Tsunami Threat: Large Earthquake Strikes SE of LOYALTY ISLANDS

KMPH – 120502

M7.5 Earthquake Strikes 168km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia –USGS

TSUNAMI EVALUATION – https://www.tsunami.gov/
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* AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 7.6 OCCURRED SOUTHEAST OF THE LOYALTY ISLANDS AT 0418 UTC ON WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 5 2018.

* BASED ON THE PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS… HAZARDOUS TSUNAMI WAVES ARE POSSIBLE FOR COASTS LOCATED WITHIN 1,000 KM OF THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER.

TSUNAMI THREAT FORECAST
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* HAZARDOUS TSUNAMI WAVES FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 1,000 KM OF THE EPICENTER ALONG THE COASTS OF

• VANUATU AND NEW CALEDONIA

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS

* The following parameters are based on a rapid preliminary assessment and changes may occur.

* Magnitude:  7.6
* Origin Time 1918 AKST Dec 04 2018
2018 PST Dec 04 2018
0418 UTC Dec 05 2018
* Coordinates 22.1 South 169.2 East
* Depth 6 miles
* Location in the Loyalty Islands region

Revised parameters – USGS

Magnitude: 7.5 mww
Coordinates: 21.969°S, 169.446°E
Depth: 10km (6 miles)
Origin Time: 2018-12-05 04:18:08 (UTC) depth

Distances: 168km ESE of Tadine, New Caledonia

[Source: USGS]

EQ Location Map – Source: USGS

 

 

 

 

 

Tsunamis of Volcanism Could Hit Kamchatka, Kurils after Key Earthquake –FIRE-EARTH

TERG 01 – 101102 – 2

FEWW Public Alert

Significant quakes along Kuril–Kamchatka Trench consistent with probability of large earthquake in the region

FIRE-EARTH Forecast: The M6.5, M6.0 earthquakes could be foreshocks to large earthquake(s), measuring magnitude 9.2 (±0.2), that could occur along Kuril–Kamchatka Trench (near Zenkevich Rise) by early next year.

• The latest earthquakes could also unleash “tsunamis of volcanism” throughout Kamchatka Peninsula and along the Kuril Islands.
  • About 150 volcanoes in the Russia region have erupted since the Holocene, the current geological epoch (~ 11,650 cal years  before present).

Earthquake Details:

M 6.5 – 148km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
49.348°N, 156.213°E; 17.5 km depth
2018-10-10 23:16:02 (UTC)

Related Seismicity:

M5.2 – 163km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
2018-10-11 05:47:35 (UTC)
26.1 km

M4.8  –  149km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
2018-10-11 03:38:43 (UTC)
35.8 km

M5.1  –  148km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
2018-10-11 02:16:21 (UTC)
48.5 km

M4.9  –  136km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
2018-10-11 01:30:26 (UTC)
39.5 km

M5.2 – 155km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
2018-10-11 00:14:44 (UTC)
44.0 km

M4.7  –  141km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
2018-10-11 00:14:21 (UTC)
35.0 km

M6.5  –  148km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
2018-10-10 23:16:02 (UTC)
17.4 km

4.5 – 137km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
2018-10-09 08:07:06 (UTC)
35.0 km

M6.0 – 138km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
2018-10-09 07:45:14 (UTC)

Plate-Tectonics Diagnostics

• FIRE-EARTH Science Plate-Tectonics Diagnostics is available via FIRE-EARTH PULSARS.

FIRE-EARTH EARTHQUAKE FORECAST

Detailed FIRE-EARTH Forecast for the region, as well as nearby seismicity and volcanism in the region, are available via FIRE-EARTH PULSARS.

 

 

Large Earthquake Strikes Mexico

TRN-931K

FIRE-EARTH Ref: KBN3

M8.1 Occurs 87km SW of Pijijiapan, Mexico

Location: OFF THE COAST OF CHIAPAS MEXICO

Tsunami Warnings Are in Effect http://www.tsunami.gov/

Earthquake Details:

Magnitude: 8.1 mww
Location: 15.068°N, 93.715°W [87km SW of Pijijiapan, Mexico,] depth of 69.7 km
Date-Time: 2017-09-08 04:49:21 UTC

Aftershocks:

• No. of aftershocks as of posting: 23
• Largest aftershocks: 5.3mb [depth of 35km]

Death toll could exceed thousands, and estimated economic losses are expected to reach as much as US$10 billion, according to USGS models.

Estimated Fatalities

No. of Confirmed Fatalities as of Posting: 23

Estimated Economic Losses

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