Something that never happened in the UK | Monday, April 02, 2007 |
To be fair, there's undoubtedly many things that happen here that never happened in the UK. The daily excitement of crossing Spit Bridge and counting the number of roosting Pelicans being one that springs to mind. I get quite concerned if the mooring poles are empty for days on end, I can tell you.
Today's local excitement though was the coast wide Tsunami alert following the earthquake at 8.453°S, 156.957°E, which is of course (oh, of course!) the Solomon Islands.
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Magnitude 8.0 Date-Time Sunday, April 1, 2007 at 20:39:56 (UTC)
Location 8.453°S, 156.957°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region SOLOMON ISLANDS
Distances 40 km (25 miles) SSE of Gizo, New Georgia Islands, Solomon Isl.
200 km (125 miles) S of Chirovanga, Choiseul, Solomon Islands
345 km (215 miles) WNW of HONIARA, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
2145 km (1330 miles) NNE of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 9.3 km (5.8 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters Nst=152, Nph=152, Dmin=345.9 km, Rmss=1.18 sec, Gp= 43°,M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID us2007aqbk
Being a mere 40km from the epicentre, Gizo took the brunt of the wave though it seems that relatively few people were killed and that the damage isn't as catastrophic the Boxing Day event. That's scant consolation I suppose.
Here, the Manly ferry service was suspended for several hours for safety concerns, some, but not all the beaches were evacuated, shipping was restricted in the Heads, and it was all, quite, quite strange in a strangely understated manner.
Of course there was the usual mis-information and rumour that one would associated with a fast breaking, potentially lethal news event, but this evening after returning home everything looked very tranquil and frankly, calmer tonight than it has been for several days with a clear sky and a very bright, large full moon lighting the water in a romatic film-like manner.
The bext possible outcome was that with the absence of 1,000 tonnes of water pouring through the front window, the batter for the Sausage Toad resting in the fridge was undisturbed and a good feed was had.
Today's local excitement though was the coast wide Tsunami alert following the earthquake at 8.453°S, 156.957°E, which is of course (oh, of course!) the Solomon Islands.
Click the map to see all the data.
Magnitude 8.0 Date-Time Sunday, April 1, 2007 at 20:39:56 (UTC)
Location 8.453°S, 156.957°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region SOLOMON ISLANDS
Distances 40 km (25 miles) SSE of Gizo, New Georgia Islands, Solomon Isl.
200 km (125 miles) S of Chirovanga, Choiseul, Solomon Islands
345 km (215 miles) WNW of HONIARA, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
2145 km (1330 miles) NNE of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 9.3 km (5.8 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters Nst=152, Nph=152, Dmin=345.9 km, Rmss=1.18 sec, Gp= 43°,M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID us2007aqbk
Being a mere 40km from the epicentre, Gizo took the brunt of the wave though it seems that relatively few people were killed and that the damage isn't as catastrophic the Boxing Day event. That's scant consolation I suppose.
Here, the Manly ferry service was suspended for several hours for safety concerns, some, but not all the beaches were evacuated, shipping was restricted in the Heads, and it was all, quite, quite strange in a strangely understated manner.
Of course there was the usual mis-information and rumour that one would associated with a fast breaking, potentially lethal news event, but this evening after returning home everything looked very tranquil and frankly, calmer tonight than it has been for several days with a clear sky and a very bright, large full moon lighting the water in a romatic film-like manner.
The bext possible outcome was that with the absence of 1,000 tonnes of water pouring through the front window, the batter for the Sausage Toad resting in the fridge was undisturbed and a good feed was had.
Labels: Beach, Sydney, Tsunami, Weather
