Two powerful (7.2) earthquakes hit Papua New Guinea, spark tsunami warning for Indonesia

[Turborama]

Source: BNO

Two powerful earthquakes struck the island of New Britain in Papua New Guinea on late Sunday evening, seismologists said, sparking a local tsunami warning for Indonesia.

The first earthquake at 11.04 p.m. local time (1304 GMT), with a magnitude of 7.2 on the Richter scale, was centered about 75 kilometers (45 miles) south-southeast of Kimbe, the capital of the province of West New Britain. It struck about 57.5 kilometers (35.7 miles) deep, making it a shallow earthquake, according to the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency of Indonesia.

A second earthquake at 11.35 p.m. local time (1335 GMT), with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 on the Richter scale, struck about 107 kilometers (67 miles) east-northeast of Kandrian on New Britain. It struck about 26 kilometers (16.1 miles) deep, according to the Indonesian agency.

After the second earthquake hit, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency issued a local tsunami warning for Indonesia.

Read more: http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world/powerful-earthquakes-hit-papua-new-guinea-spark-tsunami-warning-for-indonesia_100397895.html

[lunatica]

1. two such strong earthquakes!

This is terrible.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

8. the Aleutian Islands too

animated map
http://www.iris.edu/dms/seismon.htm

last 30 days
http://www.iris.edu/seismon/last30.html

[demoleft]

2. the earth in unrest today. n/t

[SpiralHawk]

3. "Saturn is opposite Uranus." - Ronald Reagan's Dead Republicon Astrologer*

"As most Republicon occultists are well aware, the fifth Saturn-Uranus opposition is peaking over the next two weeks, forming a T-Square to Pluto. Republicon occultists plan to take full advantage of it by emitting even more Stankola & FAIL. Bwaa ha ha ha ha."

- Ronald Reagan's Dead Republicon Astrologer*


* Courageously channeled by the intrepid SH from the vast netherworld of Republicon occultism.

[dipsydoodle]

4. I just checked

behind me with a mirror and there's no sign of Saturn.

[SpiralHawk]

5. Sometimes dingleberries (R) can get in the way

[sce56]

6. Were you checking for Klingons orbiting Uranus!

[SpiralHawk]

7. The Mogi Hypothesis -- and CA earthquakes

Much more on this DU thread in Editorials

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x548883

The Mogi doughnut hypothesis, developed by a Japanese seismologist, holds that earthquakes occur in a circular pattern over decades, building up to one very large temblor in the doughnut hole.

Guess what's in the 'doughnut hole' in California?

By Rong-Gong Lin II and Hector Becerra, Los Angeles Times July 18, 2010

research in the mountains west of Bakersfield, examining the tracks of earthquakes hundreds of years ago, is showing that catastrophic earthquakes — those as large as magnitude 8 — have occurred in Southern California more frequently than previously believed.

[dana_b]

9. interesting and it makes sense

if one fault slips why wouldn't it effect another one?

I think I need to work on our earthuake preparedness kit/plan.