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| 2nd Earthquake detected off Tonga, 6.3 |
| 2009-10-02 |
| The US Geological Survey has detected another earthquake off Tonga. The USGS website reports the quake registered 6.3 on the Richter scale and occurred 85km south-east of Hihifo, Tonga, at a depth of 10km. The quake occured at 01:07 UST (11:57 AEST). No immediate tsunami alert was issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii. More to follow |
| Posted by:Oztralian |
| #2 One of the latest aftershocks has been on the plate boundary closer to Tonga than any of the previous. If this trend continues, we may see additional earthquakes, some of which may pose grave danger to Tonga - equal to what happened to Samoa. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2009-10-02 23:39 |
| #1 Try again. Screwed up a HTML tag... Mods, please delete the previous. I guess the Australasia plate is causing all kinds of problems. Go here to see a string of earthquakes across the northern boundary of the plate from Fiji to Indonesia. Most are in the 5.+ range - not super-damaging, but enough to put the fear of G-d into one. There have been 74 earthquakesin the last week between Tonga and Samoa. Pele is NOT happy! |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2009-10-02 16:06 |