M 7.8 fiji region

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Magnitude M 7.8Region FIJI REGIONDate time 2018-08-19 00:19:38.4 UTCLocation 18.06 S ; 178.12 WDepth 577 km



More... (https://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=707745)

[Bill Ryan]

That's a BIG one. It was reported in Hawaii as a 7.9. But no tsunami risk. More here:


http://hawaiinewsnow.com/story/38913558/no-tsunami-threat-after-79-magnitude-earthquake-near-fiji

[Hervé]

Updated data from Bill's link above:

No tsunami threat after 8.2 magnitude earthquake near Fiji (http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/38913558/no-tsunami-threat-after-79-magnitude-earthquake-near-fiji)

Sunday, August 19th 2018, 3:35 am CEDT
Sunday, August 19th 2018, 3:56 am CEDT By HNN Staff

Connect (http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/38913558/no-tsunami-threat-after-79-magnitude-earthquake-near-fiji#)

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(Image: USGS)


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The quake struck around 2:20 p.m. (Image: USGS)


HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - There is no tsunami threat to Hawaii after a strong earthquake in the South Pacific basin.

Officials at the National Tsunami Warning Center said the quake struck the Fiji Islands region Saturday afternoon, but no Pacific-wide tsunami threat was generated.

The quake hit at a depth of 570km (354 miles), too deep to cause a tsunami. Its power approaches the strongest deep-focus (over 300km deep) quake on record, the magnitude 8.3 Okhotsk Sea quake of 2013. [RT (https://www.sott.net/article/393828-Magnitude-8-2-earthquake-hits-Pacific-near-Fiji)]

It initially registered as a 7.9-magnitude earthquake, but since the original alert, the USGS has upgraded the magnitude of the earthquake to an 8.2.

The quake happened around 2:20 p.m. Saturday near the Fijian island of Ndoi.

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Yep, that's big, alright!

As seen/recorded in the Canary Islands:

http://www.ign.es/web/resources/volcanologia/DATOS/2018/EFAM/imagenes_sismica/DIA/EFAM_2018-08-19.jpg
http://www.ign.es/web/resources/volcanologia/DATOS/2018/EGOM/imagenes_sismica/DIA/EGOM_2018-08-19.jpg

[RunningDeer]

8.2 Mega Quake ROCKS S Pacific - Ranks near the top 20th strongest ever recorded!
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[KiwiElf]

https://earthquakestoday.info/
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map

Both Reporting it as an 8.2M

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[Star Tsar]

Full analysis by Mr Davidson...


Suspicious Observers | Space News | 19th August 2018 | M8.2 Quake Full Analysis, Geo-Engineering

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