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Large earthquake in Vanuatu - 7.8

Posted on 10/07/2009 3:32:44 PM PDT by The Californian

Earthquake in Vanuatu - 7.8 22.03.15 UTC


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: earthquake; quake; vanuatu
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1 posted on 10/07/2009 3:32:44 PM PDT by The Californian
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To: The Californian

That part of the world can’t catch a break.


2 posted on 10/07/2009 3:33:27 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: The Californian

Where is Vanuatu?

S. Pacific? Indonesia?


3 posted on 10/07/2009 3:33:53 PM PDT by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
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To: The Californian
The Ring of Fire is still not finished...

Prayers for those in harm's way.

4 posted on 10/07/2009 3:33:57 PM PDT by TChris (There is no freedom without the possibility of failure.)
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To: buccaneer81

That part of the world is breaking up.


5 posted on 10/07/2009 3:34:07 PM PDT by maica (Freedom consists not in doing what we like,but in having the right to do what we ought. John Paul II)
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To: buccaneer81

No, it sure doesn’t. there were actually 2 - one looks like it was in the Phillipines and only seems small (6.7) compared to the other one.


6 posted on 10/07/2009 3:34:40 PM PDT by The Californian (The door to the room of success swings on the hinges of opposition. Bob Jones, Sr.)
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To: The Californian

I’m suprised that Al Gore hasn’t come out to declare all these recent earthquakes were caused by global warming.


7 posted on 10/07/2009 3:34:43 PM PDT by apillar
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To: clee1

Near Fiji.


8 posted on 10/07/2009 3:34:52 PM PDT by Publius (Conservatives aren't always right. We're just right most of the time.)
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To: The Californian

Samoa, now Vanuatu.

“Survivor” sites under attack.


9 posted on 10/07/2009 3:35:06 PM PDT by Jedidah
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To: The Californian

Jeez, another tsunami candidate.


10 posted on 10/07/2009 3:35:27 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: clee1

11 posted on 10/07/2009 3:35:28 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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Isn’t that really close to Anak Krakatau? Old Krakatau?

The Demon is restless...


12 posted on 10/07/2009 3:35:29 PM PDT by Danae (No political party should pick candidates. That's the voters job.)
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Actually, the other one was in Celbes Sea - never heard of it before.


13 posted on 10/07/2009 3:35:34 PM PDT by The Californian (The door to the room of success swings on the hinges of opposition. Bob Jones, Sr.)
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To: The Californian

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlffHM3wodM


14 posted on 10/07/2009 3:36:28 PM PDT by Flavius
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Thank you, buccanneer 81 - I don’t know how to post the maps.


15 posted on 10/07/2009 3:36:33 PM PDT by The Californian (The door to the room of success swings on the hinges of opposition. Bob Jones, Sr.)
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Old Picture. Not current. But it is an active area of the "Ring of Fire"!


16 posted on 10/07/2009 3:37:02 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: Danae
Isn’t that really close to Anak Krakatau? Old Krakatau?

Nah, Krakatau is at least a couple of thousand miles away by my reckoning.

17 posted on 10/07/2009 3:37:21 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: clee1
Where is Vanuatu?

West of Fiji which is west of Samoa

18 posted on 10/07/2009 3:38:35 PM PDT by D Rider
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USGS Info here.
19 posted on 10/07/2009 3:38:38 PM PDT by MCH
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# URGENT — Massive earthquake rocks the Pacific Ocean; tsunami warnings and watches issued: http://news.bnonews.com/n3ng3 minutes ago from BNO Headquarters
# BULLETIN — TSUNAMI WARNINGS ISSUED FOR VANUATU, SOLOMON ISLANDS, FIJI, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, AND OTHER ISLANDS.11 minutes ago from BNO Headquarters
# BULLETIN — REUTERS: VANUATU EARTHQUAKE AT 8.1 MAGNITUDE.13 minutes ago from BNO Headquarters
# BULLETIN — MAJOR EARTHQUAKE STRIKES NORTHWEST OF SANTO, VANUATU.15 minutes ago from BNO Headquarters
# Powerful earthquake strikes far below the Celebes Sea; no tsunami potential: http://news.bnonews.com/n3mb34 minutes ago from BNO Headquarters
# BULLETIN — STRONG BUT EXTREMELY DEEP 6.9-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE STRIKES THE CELEBES SEA; NO TSUNAMI POTENTIAL.44 minutes ago from BNO Headquarters


20 posted on 10/07/2009 3:39:01 PM PDT by roses of sharon ( Reagan said, "When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat.")
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