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**casinochniks** · 10-09-2009, 09:30 AM

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Great quake hits South Pacific, tsunami warning issued
AFP

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Wed Oct 7, 6:44 pm ET

PORT-VILA (AFP) – An 8.1-magnitude quake hit the Santa Cruz islands in the South Pacific early Thursday, seismologists said, and a tsunami warning had been issued for Vanuatu and other nearby countries.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091007/...uake_pacific_1

Fresh quake renews tsunami fears for Pacific
Reuters

A computer graph at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center shows the area where an earthquake and tsunami warning was generated near Papua New Guinea in E Reuters – A computer graph at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center shows the area where an earthquake and tsunami …

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Wed Oct 7, 6:55 pm ET

SYDNEY (Reuters) – A huge subsea quake struck the southwest Pacific on Thursday, local time, prompting a tsunami warning for island nations only a week after a deadly wave swept over the Samoa islands, killing around 150 people.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued the warning for 11 nations, including Papua New Guinea, an oil and gas supplier, and the popular resort islands of Fiji, Vanuatu and New Caledonia.

The Hawaii-based center also issued a tsunami watch for the wider western Pacific, including Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia and the nations of American Samoa and Samoa, which were smashed by a tsunami that destroyed whole villages last week.

A spokesman for New Zealand's Ministry of Civil Defense and Emergency Management said it was issuing a tsunami advisory for people not to be on beaches or boats near the coast.

The ministry is awaiting further information before taking further steps, the spokesman said.

For the tsunami bulletin, click on http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/message...9/pacific.2009.

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The warning followed a 7.8 magnitude quake 232 miles north-northwest of Vanuatu, at a depth of 20.5 miles, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Wednesday, U.S. time.

Vanuatu police in the capital, Port Vila, said they had not felt the quake and there were no immediate reports of sea level rises.

Moments before the Pacific quake, a magnitude 6.7 tremor struck southeast of the Sulu archipelago of the Philippines, which is still mopping up from a typhoon that killed at least 22 people.

(Reporting by World Desk Americas, Michael Perry in Sydney, Adrian Bathgate in Wellington; writing by Mark Bendeich; Editing by Jonathan Standing)

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casinochniks Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 416 Senior Member	TSUNAMI + QUAKE AGAIN in the Pacific http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091007...20091007224441 Great quake hits South Pacific, tsunami warning issued AFP Huge 7.9 earthquake prompts Pacific tsunami warning AFP/File – Seismograph readings. A huge 7.9-magnitude earthquake near Vanuatu prompted a tsunami warning over large … * Earthquakes Video:Fourth quake strikes Vanuatu Australia 7 News * Tsunami sends island residents to higher ground Play Video Earthquakes Video:Tsunami sends island residents to higher ground AP * Quake survivors lacking basic needs Play Video Earthquakes Video:Quake survivors lacking basic needs Reuters Wed Oct 7, 6:44 pm ET PORT-VILA (AFP) – An 8.1-magnitude quake hit the Santa Cruz islands in the South Pacific early Thursday, seismologists said, and a tsunami warning had been issued for Vanuatu and other nearby countries. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091007/...uake_pacific_1 Fresh quake renews tsunami fears for Pacific Reuters A computer graph at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center shows the area where an earthquake and tsunami warning was generated near Papua New Guinea in E Reuters – A computer graph at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center shows the area where an earthquake and tsunami … * Strong quake triggers tsunami in Samoa Slideshow:Strong quake triggers tsunami in Samoa * Earthquakes Video:Fourth quake strikes Vanuatu Australia 7 News * Tsunami sends island residents to higher ground Play Video Earthquakes Video:Tsunami sends island residents to higher ground AP Wed Oct 7, 6:55 pm ET SYDNEY (Reuters) – A huge subsea quake struck the southwest Pacific on Thursday, local time, prompting a tsunami warning for island nations only a week after a deadly wave swept over the Samoa islands, killing around 150 people. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued the warning for 11 nations, including Papua New Guinea, an oil and gas supplier, and the popular resort islands of Fiji, Vanuatu and New Caledonia. The Hawaii-based center also issued a tsunami watch for the wider western Pacific, including Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia and the nations of American Samoa and Samoa, which were smashed by a tsunami that destroyed whole villages last week. A spokesman for New Zealand's Ministry of Civil Defense and Emergency Management said it was issuing a tsunami advisory for people not to be on beaches or boats near the coast. The ministry is awaiting further information before taking further steps, the spokesman said. For the tsunami bulletin, click on http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/message...9/pacific.2009. 10.07.221655.txt The warning followed a 7.8 magnitude quake 232 miles north-northwest of Vanuatu, at a depth of 20.5 miles, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Wednesday, U.S. time. Vanuatu police in the capital, Port Vila, said they had not felt the quake and there were no immediate reports of sea level rises. Moments before the Pacific quake, a magnitude 6.7 tremor struck southeast of the Sulu archipelago of the Philippines, which is still mopping up from a typhoon that killed at least 22 people. (Reporting by World Desk Americas, Michael Perry in Sydney, Adrian Bathgate in Wellington; writing by Mark Bendeich; Editing by Jonathan Standing)
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