Another big Quake...7.4

[feederband]

Man the world has been shaky latley...


http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/rec ... usmuah.php

[feederband]

NO TSUNAMI.............



TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 1059Z 16 MAY 2006

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

... TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN ...

THIS MESSAGE IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 1040Z 16 MAY 2006
COORDINATES - 31.5 SOUTH 179.3 WEST
LOCATION - KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION
MAGNITUDE - 7.5

EVALUATION

NO DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI THREAT EXISTS BASED ON
HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DATA.

HOWEVER - EARTHQUAKES OF THIS SIZE SOMETIMES GENERATE LOCAL
TSUNAMIS THAT CAN BE DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS LOCATED WITHIN
A HUNDRED KILOMETERS OF THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. AUTHORITIES
IN THE REGION OF THE EPICENTER SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS
POSSIBILITY AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

[Janice]

Wow, nature is really on a roll this season, hope she slows down a bit.

[feederband]

And now 6.8 in indo area..

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/rec ... usmuaw.php

[Janice]

Man, what is causing all these quakes so close in time? What is going on inside our earth? Hope there is nothing big down there waiting to crack.

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

This thread would be very very long if this had hit under Yellowstone.