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General Discussion >> General Board >> Tonga hit by 6.1 Quake http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1299920794 Message started by frenchyjen70 on Mar 12th, 2011 at 7:06pm |
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Title: Tonga hit by 6.1 Quake Post by frenchyjen70 on Mar 12th, 2011 at 7:06pm
Seems like this has been overlooked
"A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck the South Pacific nation of Tonga this afternoon, according to the US Geological Survey. The quake hit about 230km northeast of Neiafu, Tonga at 2:19pm. It occurred at a depth of 10.9km. No tsunami alert was immediately posted. Earlier the Met Office in Tonga had reported the island nation had recorded 60-90cm waves as a result of the massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake off Japan. Thousands of people in the capital Nuku'alofa had sought refuge at the King's residence, which was on higher ground, Radio New Zealand reported. Tonga is an archipelago in the South Pacific, comprising 176 islands scattered over some 700,000km square." http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/tonga-hit-by-61-magnitude-earthquake/story-e6frf7lf-1226020311247 |
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Title: Re: Tonga hit by 6.1 Quake Post by zuluwarrior on Mar 12th, 2011 at 7:12pm
I heard an interview on abc national, the owner of the coastal hotel, don't know her name or address, but anyway she said the low tide was a little bit higher....no adverse effects.
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Title: Re: Tonga hit by 6.1 Quake Post by life_goes_on on Mar 12th, 2011 at 7:31pm
Just to give these occurrences a bit of perspective....
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Title: Re: Tonga hit by 6.1 Quake Post by perceptions_now on Mar 12th, 2011 at 7:45pm Life_goes_on wrote on Mar 12th, 2011 at 7:31pm:
More perspectives - http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_big.html My, my, it has been busy! |
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Title: Re: Tonga hit by 6.1 Quake Post by life_goes_on on Mar 12th, 2011 at 7:52pm perceptions_now wrote on Mar 12th, 2011 at 7:45pm:
You do realise that the vast majority of those are aftershocks for just a handful of events? |
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Title: Re: Tonga hit by 6.1 Quake Post by perceptions_now on Mar 12th, 2011 at 8:34pm Life_goes_on wrote on Mar 12th, 2011 at 7:52pm:
Ah, yes, quite a few relating to the current situation in Japan. I think, I realised that, when I read it! Still, quite a few others, as well! |
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Title: Re: Tonga hit by 6.1 Quake Post by frenchyjen70 on Mar 12th, 2011 at 8:36pm perceptions_now wrote on Mar 12th, 2011 at 8:34pm:
New Zealand is still getting after shocks, from the quake in September as well as this years one. |
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Title: Re: Tonga hit by 6.1 Quake Post by Aussie on Mar 12th, 2011 at 9:25pm Quote:
How do they tell which after shock originates from September and which from January/February? :D |
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Title: Re: Tonga hit by 6.1 Quake Post by frenchyjen70 on Mar 12th, 2011 at 9:32pm Aussie wrote on Mar 12th, 2011 at 9:25pm:
Location from where theyre originating from |
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Title: Re: Tonga hit by 6.1 Quake Post by Aussie on Mar 12th, 2011 at 9:36pm
So, you are telling me that they are able to say that the after shock 'just then experienced' has it's genesis from some place other than the one 'just experienced now.'
:D |
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Title: Re: Tonga hit by 6.1 Quake Post by frenchyjen70 on Mar 12th, 2011 at 9:40pm
You don't make sense.
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Title: Re: Tonga hit by 6.1 Quake Post by life_goes_on on Mar 12th, 2011 at 9:40pm Aussie wrote on Mar 12th, 2011 at 9:36pm:
Yes. They are able to accurately locate the origin of earthquakes. If you check out the listing provided, you'll see the location is described down to a 1000th of a degree. |
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Title: Re: Tonga hit by 6.1 Quake Post by Aussie on Mar 12th, 2011 at 9:45pm Life_goes_on wrote on Mar 12th, 2011 at 9:40pm:
We are talking about after shocks. |
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Title: Re: Tonga hit by 6.1 Quake Post by life_goes_on on Mar 12th, 2011 at 9:50pm
That's what I meant.
The Christchurch earthquakes didn't originate from the same location. So you can tell from the location of the aftershocks which earthquake they're related to. |
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Title: Re: Tonga hit by 6.1 Quake Post by perceptions_now on Mar 12th, 2011 at 10:02pm Life_goes_on wrote on Mar 12th, 2011 at 9:40pm:
That's correct, as can be seen in the following example, it provides the Latitude & longitude, down to 1,000th of a degree, plus magnitude, Date, Time, Depth & approimate area of origin. LAT deg LON deg DEPTH MAP 6.1 2011/03/12 10:53:31 39.075 142.352 24.9 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.0 2011/03/12 10:39:12 36.749 141.799 31.3 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.3 2011/03/12 10:34:49 37.846 144.377 25.0 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.5 2011/03/12 10:20:22 37.197 143.483 25.5 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.0 2011/03/12 10:00:26 35.984 141.794 25.0 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.2 2011/03/12 09:51:35 -3.790 151.443 10.0 NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA MAP 5.1 2011/03/12 09:40:44 38.867 142.829 25.0 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.0 2011/03/12 09:27:12 37.436 143.716 25.8 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.4 2011/03/12 09:18:56 37.141 143.496 25.0 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.2 2011/03/12 09:00:03 37.328 143.591 41.3 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.0 2011/03/12 08:52:50 37.221 143.659 38.1 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.0 2011/03/12 08:45:30 -7.239 129.151 186.4 KEPULAUAN BABAR, INDONESIA MAP 5.0 2011/03/12 08:38:40 -20.311 -176.185 229.3 FIJI REGION MAP 5.0 2011/03/12 08:13:42 39.343 142.989 26.8 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.2 2011/03/12 07:54:10 36.064 141.496 31.7 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.1 2011/03/12 07:18:53 39.116 144.638 12.7 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.1 2011/03/12 07:13:35 37.452 142.050 25.2 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.0 2011/03/12 07:07:32 38.363 142.164 29.7 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.0 2011/03/12 06:36:00 39.636 143.436 28.5 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.5 2011/03/12 06:18:43 39.235 142.377 36.4 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.5 2011/03/12 06:10:44 38.594 143.753 10.4 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.1 2011/03/12 06:10:23 37.197 143.710 35.4 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.2 2011/03/12 06:00:25 36.415 141.714 29.9 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.1 2011/03/12 05:58:59 37.759 143.963 37.6 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.0 2011/03/12 05:14:51 36.811 140.375 25.2 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.3 2011/03/12 04:52:58 40.123 143.287 25.0 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.1 2011/03/12 04:47:19 35.969 141.416 26.4 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.0 2011/03/12 04:43:04 35.983 141.347 25.9 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.2 2011/03/12 04:06:09 38.902 141.792 25.5 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.5 2011/03/12 04:04:49 -2.994 139.126 48.3 NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA MAP 5.1 2011/03/12 03:54:48 35.838 141.275 26.2 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.3 2011/03/12 03:34:46 35.257 140.973 25.2 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.3 2011/03/12 03:29:28 37.929 144.671 25.1 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.7 2011/03/12 03:11:59 35.950 141.407 24.5 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.8 2011/03/12 03:01:49 39.612 142.770 25.0 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.6 2011/03/12 02:47:36 37.617 143.696 25.7 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.0 2011/03/12 02:43:11 39.170 142.342 25.3 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.2 2011/03/12 02:34:05 36.738 141.411 22.2 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.2 2011/03/12 01:59:44 37.522 142.783 24.5 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 6.8 2011/03/12 01:47:16 37.588 142.682 24.8 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 6.2 2011/03/12 01:46:21 37.354 141.998 25.4 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.2 2011/03/12 01:43:20 36.321 141.753 27.7 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 6.0 2011/03/12 01:34:10 38.748 142.853 24.5 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.1 2011/03/12 01:25:04 36.425 141.605 27.5 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 6.1 2011/03/12 01:19:07 -16.727 -173.174 10.9 TONGA MAP 5.7 2011/03/12 01:17:41 -16.661 -173.066 31.5 TONGA MAP 5.4 2011/03/12 01:17:02 38.095 142.702 24.6 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.1 2011/03/12 01:03:59 37.939 141.556 26.0 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.5 2011/03/12 00:45:10 36.041 141.815 23.7 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
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Title: Re: Tonga hit by 6.1 Quake Post by Aussie on Mar 12th, 2011 at 10:19pm Life_goes_on wrote on Mar 12th, 2011 at 9:50pm:
Okay, I'll take your word for it..........but with a quizzical eyebrow still raised. |
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Title: Re: Tonga hit by 6.1 Quake Post by life_goes_on on Mar 12th, 2011 at 10:43pm
I'm just making assumptions.
This is the internet. It's not known for its accuracy. But it does deliver high quality porn, excellent shopping and rather spiffy examples of people's stupidity. |
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Title: Re: Tonga hit by 6.1 Quake Post by muso on Mar 12th, 2011 at 10:48pm Life_goes_on wrote on Mar 12th, 2011 at 10:43pm:
I think you're on the money. That site is really good. I've been using it for years. You can get a graphical presentation of major Earthquakes too: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/ |
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Title: Re: Tonga hit by 6.1 Quake Post by life_goes_on on Mar 12th, 2011 at 10:52pm
Well, those assumptions were based upon the level of accuracy for the locations.
Yeah, I agree. Cool site - one I've found myself visiting quite a few times over the years. |
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