wheels 543 Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 A mag 8 earthquake has shaken the Santa Cruz Islands and Tsunami warning has been issued for us. But it is not known if a Tsunami actually exists yet. Link to post Share on other sites
Bimini Babe 0 Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Is it headed for Waitangi...? Link to post Share on other sites
wheels 543 Posted February 6, 2013 Author Share Posted February 6, 2013 Pete!!!!! Did you feel anything up your way??? I hope you aren't currently running for the Hills.....unless you have to run for the Hills that is. Link to post Share on other sites
wheels 543 Posted February 6, 2013 Author Share Posted February 6, 2013 Is it headed for Waitangi...? We have enough crap washed into the Ocean now. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 epicentre has been amended ...very shallow and off the Solomons. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Never felt the quake but I was out on a boat. Currently sitting in my office about 750' above sea level so all good. Due here in around 15 minutes if it hits. It appears a tsunami was actually generated but that's all the info I have. Link to post Share on other sites
rigger 47 Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 from stuff a few min ago: If a wave were to hit New Zealand the estimated arrival times would be: North Cape, 6.05pm; Auckland west, 7.06pm; Auckland east, 7.47pm; East Cape, 7.15pm; Gisborne, 7.39pm; New Plymouth, 7.51pm; Wellington, 8.03pm; Milford Sound, 8.20pm; Napier, 8.27pm; Westport, 8.30pm. http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/8 ... on-Islands Link to post Share on other sites
Murky 1 Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Presumably If a wave were to hit is an important part of how that info should be interpreted? Link to post Share on other sites
wheels 543 Posted February 6, 2013 Author Share Posted February 6, 2013 A 0.9m Tsunami has hit the Solomons. I have no idea what damage that has caused. Link to post Share on other sites
wheels 543 Posted February 6, 2013 Author Share Posted February 6, 2013 Actually, I take that back. That is what I had read on some news report. But I have just taken a look at the NOAA site and they have issued a report to say all threats have been cancelled. Their measurement devices have picked up small wave effects at various Islands, but nothing of concern. Link to post Share on other sites
Murky 1 Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Surge has apparently kicked off in Tutukaka Marina in the last few minutes. Link to post Share on other sites
B00B00 310 Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Haven't seen anything up at stillwater (Weiti) yet. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Seems to be a bit of surging going on at Gisborne this morning. The Met page here...http://www.metservice.com/towns-cities/gisborne Has webcam of gissy hbr this morning and if you run the curser from left to right across the page the time lapse appears and I can see surge at around 7 to 9. I don't know where to get up to the minute information on these events. The various news services are not good enough being mainly focused on entertainment values rather than public information. This forum was the best source I had last night. Link to post Share on other sites
rigger 47 Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 http://geonet.org.nz/tsunami/ Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Sequence taken in Vila yesterday. This was an 11cm wave. Quite scary how something so small can inundate the area so quickly. Actual rise was a lot more than 11cm. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Sequence taken in Vila yesterday. This was an 11cm wave. Quite scary how something so small can inundate the area so quickly. Actual rise was a lot more than 11cm. It was a search and destroy troll hunter tsunami. They are getting closer and on time now. Link to post Share on other sites
Kestrahl 6 Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 We were in Lata late last year, as was the ICA rally before us. Lata is actually in a big bay open to the north so the 0.9m mite be less than it was on the west coast. The news hasn't mentioned anything about the reef islands nearby. its pretty remote but they still have cell phones and 3G internet. Link to post Share on other sites
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