M 7.4, Vanuatu

[EMSC]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/images/globes/-20_170.jpgSaturday, August 20, 2011 18:19:28 UTC
Sunday, August 21, 2011 05:19:28 AM at epicenter

Depth: 36.20 km (22.49 mi)





More... (http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/pt11232002.php)

[bennycog]

http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/travel-advice-by-country/asia-oceania/vanuatu




Vanuatu





Still current at: 20 August 2011
Updated: 06 June 2011


This advice has been reviewed and reissued with an amendment to the Travel Summary and the Natural Disasters - Volcanoes section (increasing activity of Mount Yasur volcano). The overall level of the advice has not changed; there are no travel restrictions in place in this travel advice for Vanuatu

[ViralSpiral]

I have been keeping an eye on the USGS site for earthquake activity.

I find the conflicting data odd (or maybe not)

this one: Saturday, August 20, 2011 18:19:28 UTC


and here the list of earthquakes with a magnitude of 5.0 and greater, from yesterday


MAP 5.0 2011/08/20 22:58:42 38.695 141.818 52.2 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 5.0 2011/08/20 21:38:23 -18.254 168.046 53.8 VANUATU
MAP 5.0 2011/08/20 19:23:04 -18.162 168.110 31.5 VANUATU
MAP 7.0 2011/08/20 18:19:25 -18.287 168.132 28.5 VANUATU
MAP 5.2 2011/08/20 18:02:01 -18.608 167.910 35.3 VANUATU
MAP 5.1 2011/08/20 17:44:27 -18.770 167.924 9.5 VANUATU
MAP 5.9 2011/08/20 17:13:07 -18.287 168.062 37.3 VANUATU
MAP 5.6 2011/08/20 17:11:36 -18.289 167.755 40.9 VANUATU
MAP 5.0 2011/08/20 17:08:37 -31.402 -178.702 227.9 KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION
MAP 7.1 2011/08/20 16:55:03 -18.260 168.069 40.6 VANUATU
MAP 5.1 2011/08/20 10:27:16 -15.874 -179.444 2.6 FIJI REGION
MAP 5.1 2011/08/20 09:50:18 -18.553 168.090 35.1 VANUATU
MAP 5.0 2011/08/20 05:31:23 42.414 71.300 23.4 KYRGYZSTAN
MAP 5.2 2011/08/20 01:25:04 -22.561 -174.960 34.2 TONGA REGION

[Watching from Cyprus]

They are hiding something........ the largest quake here showing 7.1 was in fact shown as 7.5 for at least 3 hours after the quake, and NO local news agency reported it or the following second 7.1 quake !!!!!! Maybe they didnt feel in 70km away in the capital ?????????????????? no no. Could be the Solar Storm/Flair which publicly were announced to hit earth yesterday and again there is an alignment just fading between Venus, the Sun, Mercury & Earth of the planets which was perfect 18-20 aug. Again an alignment with major quakes.... Elenin must be something else than just a smaller comet (as NASA says)...

[ViralSpiral]

Hawaii remains clear of any tsunami threat following two large quakes and several smaller tremors in the Vanuatu Islands region this morning. An initial 7.1 magnitude quake (downgraded from an earlier 7.5 measurement) occurred at 6:55 a.m., followed by several smaller 5+ magnitude earthquakes, and a subsequent 7.0 magnitude quake at 8:19 a.m. HST.


source (http://mauinow.com/2011/08/20/no-tsunami-threat-to-hawaii-after-7-5-vanuatu-quake/)



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