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Title: Tsunami Warning
Post by: Signe on May 03, 2006, 10:28:21 AM
EEK!  Like now.

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Tsunami Warning Issued for New Zealand
By RAY LILLEY, Associated Press Writer

26 minutes ago

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck early Thursday near the South Pacific nation of Tonga, the U.S. Geological Survey said. A tsunami warning predicted a giant wave could hit Fiji and New Zealand within minutes.

A Tongan police officer in the capital, Nuku'alofa, said there were no immediate reports of damage or a tsunami.

The temblor, classified by the USGS as a "great" quake, struck 95 miles south of Neiafu, Tonga, and 1,340 miles north-northeast of Auckland, New Zealand. It occurred 20 miles beneath the sea floor.

The U.S. National Weather Service warned that a tsunami could strike Fiji as soon as 1:13 p.m. EDT and New Zealand by 2:21 p.m. EDT.

The U.S. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued the tsunami warning but said it was not known whether the quake generated a potentially deadly giant wave.


Title: Re: Tsunami Warning
Post by: bhodi on May 03, 2006, 10:39:06 AM
National Weather Service warned that a tsunami could strike Fiji as soon as 1:13 p.m. EDT and New Zealand by 2:21 p.m. EDT.

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/wmsg

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/05/03/earthquake.tonga/index.html

http://www.niwascience.co.nz/services/cam-era/sites/tairua/latestimage


Title: Re: Tsunami Warning
Post by: schild on May 03, 2006, 10:39:40 AM
Uh oh.


Title: Re: Tsunami Warning
Post by: bhodi on May 03, 2006, 10:46:06 AM
The webcam is now offline. Probably due to the tsunami of connections than a real one.


Title: Re: Tsunami Warning
Post by: WayAbvPar on May 03, 2006, 10:46:29 AM
Bad times. Hopefully there will be some time to warn everyone. It is like the middle of the night there now, isn't it?


Title: Re: Tsunami Warning
Post by: stray on May 03, 2006, 10:58:42 AM
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AP

Updated: 1:55 p.m. ET May 3, 2006
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Concerns about a tsunami in the aftermath of a powerful South Pacific quake eased after the U.S. Pacific Tsunami Warning center canceled its warning and an official in New Zealand said ocean-monitoring devices had not detected any signs of a tsunami.


Title: Re: Tsunami Warning
Post by: Murgos on May 03, 2006, 11:27:52 AM
Nothing to see here.  Move along citizen.


Title: Re: Tsunami Warning
Post by: schild on May 03, 2006, 11:30:34 AM
I'm kind of glad. Natural Disasters are nature's moneysink.


Title: Re: Tsunami Warning
Post by: Signe on May 03, 2006, 11:56:07 AM
Oh good.  I have a friend who works in Pago Pago.  I'd like to still consider him lucky to work in such a cool place.