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Magnitude 8.0 - SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS (Incredible quake activity above Australia)
USGS ^ | 2013 February 06 01:12:27 UTC

Posted on 02/06/2013 9:57:41 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach

Depth 28.7 km (17.8 miles)

>81 km (50 miles) W of Lata, Solomon Islands

(Excerpt) Read more at earthquake.usgs.gov ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: earthquakes; qukes
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1 posted on 02/06/2013 9:57:58 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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2 posted on 02/06/2013 9:59:04 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Are they fracking down under?!!!


3 posted on 02/06/2013 10:00:52 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Wasn't there a mag 8 at 3.6 miles depth just the other day in the same general area?
Lots of shaking going on.
4 posted on 02/06/2013 10:04:23 PM PST by The Cajun (Sarah Palin, Mark Levin......Nuff said.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; NewLand

WHOA!


5 posted on 02/06/2013 10:04:38 PM PST by onyx (FREE REPUBLIC IS HERE TO STAY! DONATE MONTHLY! IF YOU WANT ON SARAH PALIN''S PING LIST, LET ME KNOW)
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Link to :

Latest Earthquakes in the World - Past 7 days

6 posted on 02/06/2013 10:06:37 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
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To: The Cajun; Ernest_at_the_Beach

Nothing new on the USGS site, I think this is the same one.


7 posted on 02/06/2013 10:06:59 PM PST by null and void (Gun confiscation enables tyranny. Don't enable tyranny.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Mag Where When

8.0 76km W of Lata, Solomon Islands 2013-02-06
7.0 27km NNW of Lata, Solomon Islands 2013-02-06
6.9 15km SW of Obihiro, Japan 2013-02-02
6.4 67km SW of Lata, Solomon Islands 2013-02-01
6.4 114km WSW of Lata, Solomon Islands 2013-02-06
6.3 47km WSW of Lata, Solomon Islands 2013-02-01
6.3 70km WSW of Lata, Solomon Islands 2013-02-06
6.3 144km W of Lata, Solomon Islands 2013-02-06
6.2 141km SW of Lata, Solomon Islands 2013-02-07

(abridged data)
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/


8 posted on 02/06/2013 10:07:03 PM PST by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: The Cajun; Ernest_at_the_Beach

Go to the link and check out the time zone chart. This is the same quake that hit last night.


9 posted on 02/06/2013 10:07:36 PM PST by Stonewall Jackson (Molon Labe!)
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To: onyx

SEE LINK AT #6.


10 posted on 02/06/2013 10:09:03 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Site of the last of the big 1942 carrier battles between Japan and the USA.


11 posted on 02/06/2013 10:09:29 PM PST by Colonel Kangaroo
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OK, thought that one was originally determined to be at a depth of 3.6 miles according to what I read then, will have to check latest.
3.6 miles seemed a little shallow.
12 posted on 02/06/2013 10:12:27 PM PST by The Cajun (Sarah Palin, Mark Levin......Nuff said.)
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To: Stonewall Jackson
Well I went back in Time looking for the biggest I could find....point is that there are some power after shocks,....and still going.

See the link at post #6,

13 posted on 02/06/2013 10:12:44 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

This happened last nite


14 posted on 02/06/2013 10:14:55 PM PST by batterycommander (a little more rubble, a lot less trouble)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

That’s a biggie.


15 posted on 02/06/2013 10:15:56 PM PST by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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Click here for Global View
16 posted on 02/06/2013 10:19:05 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Looks like they had a mag 8 at 17.8 miles depth and a mag 7 at 5.5 miles depth.
Still a heck of a lot shaking.
Wonder if that mag 7 was an aftershock?
17 posted on 02/06/2013 10:24:32 PM PST by The Cajun (Sarah Palin, Mark Levin......Nuff said.)
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To: Colonel Kangaroo
The Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands was a Pyrrhic victory for the Japanese. While they succeeded in sinking the Hornet and mauling the Enterprise, they not only suffered damage to two carriers themselves, but they lost 99 aircraft and 148 invaluable airmen. Among the pilots lost were five group/squadron leaders and eighteen section/flight leaders.

The only battle where they lost more airmen was the Battle of the Philippine Sea, almost two years later, although they did suffer heavy losses at Coral Sea (90 airmen), Midway (110), and Eastern Solomons (61).

18 posted on 02/06/2013 10:25:43 PM PST by Stonewall Jackson (Molon Labe!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

I’ve been watching this for the past 24 hours and that is one active spot right now. I think there was something like 9 or 10 quakes over 5.0 in one hour yesterday near Santa Cruz Island! INCREDIBLY active!!


19 posted on 02/06/2013 10:26:03 PM PST by pollywog ("O Thou who changest not, abide with me.".......)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Huge number of aftershocks in the 5-6 range. Can you imagine the devastation if this had hit the New Madrid Fault?


20 posted on 02/06/2013 10:27:54 PM PST by Stonewall Jackson (Molon Labe!)
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