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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



TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: earthquake
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To: Strategerist
Two shocks within minutes messes up the early calculations.....


61 posted on 04/01/2007 4:06:24 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
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.

Ignore why?

So when the Vanuatu quake happened as far from a new or full moon as one could get, why weren't you around prattling about moon phase-earthquake correlations?

62 posted on 04/01/2007 4:10:45 PM PDT by Strategerist
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To: AdmSmith

A tsunami has been observed at the following sites:

Location Lat. Lon. Time Amplitude







Honiara Solomon Island 9.4S 159.9E 2148UTC 0.15M/0.5ft

http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/message209039-03.htm


63 posted on 04/01/2007 4:11:03 PM PDT by GATOR NAVY (QMC(SW) Ret.)
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To: RightWhale

I've always believed that the phases of the moon do indeed impact many things; earthquakes included.


64 posted on 04/01/2007 4:20:19 PM PDT by Chena
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To: Chena

My oldest daughter lives in Eagle River outside of Anchorage and she says they get several small ones every day.


65 posted on 04/01/2007 4:21:21 PM PDT by Stayfree (***************************************Fred D. Thompson for President.com)
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To: Chena

I believe the phase of the moon affects the Nenana Ice Classic. My pick below, if I were to buy a ticket.


66 posted on 04/01/2007 4:22:18 PM PDT by RightWhale (3 May '07 3:14 PM)
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To: RightWhale

I hear ya! Sometimes that sounds and feels just like a quake. Same with the ridgepole popping when the house starts warming up. And speaking of snow sliding off roofs, we helped ours along and our roofs is finally almost bare. It's 32 degrees here! I even sat in the sun on our balcony for awhile today. Ahhhh, spring is truly here. :)


67 posted on 04/01/2007 4:22:55 PM PDT by Chena
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To: SE Mom

Where is Al Gore when you him...why with his environmentally bloated ego he could probably stand like Superman and block the whole thing.


68 posted on 04/01/2007 4:23:33 PM PDT by Stayfree (***************************************Fred D. Thompson for President.com)
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To: Chena
I've always believed that the phases of the moon do indeed impact many things; earthquakes included.

People believe a lot of things.

The overwhelming weight of carefuly statistical studies finds no moon phase correlation whatsoever, particularly with large quakes.

In certain circumstances (volcanoes, undersea spreading ridge quakes, etc.) there is a potentially statistically significant correlation with diurnal (daily) tides. The changes in stress from those are far greater than the changes in the sizes of tides around full and new moons (and the idea that there's something special about full moons as opposed to new moons and earthquakes is flat out silly.)

Basically, when you have a quake near a full moon, people start babbling about it being near a full moon. For any of the many large quakes nowhere near a full moon, the same people are silent.

69 posted on 04/01/2007 4:25:09 PM PDT by Strategerist
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To: Stayfree

Our son lives in Anchorage too. Quakes in Alaska are as common as snow in the winter and mosquitos in the summer. It's a daily occurence but most are small enough not to be felt. Our area rode out a 7.9 a few years ago along with hundreds and hundreds of aftershocks.


70 posted on 04/01/2007 4:25:29 PM PDT by Chena
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To: GATOR NAVY; monkapotamus; All

Okay where Godzilla????


71 posted on 04/01/2007 4:26:05 PM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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To: RightWhale

You know, I've never bought a ticket but I've thought about it every year. Is it too late to buy one? Maybe you should. You just might get lucky.


72 posted on 04/01/2007 4:26:59 PM PDT by Chena
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To: GATOR NAVY

Various news reports of a yards-high tsunami and a tsunami traveling 200 meters inland in the Solomon Islands closer to the quake, with damage.


73 posted on 04/01/2007 4:27:02 PM PDT by Strategerist
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To: Chena

It's 32 here, too! I even put one of the raingutters up that I take down for the winter to avoid damage.


74 posted on 04/01/2007 4:28:02 PM PDT by RightWhale (3 May '07 3:14 PM)
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To: BIGLOOK
Thanks for the ping, BIGLOOK!

75 posted on 04/01/2007 4:28:27 PM PDT by bd476
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Thanks for the ping, Ernest!

76 posted on 04/01/2007 4:29:00 PM PDT by bd476
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To: RightWhale

What is that, the opposition transit time? Or nadir or what ever you call it.


77 posted on 04/01/2007 4:30:53 PM PDT by GATOR NAVY (QMC(SW) Ret.)
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To: A message; AVNevis; Awestruck; Bennett46; bert; Beth; Betis70; bevlar; BIGLOOK; birbear; bkwells; ..
Earthquake Ping List. Please send a Freepmail if you want to be added to or removed from this list.

78 posted on 04/01/2007 4:31:15 PM PDT by bd476
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To: Chena

Well, my prediction, which is based on the phase of the moon and the late spring and global warming and one of local rabbits is already turning brown is out there. I haven't bought a ticket in years. Usually there are several winners, so winning isn't usually much. Better than a sharp stick in the eye, but not much.


79 posted on 04/01/2007 4:31:38 PM PDT by RightWhale (3 May '07 3:14 PM)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

"Foxnews has this at 7.8"

This is the kind of stuff FNC gets wrong. OK on politics but bogus on science and geography.


80 posted on 04/01/2007 4:33:19 PM PDT by Sunnyflorida ((Elections Matter)
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