7.2 magnitude quake hits near Solomon Islands (about 185 mi. WNW of Honiara, Guadalcanal)

Las Angeles Times ^ | January 3, 2010

[Zakeet]

The Solomon Islands archipelago in the Pacific was hit by a 7.2-magnitude earthquake today, less than an hour after a 6.5-magnitude temblor triggered a warning of possible local tsunamis.

The quake hit at 9:36 a.m. local time (4:36 CST) about 103 kilometers (64 miles) south-southeast of Gizo, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The earthquake was 30.5 kilometers deep.

[Zakeet]

USGS Website HERE.

[TaraP]

A Comet has crashed into the Sun..

A Full Moon?

Something is happening...

http://sohodata.nascom.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/data_query_search_url?Session=web&Resolution=2&Display=Images&NumImg=30&Types=instrument=LASCO:detector=C3

[gibtx2]

Bora Bora look out

[Enchante]

AGW causes earthquakes - that’s all we need to know.

[Enchante]

AGW causes earthquakes - that’s all we need to know.

[immadashell]

Barack Obama placed the blame for the quake on the Bush Administration.

[TaraP]

A Comet has hit the SUN today

[bd476]

Earthquake Ping List.

Magnitude 7.2 - SOLOMON ISLANDS
2010 January 03 22:36:30 UTC

Earthquake Details

Magnitude 7.2
Date-Time Sunday, January 03, 2010 at 22:36:30 UTC
Monday, January 04, 2010 at 09:36:30 AM at epicenter

Location 8.912°S, 157.307°E
Depth 30.5 km (19.0 miles)
Region SOLOMON ISLANDS
Distances

105 km (65 miles) SSE of Gizo, New Georgia Islands, Solomon Isl.
210 km (130 miles) WSW of Dadali, Santa Isabel, Solomon Islands
295 km (185 miles) WNW of HONIARA, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
2100 km (1310 miles) NNE of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2010rabw.php

To: U.S. West Coast, Alaska, and British Columbia coastal regions

From: NOAA/NWS/West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center

Subject: Tsunami Information Statement #1 issued 01/3/2010 at 2:57PM PST

A strong earthquake has occurred, but a tsunami IS NOT expected along the California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, or Alaska coast. NO tsunami warning, watch or advisory is in effect for these areas.

Based on the earthquake magnitude and historic tsunami records, a damaging tsunami IS NOT expected along the California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, and Alaska coasts. At coastal locations which have experienced strong ground shaking, local tsunamis are possible due to underwater landslides.

At 2:37 PM Pacific Standard Time on January 3, an earthquake with preliminary magnitude 7.2 occurred near the Solomon Islands. (Refer to the United States Geological Survey for official earthquake parameters.)

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Ewa Beach, Hawaii will issue messages for Hawaii and other areas of the Pacific outside California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, and Alaska.

This will be the only statement issued for this event by the West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center unless conditions warrant. See the WCATWC web site for basic tsunami information, safety rules, and a tsunami travel time map and table. (NOTE: Travel time maps and tables indicate forecasted times only, not that a wave was generated.)

http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/2010/01/03/255819/01/message255819-01.htm

[SunkenCiv]

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[Rushmore Rocks]

Thanks, BD. Things have been rather quiet lately, so this is not a surprise.

[TaraP]

Magnitude 4.0 - BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
2010 January 04 00:02:18 UTC

4.0
Date-Time Monday, January 04, 2010 at 00:02:18 UTC
Sunday, January 03, 2010 at 04:02:18 PM at epicenter

Location 32.220°N, 116.654°W
Depth 12.2 km (7.6 miles) (poorly constrained)
Region BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
Distances 37 km (23 miles) ESE (109°) from Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico
39 km (24 miles) N (355°) from Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
39 km (24 miles) S (183°) from Tecate, Baja California, Mexico
49 km (30 miles) SE (135°) from Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico

[Cold Heart]

If you connect a line to the collision spot on the sun, thence to the full moon (a blue moon), thence to the earthquake spot on the earth, you will get a triangle :)

[TaraP]

Earthquake Leaves 20,000 Homeless in Tajikistan
Sunday, January 03, 2010

Tajikistan — About 20,000 people were left homeless in the impoverished Central Asian nation of Tajikistan after an earthquake leveled their homes in a mountainous region, officials said Sunday.

No deaths were reported after the magnitude 5.3 quake struck the Pamir Mountains on Saturday, the Emergency Situations and Civil Defense Committee said.

[OwenKellogg]

Is that worthy of its own thread?

[InABunkerUnderSF]

Looks like it took place just south of Rendova, near where JFK took his famous nap one night in 1943.

[Fred Nerks]

2010 - YEAR OF VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES, methinks.

[TaraP]

Interesting..What does the Triangle signify?

[BIGLOOK]

Thanks for the ping, BD. No warning for Hawaii has been issued yet.

[OwenKellogg]

That's a tangent.

[Cindy]

Thanks for the info and ping bd476.