M 7.3, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia

[EMSC]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/images/globes/-20_170.jpgThursday, January 13, 2011 16:16:40 UTC
Friday, January 14, 2011 03:16:40 AM at epicenter

Depth: 33.00 km (20.51 mi)





More... (http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/at00leyyjx.php)

[Rocky_Shorz]

2 in a row, 10 minutes apart?

wasn't Australia picked as a safe spot for the Elite's Arc?

any Tsunami warmings from it?

[Rocky_Shorz]

An earthquake has occurred with these preliminary parameters

origin time - 0617 am hst 13 jan 2011
coordinates - 20.7 south 168.7 east
location - loyalty islands
magnitude - 7.3 moment

evaluation

based on all available data a destructive pacific-wide tsunami is
not expected and there is no tsunami threat to hawaii. Repeat. A
destructive pacific-wide tsunami is not expected and there is no
tsunami threat to hawaii.