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Tsunami warning in south Pacific
BBC News ^ | Oct 7, 2009

Posted on 10/07/2009 4:47:14 PM PDT by VRWCTexan

tsunami warning has been issued for 11 nations in the south-west Pacific, including Papua New Guinea, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake off Vanuatu.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; earthquake; papuanewguinea; tsunami; vanuatu
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To: Rebelbase

That whole area is such a beautiful and pristine part of the world. Vanuatu, Tonga, Fiji, Kiribati, Palau, the Marshall Islands, etc. would be paradise if not for the earthquakes, typhoons and tsunamis.

If I win the Super Lotto tonight I’ll organize my own personal relief effort to help them out. Pacific Islanders have long had a reputation for being some of the nicest people on earth. The kindness of others should (dare I say “must”?) be extended to them in their time of need.


21 posted on 10/07/2009 5:15:16 PM PDT by Two Kids' Dad (((( Hey 0bama, Kenya show us the long-form BC? ))))
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To: Ramius

“AMERICAN SAMOA PAGO PAGO 14.3S 170.7W 0152Z 08 OCT”

Dang, this makes the second one in a week for them.


22 posted on 10/07/2009 5:15:20 PM PDT by Rebelbase (This is the time of year when ACORNS fall.)
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To: Drill Thrawl

I live 50 miles directly South of mt. St. Helens, so I tend to pay attention to things geologic. Our volcano has been quiet for almost a year now, but that can change at the drop of a hat, or the shearing of a local fault line...say, Cascadia...


23 posted on 10/07/2009 5:16:19 PM PDT by Bean Counter (Stout Hearts....)
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To: shorty_harris

If it hadn’t been for WWII those places would just be footnotes in world geography.


24 posted on 10/07/2009 5:16:43 PM PDT by Rebelbase (This is the time of year when ACORNS fall.)
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To: Rebelbase

I’d bet those atolls aren’t in a great deal of danger - tsumanis need gradually shallowing water and coastal topography to build their destructive effects.


25 posted on 10/07/2009 5:17:35 PM PDT by skeeter (Pterocarya fraxinifolia)
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To: Rebelbase

Thanks for those posts, Rebelbase.

Good luck to these people.


26 posted on 10/07/2009 5:18:05 PM PDT by fanfan (Why did they bury Barry's past?)
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To: Rebelbase

Is that morjiro , not to sure on the spelling , ain’t been there in 16 years . spent some time in the Marshall island back in ‘93


27 posted on 10/07/2009 5:20:07 PM PDT by piroque
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To: VRWCTexan

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/08/pacific-earthquake-vanuatu-tsunami-warning

7.8 - followed by a 7.3


28 posted on 10/07/2009 5:28:41 PM PDT by VRWCTexan (Obama-scare is the "real" Cash for Clunker Program!)
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To: Bean Counter

Good Luck.


29 posted on 10/07/2009 5:53:15 PM PDT by Drill Thrawl (0-435 Vote them all out.)
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To: VRWCTexan

NOAA site now shows the Watch as cancelled for Hawaii. I still haven’t seen anything about what happened on Vanuatu.


BULLETIN
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 3
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
219 PM HST WED OCT 07 2009

TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WATCH CANCELLATION

THE TSUNAMI WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII EFFECTIVE
AT 0219 PM HST.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 1203 PM HST 07 OCT 2009
COORDINATES - 13.0 SOUTH 166.3 EAST
LOCATION - VANUATU ISLANDS
MAGNITUDE - 7.8 MOMENT

MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY

GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER
-————————— -—— ——— -—— -——————— -——
VANUATU VU 17.8S 168.3E 2320Z 0.05M / 0.2FT 24MIN
DART CORAL 55012 15.8S 158.5E 2326Z 0.03M / 0.1FT 10MIN
LUGANVILLE VU 15.5S 167.2E 2327Z 0.10M / 0.3FT 20MIN

LAT - LATITUDE (N-NORTH, S-SOUTH)
LON - LONGITUDE (E-EAST, W-WEST)
TIME - TIME OF THE MEASUREMENT (Z IS UTC IS GREENWICH TIME)
AMPL - TSUNAMI AMPLITUDE MEASURED RELATIVE TO NORMAL SEA LEVEL.
IT IS ...NOT... CREST-TO-TROUGH WAVE HEIGHT.
VALUES ARE GIVEN IN BOTH METERS(M) AND FEET(FT).
PER - PERIOD OF TIME IN MINUTES(MIN) FROM ONE WAVE TO THE NEXT.

EVALUATION

BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA THERE IS NO DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI
THREAT TO THE STATE OF HAWAII. THEREFORE THE TSUNAMI WATCH FOR
HAWAII IS CANCELLED.

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

0650 PM HST WED 07 OCT 2009

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


30 posted on 10/07/2009 6:28:54 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: Drill Thrawl

Actually, we are less at risk from St. Helens here, than Seattle is from Mt. Ranier. If Ranier ever erupts, it will flush the Puget Sound like a giant toilet...some say that would be an enormous improvement...


31 posted on 10/07/2009 6:38:42 PM PDT by Bean Counter (Stout Hearts....)
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To: Bean Counter
Luk 21:25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;

Luk 21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.

32 posted on 10/07/2009 6:43:26 PM PDT by shield (A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand;but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
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To: VRWCTexan

NOAA site now shows the Watch as cancelled for Hawaii. I still haven’t seen anything about what happened on Vanuatu.


BULLETIN
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 3
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
219 PM HST WED OCT 07 2009

TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WATCH CANCELLATION

THE TSUNAMI WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII EFFECTIVE
AT 0219 PM HST.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 1203 PM HST 07 OCT 2009
COORDINATES - 13.0 SOUTH 166.3 EAST
LOCATION - VANUATU ISLANDS
MAGNITUDE - 7.8 MOMENT

MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY

GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER
-————————— -—— ——— -—— -——————— -——
VANUATU VU 17.8S 168.3E 2320Z 0.05M / 0.2FT 24MIN
DART CORAL 55012 15.8S 158.5E 2326Z 0.03M / 0.1FT 10MIN
LUGANVILLE VU 15.5S 167.2E 2327Z 0.10M / 0.3FT 20MIN

LAT - LATITUDE (N-NORTH, S-SOUTH)
LON - LONGITUDE (E-EAST, W-WEST)
TIME - TIME OF THE MEASUREMENT (Z IS UTC IS GREENWICH TIME)
AMPL - TSUNAMI AMPLITUDE MEASURED RELATIVE TO NORMAL SEA LEVEL.
IT IS ...NOT... CREST-TO-TROUGH WAVE HEIGHT.
VALUES ARE GIVEN IN BOTH METERS(M) AND FEET(FT).
PER - PERIOD OF TIME IN MINUTES(MIN) FROM ONE WAVE TO THE NEXT.

EVALUATION

BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA THERE IS NO DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI
THREAT TO THE STATE OF HAWAII. THEREFORE THE TSUNAMI WATCH FOR
HAWAII IS CANCELLED.

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

0650 PM HST WED 07 OCT 2009

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


33 posted on 10/07/2009 6:47:44 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: Ramius

Whoops. Sorry about that.


34 posted on 10/07/2009 6:48:16 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: VRWCTexan

Just watched a show about the world’s volcanos.

One stop was Vanuatu. Fascinating.


35 posted on 10/07/2009 6:54:04 PM PDT by Vinnie (You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Jihads You)
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To: VRWCTexan; Rebelbase

Marine pilots of VMF-214, the Black Sheep Squadron, re-fly a mission around Major Boyington, who was later awarded the Medal of Honor.

Marine Corsairs, F4U-1, on Esperitu Santa, March 1944.

36 posted on 10/07/2009 7:12:30 PM PDT by concentric circles
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To: VRWCTexan

Heads up to our friends down under.....stay safe.


37 posted on 10/07/2009 7:28:13 PM PDT by jch10
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To: VRWCTexan; SunkenCiv; All

Here is a second report on the Vanuatu quakes, if you want for the Catastrophism ping list.


38 posted on 10/07/2009 11:14:19 PM PDT by gleeaikin
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Thanks gleeaikin.
 
Catastrophism
 
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39 posted on 10/08/2009 4:21:48 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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