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# FIJI tsunami warning eta Country forums / Pacific Islands & Papua New Guinea
thurstonhowell4th 21:22 UTC 29 Sep 2009 | Hi, according to an update on the Fiji Times ... A TSUNAMI warning was in effect for Fiji this morning after a magnitude-8.3 earthquake in the Samoa Islands region. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said sea level readings indicated that a tsunami was generated which may have been destructive along coasts near the earthquake epicentre. It said where no major waves were observed for two hours after the estimated time of arrival, local authorities can assume that the threat has passed. Fiji's initial tsunami arrival time had been placed at 8.03am. 30 Sept.2009 http://fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=130506 |
bob1971 00:16 UTC 30 Sep 2009 | some people just love the drama...... | 1
5waldos 02:36 UTC 30 Sep 2009 | I think it has been canceled. And Bob1971- it's nly drama when it doesn't happen. In Samoa, it happened. | 2
thurstonhowell4th 02:47 UTC 30 Sep 2009 | yup cancelled there this morning. sounds like samoa was really clobbered and tonga also has pretty serious casualties. numbers are rising fast and will in the next 24 hours due to a pretty fragile communications system and limited press to report things. not good. | 3
5waldos 02:50 UTC 30 Sep 2009 | Tonga? Haven't haard about what has happened in Tonga- could you let us know? | 4
oldpro 09:00 UTC 30 Sep 2009 | I logged in here to learn if tsunami warnings had been issued for the other islands .. nice to read that people were in fact alerted. Unfortunately, just like the SE Asia tsunami, it'll take few days to understand the scope of the damage and human loss. | 5
ozziegiraffe 11:38 UTC 30 Sep 2009 | This seems like deja vue, similar to the quake and tsunami that devastated the Western Solomons a couple of years ago. | 6