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AllaN01Bear

(23,043 posts) Wed May 10, 2023, 03:22 PM May 2023

alert. breaking . 7.6 earthquake in tonga 1 hour ago. getting information now.

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?currentFeatureId=us6000kawn&extent=-37.85751,-255.76172&extent=26.58853,-146.25

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alert. breaking . 7.6 earthquake in tonga 1 hour ago. getting information now. (Original Post) AllaN01Bear May 2023 OP

Wow. LoisB May 2023 #1

Any tsunami threat? CanonRay May 2023 #2

It was actually four hours ago Effete Snob May 2023 #3

And there was just a 5.0 quake in Vanuatu area. 2naSalit May 2023 #4

LoisB

(8,661 posts)

1. Wow.

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Original post)

Wed May 10, 2023, 03:27 PM

May 2023

CanonRay

(14,859 posts)

2. Any tsunami threat?

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Original post)

Wed May 10, 2023, 03:28 PM

May 2023

Effete Snob

(8,387 posts)

3. It was actually four hours ago

Reply to CanonRay (Reply #2)

Wed May 10, 2023, 03:30 PM

May 2023

...at 16:02 UTC

While posting "1 hour ago" instead of the actual time on a message board is a little odd. The tsunami threat in the Fiji/Tonga area is long passed by now.

2naSalit

(92,684 posts)

4. And there was just a 5.0 quake in Vanuatu area.

Reply to Effete Snob (Reply #3)

Wed May 10, 2023, 05:19 PM

May 2023

It's pretty shaky out there today.

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