Bougainville region, Papua New Guinea 6.5 43.2

Just read this on twitter:

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that's a good feed! thanks! buncha sixers going off today.

in less than 24 hours:

Revised (6.6 -> 6.5): 6.5 earthquake, Bougainville region, Papua New Guinea. May 16 4:37am at epicenter (16m ago, 122km … [link to j.mp]
28 minutes ago

Preliminary: 6.5 earthquake, Solomon Islands. On 2011/05/15 18:37:14 UTC (6m ago, depth 54km). [link to j.mp]
38 minutes ago

4.8 earthquake, Atacama, Chile. May 15 12:14pm at epicenter (50m ago, 155km S of Copiapo, depth 48km). [link to j.mp]
2 hours ago

4.8 earthquake, off the east coast of Honshu, Japan. May 15 11:48pm at epicenter (49m ago, 170km ESE of Sendai, depth 20… [link to j.mp]
4 hours ago

6.0 earthquake, Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge. May 15 11:08am at epicenter (35m ago, 1277km ENE of Natal, depth 9.9km). [link to j.mp]
5 hours ago

4.6 earthquake, near the coast of Ecuador. May 15 7:15am at epicenter (57m ago, 18km E of Portoviejo, depth 36km). [link to j.mp]
6 hours ago

4.8 earthquake, near the east coast of Honshu, Japan. May 15 9:33pm at epicenter (22m ago, 113km SE of Hachinohe, depth … [link to j.mp]
6 hours ago

4.9 earthquake, off the east coast of Honshu, Japan. May 15 10:14pm at epicenter (15m ago, 166km E of Iwaki, depth 35km). [link to j.mp]
6 hours ago

5.2 earthquake, off the east coast of Honshu, Japan. May 15 7:25pm at epicenter (16m ago, 124km E of Iwaki, depth 30km). [link to j.mp]
8 hours ago

4.8 earthquake, offshore El Salvador. May 15 2:34am at epicenter (26m ago, 83km SSW of La Unión, depth 56km). [link to j.mp]
10 hours ago

5.0 earthquake, Sichuan-Gansu Border region, China. May 15 3:05pm at epicenter (13m ago, 31km WNW of Guangyuan, depth 16… [link to j.mp]
12 hours ago

5.7 earthquake, Papua, Indonesia. May 15 3:47pm at epicenter (13m ago, 128km WSW of Jayapura, depth 87km). [link to j.mp]
12 hours ago

4.7 earthquake, off the east coast of Honshu, Japan. May 15 11:42am at epicenter (21m ago, 116km E of Iwaki, depth 30km). [link to j.mp]
16 hours ago

5.2 earthquake, near the east coast of Honshu, Japan. May 15 8:50am at epicenter (17m ago, 82km SE of Sendai, depth 53k… [link to j.mp]
19 hours ago

5.2 earthquake, Kuril Islands. May 15 10:30am at epicenter (21m ago, 144km E of Kushiro, depth 48km). [link to j.mp]
20 hours ago

5.9 earthquake, Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan. May 15 1:37am at epicenter (18m ago, 75km SSE of Feyzabad, depth 207km). [link to j.mp]
21 hours ago

Thread: *** BREAKING 6.4 Mag Depth 43km near Kieta, Papua New Guinea

tsunami warning as well

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.

Type: Earthquake
35 minutes ago
Magnitude: 2.7
DateTime: Sunday May 15 2011, 18:59:20 UTC
Region: Nevada
Depth: 5.9 km

don't forget the 37 latitude parallel!!!!

interesting to watch this unfold.

Last Edited by bootsnbolts on 05/15/2011 03:39 PM