 0310Z 02 APR
NAPIER 39.5S 176.9E 0316Z 02 APR
WESTPORT 41.8S 171.2E 0332Z 02 APR
AUCKLAND(E) 36.7S 175.0E 0332Z 02 APR
WELLINGTON 41.5S 174.8E 0333Z 02 APR
BLUFF 46.6S 168.3E 0351Z 02 APR
NELSON 41.3S 173.3E 0426Z 02 APR
LYTTELTON 43.6S 172.7E 0439Z 02 APR
DUNEDIN 45.9S 170.5E 0506Z 02 APR
MARCUS IS. MARCUS IS. 24.3N 154.0E 0138Z 02 APR
WAKE IS. WAKE IS. 19.3N 166.6E 0141Z 02 APR
AMERICAN SAMOA PAGO PAGO 14.3S 170.7W 0144Z 02 APR
TONGA NUKUALOFA 21.0S 175.2W 0152Z 02 APR
NIUE NIUE IS. 19.0S 170.0W 0209Z 02 APR
COOK ISLANDS PUKAPUKA IS. 10.8S 165.9W 0212Z 02 APR
PENRYN IS. 8.9S 157.8W 0316Z 02 APR
RAROTONGA 21.2S 159.8W 0324Z 02 APR
PHILIPPINES DAVAO 6.8N 125.7E 0215Z 02 APR
LEGASPI 13.2N 124.0E 0248Z 02 APR
ZAMBOANGA 7.0N 122.2E 0256Z 02 APR
PALANAN 17.1N 122.6E 0307Z 02 APR
LAOAG 18.2N 120.6E 0352Z 02 APR
PUERTO PRINCESA 9.8N 119.0E 0404Z 02 APR
SAN FERNANDO 16.6N 120.3E 0421Z 02 APR
ILOILO 10.8N 122.8E 0438Z 02 APR
MANILA 14.5N 120.8E 0517Z 02 APR
JARVIS IS. JARVIS IS. 0.4S 160.1W 0256Z 02 APR
PALMYRA IS. PALMYRA IS. 6.3N 162.4W 0300Z 02 APR
JOHNSTON IS. JOHNSTON IS. 16.7N 169.5W 0308Z 02 APR
JAPAN KATSUURA 35.1N 140.3E 0312Z 02 APR
OKINAWA 26.2N 128.0E 0318Z 02 APR
SHIMIZU 32.8N 132.8E 0359Z 02 APR
KUSHIRO 42.8N 144.2E 0410Z 02 APR
HACHINOHE 40.5N 141.8E 0415Z 02 APR
TAIWAN HUALIEN 24.0N 121.8E 0338Z 02 APR
MIDWAY IS. MIDWAY IS. 28.2N 177.4W 0348Z 02 APR
MALAYSIA SANDAKAN 6.0N 118.2E 0424Z 02 APR
BINTULU 3.2N 113.0E 0805Z 02 APR
K TERENGGANU 5.3N 103.2E 1333Z 02 APR

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

THE JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY MAY ALSO ISSUE TSUNAMI MESSAGES
FOR THIS EVENT TO COUNTRIES IN THE NORTHWEST PACIFIC AND SOUTH
CHINA SEA REGION. IN CASE OF CONFLICTING INFORMATION... THE
MORE CONSERVATIVE INFORMATION SHOULD BE USED FOR SAFETY.

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

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/messages/pacific/2007/pacific.2007.04.01.222651.txt


52 posted on 04/01/2007 3:46:06 PM PDT by conservative in nyc
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To: GATOR NAVY

TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 003
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER
1243 PM HST 01 APR 2007

TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT - FINAL TSUNAMI ADVISORY

THE TSUNAMI ADVISORY IS ENDED FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII EFFECTIVE
AT 1243 PM HST.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 1040 AM HST 01 APR 2007
COORDINATES - 8.6 SOUTH 157.2 EAST
LOCATION - SOLOMON ISLANDS
MAGNITUDE - 8.1 MOMENT
MAGNITUDE - 7.6 RICHTER

EVALUATION

THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER HAS CANCELLED THE REGIONAL
TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH IT ISSUED FOR MUCH OF THE
PACIFIC EXCEPT FOR AREAS NEAREST THE TSUNAMI SOURCE.
BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA THERE IS NO DESTRUCTIVE
TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII AND THE ADVISORY FOR HAWAII IS ALSO
ENDED.

HOWEVER... SOME COASTAL AREAS IN HAWAII COULD EXPERIENCE SMALL
NON-DESTRUCTIVE SEA LEVEL CHANGES AND STRONG OR UNUSUAL CURRENTS
LASTING UP TO SEVERAL HOURS. THE ESTIMATED TIME SUCH EFFECTS
MIGHT BEGIN IS

0635 PM HST 01 APR 2007

THIS WILL BE THE FINAL MESSAGE ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL DATA ARE RECEIVED.


53 posted on 04/01/2007 3:51:23 PM PDT by bnelson44 (http://www.appealforcourage.org)
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To: RightWhale

I don't know. I hadn't heard anything.


54 posted on 04/01/2007 3:51:28 PM PDT by GATOR NAVY (QMC(SW) Ret.)
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To: GATOR NAVY

Leading to the Christmas tsunami was a string of fairly large quakes all along the faultlines in that region. It got fairly bumpy all around Australia for some months and then came the 8.5. There have been some quakes along the fault lines since the last new moon. Deserves watching, especially the animals, who are apparently smart about these things.


55 posted on 04/01/2007 3:55:47 PM PDT by RightWhale (3 May '07 3:14 PM)
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To: GATOR NAVY; bd476
Foxnews has this at 7.8 .....I thought that it was I just saw!

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This might explain it:

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Update time = Sun Apr 1 22:48:04 UTC 2007

MAP 6.7 2007/04/01 20:47:32 -7.133 155.661 10.0 SOLOMON ISLANDS

MAP 7.6 2007/04/01 20:39:56 -8.474 156.950 10.0 SOLOMON ISLANDS

56 posted on 04/01/2007 3:59:27 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (The DemonicRATS believe ....that the best decisions are always made after the fact.)
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To: RightWhale

Speaking of earthquakes, I see central AK has had 10 today. The last two just happened a few minutes ago. I check the AK earthquake site at least once a day. :)


57 posted on 04/01/2007 3:59:44 PM PDT by Chena
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To: Chena

3.8
There was one near Fort Yukon, which is kind of rare, and another near the future Alaska-Siberia bridge. It is somewhat active which is not surprising since it's the time of the FULL MOON. Ignore the expert who says there is no correlation.


58 posted on 04/01/2007 4:04:23 PM PDT by RightWhale (3 May '07 3:14 PM)
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To: Chena

Or, the snow slid off somebody's roof. :)


59 posted on 04/01/2007 4:05:53 PM PDT by RightWhale (3 May '07 3:14 PM)
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To: RightWhale
Honiara - A tsunami swept ashore causing damage to towns and villages in the Solomon Islands on Monday after a powerful earthquake but there were no early reports of casualties, police said.

The tsunami followed after a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.6 struck in the New Georgia Islands region, which had prompted the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre to issue a tsunami warning.

Solomons police spokesperson Mick Spinks said there has been sketchy reports of damage caused by a tsunami in areas near the quake.

"There have been no reports of casualties yet but you have to bear in mind the communications with many areas is poor," Spinks said.

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=nw20070402004726161C627159

60 posted on 04/01/2007 4:06:05 PM PDT by AdmSmith
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