8.0 earthquake near Australia...tsunami next?

[Brian4Liberty]

Breaking: 8.0 earthquake Santa Cruz islands, near Australia.

Tsunami Warning In Effect In The South Pacific After 8.0-Magnitude Earthquake


Wikipedia
Santa Cruz Islands
A tsunami watch is in effect in Australia, New Zealand, and other places in the South Pacific after an 8.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast near the Solomon Islands, Michael van Poppel at BNO News is reporting, citing information from the website of the U.S. Geological Survey.
The strong quake hit in the Santa Cruz islands, a group of islands 250 miles southeast of the Solomon Islands Chain. It struck 50 miles west of Lata, a provincial capital in the Solomon Islands, at a depth of 5.8 kilometers, the AP reports.
The Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Tuvalu, New Caledonia, Kosrae, Fiji, Kiribati, and Wallis and Futuna are currently under a tsunami warning, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.
A tsunami watch is in effect for New Zealand, American Samoa, Tonga, Australia, the Marshall Islands, Howland and Baker, Pohnpei, Tokelau, Samoa, the Kermadec Islands, Niue, Cook Islands, and Guam.
Officials are currently determining whether to expand the tsunami threat to the state of Hawaii, according to the PWTC.


Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/earth...islands-2013-2

[kathy88]

Oh $#@!.

[tangent4ronpaul]

Breaking: 8.0 earthquake Santa Cruz islands, near Australia.

AGAIN????

Do they have any nuke reactors?

-t

[devil21]

If the initial reports of it being a very shallow quake are true, this could become a serious tsunami event. Monitoring buoys are going into event mode in the area.

West coasters need to watch this.

[Brian4Liberty]

So far, so good. Minor tsunami, around 3 feet.