South Pacific - Vanuatu - 7.0 magnitude

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7.0 earthquake strikes near Vanuatu in South Pacific
September 3rd, 2011
09:59 PM ET

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.0 struck Sunday morning off the southern tip of the South Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The quake struck about 75 miles (122 km) southeast of Isangel, the administrative capital of the island of Tanna, and 134 miles (217 km) northeast of New Caledonia's Loyalty Islands.

A tsunami alert has not been issued for the South Pacific or the U.S. western coast.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/03/7-0-earthquake-strikes-near-vanuatu-in-south-pacific/

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Hat tip to Frank Condon.  He posted the following with the 7.0 Vanuatu quake & some of his related lab work @ http://www.syzygyjob.com//index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=35&topic=260327.new#new


PRESTO FROM SIDC - RWC BELGIUM Sat Sep 3 2011, 1221 UT

Solar activity is expected to reach eruptive levels with risks of C flares from NOAA AR 1283.
Geomagnetic activity is expected to be unsettled with isolated periods of active conditions within the next 24 hours due to a coronal hole becoming geoeffective. Current ACE observations show that the Earth indeed entered a moderatly fast wind stream early on Sept. 3

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Five quakes over 6.0 wi last 48 hours:
 
MAP  7.0   2011/09/03 22:55:36   -20.585    169.696  132.4   VANUATU
MAP  6.2   2011/09/03 04:49:01   -56.551    -27.039  106.0   SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION
MAP  6.7   2011/09/02 13:47:11   -28.422    -63.146  592.8   SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO, ARGENTINA
MAP  6.8   2011/09/02 10:55:54    52.185   -171.684  35.5   FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA