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Quake 8.2 in Fiji - no tsunami
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08-18-2018, 10:34 AM
We might get a tsunami message soon.
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08-18-2018, 10:36 AM
* BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA... THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT
BECAUSE THE EARTHQUAKE IS LOCATED TOO DEEP INSIDE THE EARTH.
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08-18-2018, 12:26 PM
Mahalo Paul!!!!
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08-18-2018, 04:30 PM
Deep? I'll say. 350-odd miles, well below the lithosphere. These aren't common and not well understood. They're called deep-focus or plutonic earthquakes. Seems there was a deep aftershock as well, a mere 290 miles. Fortunately, these earthquakes are so deep they don't cause that much shaking on the surface, so that's why a threat to Hawaii was quickly ruled out.
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08-18-2018, 05:03 PM
So that 8.2 is at the epicenter 350 miles underground? I wonder what magnitude that felt like at the surface.
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08-18-2018, 05:09 PM
No damage or casualties reported so far according to several sources.
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