Breaking News Earthquake : Magnitude 7.0

[lkdood]

A magnitude 7.0 quake hit off Papua New Guinea's island of New Britain, the U.S. Geological Survey reported on Tuesday.

A magnitude 7 quake can trigger a tsunami but there were no immediate warnings triggered.


The quake, relatively shallow at a depth of 44.7 miles, struck at 12:19 a.m. local time on Wednesday (1429 GMT on Tuesday), 126 miles southeast of Rabaul on New Britain

 

[lkdood]

UPDATE:

TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1

NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
433 AM HST TUE JUN 23 2009

TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT - TSUNAMI INFORMATION

THIS STATEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. NO ACTION REQUIRED.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 0419 AM HST 23 JUN 2009
COORDINATES - 5.5 SOUTH 153.6 EAST
LOCATION - NEW IRELAND REGION P.N.G.
MAGNITUDE - 6.8 MOMENT

EVALUATION

BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS
NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII. REPEAT. A
DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO
TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII.

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL DATA ARE RECEIVED.

 

[kosandpol]

meh, your news source isnt accurate.
the magnitude 7 quake has become 6.8 and new briton has become new ireland.

 

[coolgayathra]

meh, your news source isnt accurate.
the magnitude 7 quake has become 6.8 and new briton has become new ireland.

 

[englishpunk77]

tx for the info dood

 

[lkdood]

meh, your news source isnt accurate.
the magnitude 7 quake has become 6.8 and new briton has become new ireland.

first lead from reuters

update from PTWC

 

[keveen]

Thanks for the info

 

[lkdood]

Thanks for the info

 

[coolgayathra]

thankss for the info
BBC ekakda?
enan oraka boruwak wennath puluwan

 

[4keven4]

thankss for the info
BBC ekakda?
enan oraka boruwak wennath puluwan

bbc boru kiyanne na
cnn wage

 

[kosandpol]

bbc boru kiyanne na
cnn wage

Are you being sarcastic ?

 

[4keven4]

Are you being sarcastic ?

nope realistic

 

[kosandpol]

nope realistic

So BBC's reports on the war in SL was true as well ?

 

[deegopower]

no tsunami threat right???????

 

[Shann..]

thanxxxx 4 da info bro.....

 

[kosandpol]

no tsunami threat right???????

none so far.
Even if there were, it wont be for SL. Undersea quakes in the Papua / new guinea coast doesnt effect SL.

 

[blood_brotha]

bbc boru kiyanne na
cnn wage

if bbc becomes credible.. might as well say that tamilnet is also credible

 

[4keven4]

So BBC's reports on the war in SL was true as well ?

ooops
that i'm sorry actually i wasn't thinking much about the war
when it comes to war
i dont think apart from our national news agencies
any other international agencies posted true news
correct me if i'm wrong

 

[4keven4]

if bbc becomes credible.. might as well say that tamilnet is also credible

please feel free to correct me if i'm wrong

 

[kosandpol]

ooops
that i'm sorry actually i wasn't thinking much about the war
when it comes to war
i dont think apart from our national news agencies
any other international agencies posted true news
correct me if i'm wrong

Al-Jazeera was impartial.