***7.3 EQ PAPUA NEW GUINEA - <6.9 FORESHOCK!>*** | |
Kachina (OP) User ID: 897561 Australia 07/18/2010 10:10 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Damn BIG Aftershock! Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1037920MAP 6.7 2010/07/18 13:35:02 -6.250 150.510 33.0 NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA foreshocks I'm afraid that you might be right! They are now reporting them as 6.9 and 6.8. If they are foreshocks - I'd hate to see the size of the main event! |
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Kachina (OP) User ID: 897561 Australia 07/18/2010 10:12 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The in-continuity in reporting is just baffling! EMSC is reporting the EQ's at 7.1 and 6.2!!! [link to www.emsc-csem.org] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 902005 Portugal 07/18/2010 10:14 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Damn BIG Aftershock! Quoting: KachinaMAP 6.7 2010/07/18 13:35:02 -6.250 150.510 33.0 NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA foreshocks I'm afraid that you might be right! They are now reporting them as 6.9 and 6.8. If they are foreshocks - I'd hate to see the size of the main event! 8.7, 8.8 Mag...maybe!!! |
Kachina (OP) User ID: 897561 Australia 07/18/2010 10:15 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | BBC just said tsunami alert has been issued Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1037920From NOAA Pacific Tsunami Alerts: 000 WEPA42 PHEB 181410 TIBPAC TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001 PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS ISSUED AT 1410Z 18 JUL 2010 THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS...EXCEPT ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA... WASHINGTON...OREGON AND CALIFORNIA. ... TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN ... THIS BULLETIN IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. THIS BULLETIN IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. ONLY NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE. AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS ORIGIN TIME - 1335Z 18 JUL 2010 COORDINATES - 6.1 SOUTH 150.5 EAST DEPTH - 63 KM LOCATION - NEW BRITAIN REGION P.N.G. MAGNITUDE - 6.8 EVALUATION NO DESTRUCTIVE WIDESPREAD 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. THIS WILL BE THE ONLY BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. 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 PRODUCTS FOR ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...WASHINGTON...OREGON...CALIFORNIA. ...SP... |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1016047 United States 07/18/2010 10:18 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 3 earthquakes today with almost with 7.0 Mag., WTF is going on today!!! Quoting: Anonymous Coward 902005Mama's pissed the fuck off that's what they finally stopped the oil leak (stopped the planet from bleeding) and now the earth has regained enough strength to fuck some people up, shes mad and SOMEONES going to pay. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1039123 United Kingdom 07/18/2010 10:20 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | well, that was weird. watching CNN then, and the map they showed centred on Port Moresby, a good 500 KMs from the epicentre, and then the presenter said, 'we'll bring you more information when it becomes available' well, at least you could give the Mags, the precise location, etc. that info is 'available' |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1016047 United States 07/18/2010 10:20 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | well, that was weird. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1039123watching CNN then, and the map they showed centred on Port Moresby, a good 500 KMs from the epicentre, and then the presenter said, 'we'll bring you more information when it becomes available' well, at least you could give the Mags, the precise location, etc. that info is 'available' |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1039123 United Kingdom 07/18/2010 10:22 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | well, that was weird. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1016047watching CNN then, and the map they showed centred on Port Moresby, a good 500 KMs from the epicentre, and then the presenter said, 'we'll bring you more information when it becomes available' well, at least you could give the Mags, the precise location, etc. that info is 'available' yeah and they just did it AGAIN! |
Kachina (OP) User ID: 897561 Australia 07/18/2010 10:22 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Anybody else able to get Geoscience Australia (Australia's version of USGS) to work? Here's the link I have: [link to www.ga.gov.au] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 926958 United States 07/18/2010 10:24 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Look at this list just from so far this morning. Is this normal? I don't know about this stuff. Update time = Sun Jul 18 14:05:30 UTC 2010 MAG UTC DATE-TIME y/m/d h:m:s LAT deg LON deg DEPTH km Region MAP 6.8 2010/07/18 13:35:02 -5.994 150.472 50.9 NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA MAP 6.9 2010/07/18 13:04:13 -6.116 150.522 57.5 NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA MAP 5.1 2010/07/18 13:03:25 24.031 122.439 27.2 TAIWAN REGION MAP 2.8 2010/07/18 12:48:34 57.307 -153.878 17.2 KODIAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA MAP 2.9 2010/07/18 12:32:42 38.841 -107.391 1.0 COLORADO MAP 4.5 2010/07/18 11:52:43 52.654 -168.684 10.0 FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA MAP 2.7 2010/07/18 11:30:23 60.661 -147.407 2.1 SOUTHERN ALASKA MAP 3.0 2010/07/18 11:16:55 32.402 -115.540 4.6 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO MAP 2.8 2010/07/18 10:51:10 32.703 -115.964 1.8 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MAP 4.2 2010/07/18 10:24:52 52.824 -169.740 10.0 FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA MAP 4.9 2010/07/18 10:07:23 52.907 -169.933 6.1 FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA MAP 3.9 2010/07/18 09:07:26 52.632 -169.636 10.0 FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA MAP 4.1 2010/07/18 07:52:08 52.702 -169.506 10.0 FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA MAP 3.5 2010/07/18 07:49:17 38.826 -122.811 3.8 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA MAP 3.9 2010/07/18 07:48:50 52.724 -169.490 10.0 FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA MAP 3.8 2010/07/18 07:32:04 52.652 -169.666 10.0 FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA MAP 2.7 2010/07/18 07:28:03 39.011 -118.810 10.4 NEVADA MAP 3.0 2010/07/18 07:21:56 18.312 -64.514 52.5 VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION MAP 4.0 2010/07/18 06:53:28 52.745 -169.460 4.8 FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA MAP 2.5 2010/07/18 06:30:07 63.236 -144.959 2.9 CENTRAL ALASKA MAP 3.5 2010/07/18 06:16:26 37.621 -118.814 7.8 LONG VALLEY AREA, CALIFORNIA MAP 4.4 2010/07/18 06:15:51 52.649 -169.463 0.4 FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA MAP 3.8 2010/07/18 06:09:56 52.698 -169.591 6.9 FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA MAP 6.7 2010/07/18 05:56:44 52.861 -169.839 10.0 FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA MAP 5.0 2010/07/18 03:29:38 -41.813 -73.464 34.9 GOLFO DE ANCUD, LOS LAGOS, CHILE MAP 4.7 2010/07/18 02:43:46 -30.593 -71.105 58.0 COQUIMBO, CHILE MAP 4.5 2010/07/18 01:54:47 30.025 70.235 37.3 PAKISTAN MAP 2.5 2010/07/18 01:25:09 39.385 -123.273 0.0 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 902005 Portugal 07/18/2010 10:25 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Anybody else able to get Geoscience Australia (Australia's version of USGS) to work? Here's the link I have: Quoting: Kachina[link to www.ga.gov.au] i cant!!! |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1039123 United Kingdom 07/18/2010 10:25 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | well, that was weird. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1039123watching CNN then, and the map they showed centred on Port Moresby, a good 500 KMs from the epicentre, and then the presenter said, 'we'll bring you more information when it becomes available' well, at least you could give the Mags, the precise location, etc. that info is 'available' yeah and they just did it AGAIN! and AGAIN. unbelievable. now she's having a laugh and a joke with the reporter at the VERY important golf. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1016047 United States 07/18/2010 10:26 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | well, that was weird. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1039123watching CNN then, and the map they showed centred on Port Moresby, a good 500 KMs from the epicentre, and then the presenter said, 'we'll bring you more information when it becomes available' well, at least you could give the Mags, the precise location, etc. that info is 'available' yeah and they just did it AGAIN! What do you expect? gotta love the MSM |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1016047 United States 07/18/2010 10:29 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | well, that was weird. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1039123watching CNN then, and the map they showed centred on Port Moresby, a good 500 KMs from the epicentre, and then the presenter said, 'we'll bring you more information when it becomes available' well, at least you could give the Mags, the precise location, etc. that info is 'available' yeah and they just did it AGAIN! and AGAIN. unbelievable. now she's having a laugh and a joke with the reporter at the VERY important golf. That's just sickening...and while were at it why not forget about this who incident and get back to Lindsay lohan and rehab! |
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Kachina (OP) User ID: 897561 Australia 07/18/2010 10:33 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Here's a good news article on the quakes which also gives some good info on what quakes this size have done in the way of damage in the past... [link to www.thaindian.com] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1039123 United Kingdom 07/18/2010 10:35 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | well, that was weird. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1016047watching CNN then, and the map they showed centred on Port Moresby, a good 500 KMs from the epicentre, and then the presenter said, 'we'll bring you more information when it becomes available' well, at least you could give the Mags, the precise location, etc. that info is 'available' yeah and they just did it AGAIN! and AGAIN. unbelievable. now she's having a laugh and a joke with the reporter at the VERY important golf. That's just sickening...and while were at it why not forget about this who incident and get back to Lindsay lohan and rehab! now Sky News breaking news ticker are reporting the quakes as being ''73 miles east of Papua New Guinea'', when they are ACTUALLY 185 miles east of the closest point of Papua New Guinea. it's almost as though they don't want us looking at this exact area. they can't be this unprofessional, surely, BOTH stations? |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1016047 United States 07/18/2010 10:36 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Here's a good news article on the quakes which also gives some good info on what quakes this size have done in the way of damage in the past... Quoting: Kachina[link to www.thaindian.com] Am I reading this wrong or did that article just say two 7.2s? |
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Kachina (OP) User ID: 897561 Australia 07/18/2010 10:37 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Here's a good news article on the quakes which also gives some good info on what quakes this size have done in the way of damage in the past... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1016047[link to www.thaindian.com] Am I reading this wrong or did that article just say two 7.2s? You read it right... See what I mean? The reporting is all over the place on this one! |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1016047 United States 07/18/2010 10:37 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | well, that was weird. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1039123watching CNN then, and the map they showed centred on Port Moresby, a good 500 KMs from the epicentre, and then the presenter said, 'we'll bring you more information when it becomes available' well, at least you could give the Mags, the precise location, etc. that info is 'available' yeah and they just did it AGAIN! and AGAIN. unbelievable. now she's having a laugh and a joke with the reporter at the VERY important golf. That's just sickening...and while were at it why not forget about this who incident and get back to Lindsay lohan and rehab! now Sky News breaking news ticker are reporting the quakes as being ''73 miles east of Papua New Guinea'', when they are ACTUALLY 185 miles east of the closest point of Papua New Guinea. it's almost as though they don't want us looking at this exact area. they can't be this unprofessional, surely, BOTH stations? Hopefully ONE of them is just having a bad morning or something |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1016047 United States 07/18/2010 10:40 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Here's a good news article on the quakes which also gives some good info on what quakes this size have done in the way of damage in the past... Quoting: Kachina[link to www.thaindian.com] Am I reading this wrong or did that article just say two 7.2s? You read it right... See what I mean? The reporting is all over the place on this one! Damn even I am confused now! at first when the little firefox extension did the first quake I was like OK that was a big quake, then another happened, and another and I was trying to get the story of what was going on but I couldn't find anything and the bit I did made me with even more questions lol I hope everyone is alright wherever it happened. |