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PearliePoo2

(7,768 posts) Sat Dec 17, 2016, 07:10 AM Dec 2016

8.0 EARTHQUAKE-PAPUA NEW GUINEA

http://earthquaketrack.com/

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8.0 EARTHQUAKE-PAPUA NEW GUINEA (Original Post) PearliePoo2 Dec 2016 OP

They now have it at 7.9, still a major shake. denbot Dec 2016 #1

TSUNAMI THREAT PearliePoo2 Dec 2016 #2

Very deep - 103km muriel_volestrangler Dec 2016 #3

denbot

(9,899 posts)

1. They now have it at 7.9, still a major shake.

Reply to PearliePoo2 (Original post)

Sat Dec 17, 2016, 07:20 AM

Dec 2016

I hope a tsunami wasn't generated.

PearliePoo2

(7,768 posts)

2. TSUNAMI THREAT

Reply to PearliePoo2 (Original post)

Sat Dec 17, 2016, 07:27 AM

Dec 2016

HAZARDOUS TSUNAMI WAVES FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE ARE POSSIBLE
WITHIN THE NEXT THREE HOURS ALONG SOME COASTS OF

PAPUA NEW GUINEA... SOLOMON ISLANDS... POHNPEI... CHUUK...

INDONESIA... NAURU... KOSRAE AND VANUATU

http://ptwc.weather.gov/text.php?id=pacific.TSUPAC.2016.12.17.1058

muriel_volestrangler

(101,295 posts)

3. Very deep - 103km

Reply to PearliePoo2 (Original post)

Sat Dec 17, 2016, 07:36 AM

Dec 2016

Which I think means less surface damage, doesn't it?

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