02-09-2013, 11:51 AM
I looked at a map of recent earthquakes yesterday and found that the whole "ring of fire" was very active with the exception of Hawaii (just a single 2.0 tremor in the previous 24 hours) and the Alaska to California coast area.
Edit: I just looked and noticed another 8.0 off the Solomon Islands (North of Vanuatu). Several dozen recent quakes there. As far as Tsunamis go, the magnitude of the quake isn't as important as the type. The Japan quake that caused their tsunami was a very different one than the one last week in the Solomons (and hopefully this one as well).
Edit: I just looked and noticed another 8.0 off the Solomon Islands (North of Vanuatu). Several dozen recent quakes there. As far as Tsunamis go, the magnitude of the quake isn't as important as the type. The Japan quake that caused their tsunami was a very different one than the one last week in the Solomons (and hopefully this one as well).
Me ka ha`aha`a,
Mike
Mike